Obama: Suspicious packages are a 'credible terrorist threat'

Washington Post ^ | October 29, 2010 | Greg Miller, Peter Finn and Anne E. Kornblut

[RobinMasters]

President Obama said Friday that packages mailed from Yemen and intercepted in the last 24 hours contained explosive material and represented a "credible terrorist threat."

The packages, mailed via UPS and FedEx, were addressed to two places of Jewish worship in Chicago, the president said.

Obama, speaking four days before the midterm elections, did not specify any new security measures that would be taken or say that the nation's terrorist alert level had been raised. But he described the threat as serious, and pointed once again to Yemen as the source, saying his top terrorism adviser, John Brennan, had been in touch with that country's president.

The two packages were intercepted at different locations, one on a UPS plane at the East Midlands airport near Nottingham, England, and the other at a FedEx facility in Dubai. Officials provided no detail on the kind of explosives found.

U.S. counterterrorism officials believe the foiled attack may have been orchestrated by the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, which has been behind a series of recent attempts to strike the United States.

"They're on the short list," one official said of the group, which is known as al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said U.S. authorities were scrutinizing other packages coming from Yemen, but only two have so far been identified as dangerous.

Those devices were "intended to do harm," Brennan said.

[RobinMasters]

[Califreak]

Hey wait a minute!

I thought we weren’t supposed to use the T-word anymore?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Or maybe they’re just Dem operatives’ attempts to punish their enemies.

[edcoil]

So, how much in American tax dollars do you plan on sending them to be nice?

[FlingWingFlyer]

...contained explosive material and represented a "credible ISLAMOterrorist threat."

[montag813]

Obama: Suspicious packages are a 'credible terrorist threat'

Sounded like he was trying to convince himself. Didn't convince me. Maybe a "credible threat" to an HP LaserJet printer, but that's about it.

[Sprite518]

Yeah this is not October Surprise. This is Real. After all this is about as credible as the Washington Post.

[Question Liberal Authority]

Heck of a job, Dude.

[jessduntno]

Will the feeble minded Boehner come storming out and start screaming that we need to stop this shit BEFORE it is a threat?

[Mortrey]

A brilliant FreePer brought up a damned good point:

If the “Won” knew about the threat LAST NIGHT, why did he allow the planes into American airspace today?!?

[Sprite518]

Bingo! More proof this is total B.S. It’s a set up... The timing alone is a dead give away...

[LonelyCon]

Obama, speaking four days before the midterm elections...

That's all you need to know. Made-up October surprise.

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[JohnThune2012]

and as usual, he never looked directly at the “People Of America”, just kept bobbing his head reading notes and probably hand notes too.

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Don’t worry America
we cab absorb another terrorist attack

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Don’t worry America
we cab absorb another terrorist attack