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They Will Strike Again ... ( Islamic Terrorists.....using Europe to attack us .....)
Los Angeles Times ^ | December 12, 2004 | Peter Bergen,

Posted on 12/12/2004 6:43:05 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Is Al Qaeda capable of carrying out another Sept. 11 attack in the United States?

The terrorist organization doesn't appear to have sleeper cells in the country able to perform such a mission, or even capable of launching a smaller-scale operation against a "soft" target such as a mall. If Al Qaeda had this capability, its cells would have attacked either at the beginning of the Iraq war in spring 2003 or during the recent presidential election. Almost without exception, the "terrorism" cases in this country since 9/11 have involved wannabes and malcontents accused of "material support" for terrorism, not planners of terrorist acts. Moreover, to its enormous credit, the Muslim American community since 9/11 has rejected Osama bin Laden's ideas.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; europe; islam; islamicterror; jihadinamerica; muslim

1 posted on 12/12/2004 6:43:06 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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It lost its base and training camps in the Afghanistan war, which damaged its formal organization. But the war in Iraq has helped promote its ideological movement.

Well we have heard this before.............

2 posted on 12/12/2004 6:45:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

don't count of this:

..."...Although few American Muslims have embraced Al Qaeda's ideology..."...

It only takes one Muslim to wreak havoc on a thousand infidels. One Muslim.


3 posted on 12/12/2004 6:51:39 PM PST by jolie560
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Rage and The Pride by Oriana Fallaci

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Prophet of Doom : Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words

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The CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER

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4 posted on 12/12/2004 6:52:54 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The terrorist organization doesn't appear to have sleeper cells in the country able to perform such a mission, or even capable of launching a smaller-scale operation against a "soft" target such as a mall

I have trained with people in the military who could bring death and destruction on you with five pounds of chicken crap and a gallon of diesel fuel.

It is not the training, but the will to use it that makes the difference. To think that we are safe because it has not happened is, in one work, stupid.

5 posted on 12/12/2004 7:00:57 PM PST by 11Bush
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
doesn't appear to have sleeper cells in the country able to perform such a mission

This is a funny line. The point of a sleeper cell is to not appear to be here for long periods of time. Of course we dont appear to have sleeper cells.

6 posted on 12/12/2004 7:01:12 PM PST by SQUIDMACK
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To: jolie560

One Muslim. Yep, that's all it takes. Mohammad was just one man after all...and to be a good muslim his life and actions must be emulated...

Read the biography of 'the prophet' published in 1913. Download free. See tagline for link.


7 posted on 12/12/2004 7:03:35 PM PST by Fred Nerks (understand evil. Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD on pdf. Click Fred Nerks for link.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Sorry, I just don't believe that reasoning.

There's tooooooo much oil money still funding them

and tooooooooooooo many eager ignorant idiot Jihadi's ready to blow themselves up.

The only rational reason I can think of is that the puppet masters have put the word out--not yet or you and all your extended families die.


8 posted on 12/12/2004 7:05:43 PM PST by Quix (5having a form of godliness but denying its power. I TIM 3:5)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Making us "wait" for the next strike is part of their mind games, plus, they are a very patient people.


9 posted on 12/12/2004 7:09:30 PM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"to its enormous credit, the Muslim American community since 9/11 has rejected Osama bin Laden's ideas."

to its enormous credit, the Muslim American community since 9/11 has rejected Osama bin Laden's ideas.

to its enormous credit? gee.. i never committed serial rape nor have i ever endorsed it.. where are my accolades? not even a key to the city?

10 posted on 12/12/2004 7:13:53 PM PST by phxaz (thank you for not using the word "implode".)
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To: Cacique
The Sword of the Prophet: History, Theology, Impact on the World

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11 posted on 12/12/2004 7:22:50 PM PST by DTA (proud pajamista)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

"A suicide attack in Israel illustrates the threat. On April 30, 2003, two middle-class Britons of Pakistani heritage .... the younger man detonated a bomb, killing himself and three bystanders and wounding dozens.... It was the first time that a citizen of Britain had committed an act of suicide terrorism in Israel."

Perp was STILL a Muslim first and decided that he could murder his way into heaven.


12 posted on 12/12/2004 7:47:08 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: DTA

Thanks!


Prophet of Doom : Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words

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13 posted on 12/12/2004 8:33:12 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: SQUIDMACK
Of course we dont appear to have sleeper cells.

Good point. Whether we have sleeper cells or not, we would appear NOT to have them. It was a useless statement.

14 posted on 12/12/2004 8:37:42 PM PST by steve86
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To: DTA
OOPS! correction is in order

The Rage and The Pride by Oriana Fallaci

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Prophet of Doom : Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words

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The Sword of the Prophet: History, Theology, Impact on the World

CLICK ON ABOVE IMAGE


The CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER

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15 posted on 12/12/2004 9:10:37 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: Cacique; DTA; BearWash; SQUIDMACK; Blood of Tyrants
And we have this:

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Unholy Alliance

by David Horowitz
Hardcover - (September 2004) - $27.95

In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the ?Great Satan? with America?s radical Islamic enemies.

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The Leftists of this country will help them set up the needed sleeper cells.....for the right price!!!!!!!


16 posted on 12/12/2004 11:10:30 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Cacique
Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide

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17 posted on 12/12/2004 11:30:01 PM PST by DTA (proud pajamista)
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To: USF

Religion of Peace ping


18 posted on 12/12/2004 11:59:32 PM PST by jan in Colorado (Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas...anyone offended?)
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