Posted on 11/24/2009 2:37:35 AM PST by maddog55
Ex-Mossad official sees massive attack on U.S. homeland – www.worldtribune.com
WASHINGTON — Yuval Aviv, who predicted the Al Qaida strikes on London's mass transit system in 2005, said he believes Al Qaida was planning a series of mass-casualty strikes throughout the United States. Aviv said the most likely targets were places such as Disneyland, Las Vegas casinos, malls and subways.
"The attack will be characterized by simultaneous detonations around the country — terrorists like big impact — involving at least five to eight cities, including rural areas," Aviv, a former Mossad official said.
Aviv, responsible for the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian Liberation Organization in the early 1970s, said many of those sites designated by Al Qaida comprise easy targets. He said an Al Qaida agent could simply drive a car loaded with explosives into the parking lot of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas and walk away.
Al Qaida does not plan suicide hijackings similar to its attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. Aviv said Al Qaida has determined that American passengers would immediately fight Islamist hijackers.
Instead, Al Qaida could bomb the entrance to the departure terminal of a major U.S. airport. Aviv, chief executive officer of the New York-based Interfor, cited the failure of airport authorities to check baggage before people enter the facility.
"It would be easy for someone to take two suitcases of explosives, walk up to a busy check-in line, ask a person next to them to watch their bags for a minute while they go to the restroom, and then detonate the bags before security even gets involved," Aviv said. "In Israel, security checks bags before people can even enter the airport."
Aviv, today a consultant to the U.S. Congress, said the federal government has been alerted to the prospect of a major Al Qaida strike. He said U.S. intelligence has determined that a likely source of a mass-casualty strike would be an American Muslim, particularly one who flew often to the Middle East.
"These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but that we Americans won't know or understand a thing about them," Aviv said.
What did Barry know, and when did he know it.
I’m sure any inexperienced terrorists will appreciate the tips. With the terrorist threat having morphed to lesser man-caused disasters under “the one,” we are plump and inviting targets.
If freedom is attacked, freedom will be defended. Later. Perhaps quite a bit later.
Many possibilities not mentioned in the article.
Most terror tactics are already in their repertoire. They do point out a glaring deficiency in our security at airport terminals, but we’ve escaped similar attacks so far for a lot of reasons, including the fact that for terrorist conspiracies to work they need to communicate. The more they communicate the more likely we are to intercept and prevent.
My understanding is that Obama’s administration has once again started setting up information firewalls such as those that caused the failures that led to 9/11. If so, then if an attack happens then most assuredly Obama will find some way to blame GWB, and 50% of the country will probably buy it.
On another note, I understand your point is directed at the “lone gunman” scenario. And yes, that’s always been a threat because they are harder to catch and stop. Fort Hood is an example of a lone gunman scenario (even though the warning signs were there, he was overlooked for a number of reasons, most of which was political correctness).
Does he have evidence of this or is he blowing around a lot of hot air and potentially creating a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Oh, I see now. He sells books.
These attacks would be like wasps stinging a very large bull. The wasps will not like the result - at all!
Yep, should have cancelled all VISA’s long ago, and let the moderates go home until the man-made-disasters cease
http://immigration.about.com/od/immigrationbasics/a/Basic_VisaTypes.htm
The State Department lists the most common US visa categories for temporary visitors. These include:
Australian (E-3) in Specialty Occupation
Border Crossing Card - Mexican Travelers
Business, Tourist and Visitors
Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional
Diplomats and Government Officials
Exchange Visitors
Fiancé(e) to Marry U.S. Citizen/Spouse
International Organizations & NATO
Media & Journalists
Mexican and Canadian NAFTA Professional Worker
Religious Workers
Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Do we really need someone from Mossad to tell us this?
Think about it ,its just common sense and there is nothing to stop someone who has the intent to kill people in our open society. Impossible to stop . I do office machine repair ,I walk into schools,Hospitals,Banks,Govt Offices,Prisons every single day and in all cases not challenged with bags of tools with the exception of Govt offices they check my tools and you go through metal detectors ,but the other soft targets are WIDE open
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_visas
Visa Denial
Section 212(g) of Immigration and Nationality Act defined several classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas.
Grounds for denial may include, but are not limited to:
Health grounds
Criminal grounds
Security grounds
Public charge (charge means burden in this context)
Illegal entrants or immigration violators
Failure to produce requested documents
Ineligible for citizenship
Previously removed from US
I think it's better to be attacked overtly, however, than to have happen to us that which has happened to England.
If the "wasps" of 9/11 were not enough to get us really riled and stay that way, what would it now take?
Wait until the show trial in NYC. They should stur up the Satan’s Religion of Pieces.
The show trial will put the US (especially as represented by Bush and Cheney) on trial every bit as much as the terrorists.
THE NY SHOW TRIAL MUST BE STOPPED
IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST ANTI AMERICAN ORGY EVER STAGED
Former US Senator Obama will apologize to the Islamists if we are attacked. You're right though. President Palin or another real American will respond in 2013.
When it happens we know who’ll be blamed. GWB and Cheney. The Jihadists will, if caught, be said to suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome and given a pass by the MSM.
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