Al Qaeda Admits Changes in Terror Tactics

Confirmation From al-Qaida-Linked Group on Attempted Use of Nuclear Weapon, Ties With Iran, and Failed Assassination Bid Against US President and Jordanian King

US intelligence sources have indicated that US counter-terror analysts were looking at what they felt were “changes” in targeting and methodological doctrine by al-Qaida-linked jihadist terrorist groups.

In particular, the translations of the information on the website which provided the basis for the assessment were believed to highlight a new “low-tech terrorism” against targets in the West.

GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs analysts, who have viewed the entire context of the comments on the website, however, believe that the remarks presage not only a widening of doctrine (not a replacement of existing targeting doctrine), but also give new information confirming other major, and hitherto unconfirmed, data about al-Qaida strategies and linkages.

New revelations on a website connected with the al-Iqlas Islamist movement have provided confirmation of:

(a) Al-Qaida’s acquisition of at least one nuclear weapon (believed to be a Soviet-built “suitcase” nuclear weapon), and its consideration of use in a “spectacular” operations (believed to have been the US Republican National Convention in 2004 in New York); and

(b) Confirmation that so-called al-Qaida operations were intimately known to the clerical Government of Iran, which essentially controlled an “al-Qaida” mission in November 2006 to assassinate US Pres. George W. Bush and Jordanian Pres. Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein.

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WorldNetDaily: Mad mullahs issue fatwa to use nuclear weapons
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IF they blinked once, they'll never do it again.

Whatever doubt they had for repercussions, whether from Islam or our wrath, would have been buried when her winkyness went all the way over there to surrender, and her counterpart in the senate surrendered live on TV.

With both houses of congress out of the way, a movie in the local grocery store advocating the assasination of our CIC, and the pentagon prosecuting Marines for responding to ambushes, we must look like the world's biggest pinanta'.

Or, at least the 2nd biggest. RosieHoDonnel IS the world's biggest pinanta'

I read an article a couple years ago that concluded that suitcase nuclear weapons probably don't exist because of size limitations, among other things. The author said that in order to use one, if they exist, you would have to enter a code(s) to use it, so if you use one, it's probably because someone wants you to use it.

However, if they do in fact exist, they would only have a yield similar to a tactical nuclear device, i.e., not a city-destroyer. The fear is not so much the enemy has huge yield nuclear weapons, but tiny yield devices that could relatively small amount of physical damage, but the resulting societal effects would be huge. The information on how to construct such devices is highly classified.

I’ve read that the “suitcase” nukes are more like “footlocker” nukes and very heavy. Maybe they’ve got them and are waiting for some future time to use them.

I’ve always had the attitude that if AQ had small nukes, they would’ve used them. Maybe not. Maybe they’re just trying to keep everybody on edge chasing leads that turn out to be dead or not worth much, then we’ll let our guard down and go back to sleep. AQ has got to be enjoying the fact that the media is on their side, especially when that media tends to deny that there is even a terrorism problem.

The terrorist M.O. is to operate in the shadows with quick small hit-and-retreat attacks. If they step up attacks too much and get too much in-your-face, they know that our govt. will get serious and really take it to them.

If they were to assassinate the president, they know Cheney would start burning countries like Iran and Syria to the ground, and have public support doing it.

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