[Piranha]

That's because the attack was stopped.

When the al-Qaeda guy was caught slipping into the US from Canada prior to 12/31/2000 in order to blow up Los Angeles, that changed nothing. It takes a catastrophe to get people's attention.

[TheSpottedOwl]

They don't want to touch this story, because they're too busy calling Bush a liar. This proves them all wrong.

[djjava]

let's start taking bets for when ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc. pick this story up...

[BenLurkin]

IMO they care alright.

They want very badly for this story to go away.

[rageaholic]

the Italians caught those agents planning to, IIRC posion the drinking water in Rome too. I think some off the shelf posions is just not the WMD George and everybody else had/has in mind.

[lonevoice]

Thanks for the link to a very well done article. I encourage everyone to read the full article.

[elfman2]

Old news, move along…

[prairiebreeze]

FWIW, Fox News has been giving this story exposure today (Sunday). Whether that continues into the week, time will tell.

Prairie

[yoe]

Before they will print/show it - the building must be burning, the victim must be covered in blood - the flood must be at least covering three steps - the wreck must be awful - the people must be weeping - or if you're Martha Stewart or John Kerry you must make arrogant remarks or look arrogant – just having WMD on you person doesn’t warrant a story or pictue....................

[elfman2]

" One can only ask…why haven’t we heard about this on the news? "

On the other hand, it could be because the sole source is News Max. The organization that ran a half dozen features predicting a surprise Russian nuclear attack on the US in 1998.

[aynrandfreak]

Why hasn't the administration had more to say on this issue? All they would need to say is that they're "gravely troubled", and the press would start to take more notice. I know the press is biased, but it's not just them here.

[GoLightly]

In commentary (editorial, talking head) someone on FOX speculated that there may have been a connection between Syria & Iraq's missing WMD. It was responsible way to report it. Unless or until there is *proof* of a connection, it's not *news*.

I wonder how the alphabets will report it, if proof is found. Bet it's something along the lines of Bush "sexing up" the evidence to get votes.

[highlander_UW]

"I think there has been an exaggeration," Mr. Kerry said when asked whether President Bush has overstated the threat of terrorism. "They are misleading all Americans in a profound way." - John Kerry 1/29/04

[optimistically_conservative]

The AP and UPI have put it on the wire. There is not much definitive info yet on the types of explosives/weapons in the cars, ties to AQ, and Syrian involvement (denied by both Syria and Jordan) or ties back to Iraq.

http://arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040414/2004041412.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20040406-1304-jordan-terrorism.html
http://sacbee.com/24hour/world/story/1286882p-8400773c.html
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/04/15/jordan_says_huge_terror_plot_foiled/

[elfman2]

Okay here’s the deal. Apparently they found “primary materials to make a chemical bomb” and got a confession from some of those arrested. They did not find any actual WMDs.

Here’s a google link to that latest stories that include the work “chemical”.