Regards, Ivan
Regards, Ivan
He had no choice?
Since al-Qaeda has such a fetish for American landmarks, we should return the favor and nuke Mecca.
Having served in the Air Force for four years and having seen some of the security around USAF nuke storage bunkers and uploaded nukes on alert aircraft, al Queda would never succede in this plan. Way too much security. Even Air Force personnel aren't allowed to be alone around nukes. NO ONE is trusted around nukes. As for crashing into a supposed nuke bunker --- well, these are hardened to withstand quite a bit of force. This is assuming one can find a bunker with nukes in the first place.
This is the source of the rot. So-called clerics who preach hatred and murder. Naive people who listen to this sort of brainwashing, week in and week out can be turned into homicidal maniacs.
Like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton inciting a riot, it is these leaders who are stirring up trouble and they ought to be the principal targets of our anti-terrorism efforts.
Al-Qaida Suspect Confesses (in Belgium)
Al-Qaeda suspect planned to hit Nato base in Belgium
Belgium - Nizar Trabelsi admits preparing an attack on U.S. military base for Osama bin Laden
We're talking far left end of the bell curve here.
Did you all know that BELGIUM BLOCKED OUR INVESTIGATION OF THIS GUY FOR ALMOST A YEAR!? (Pardon the shouting.)
Link to article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/18/wbelg18.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=69295
Belgians block FBI terrorist inquiries
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels
(Filed: 18/10/2001)
BELGIUM is refusing to co-operate fully in the fight against terrorism and has denied FBI investigators access to crucial witnesses.
More than a month after the attacks in America, the FBI is still trying to obtain telephone records and contact addresses needed to track down the al-Qa'eda network in Europe, says the New York Times.
American officials scoffed at Belgian claims yesterday that the dispute was because of the FBI's failure to follow "proper procedure" or that they had been given the material wanted.
An official said: "Belgium signed an agreement to co-operate with America but we're certainly not seeing that kind of partnership yet."
*****Christian de Valkeneer, the Belgian judge in charge of terrorist investigations, has been "working to rule" to prevent FBI agents gaining access to his files. The delays may have allowed crucial leads to dry up.
The Americans are itching to talk to Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian arrested by the Belgians two days after the September 11 attacks, but Judge de Valkeneer refused to hand over information about his network of contacts.
According to the confession of Djamel Beghal, an Algerian terrorist now in the hands of the French, Trabelsi was preparing to carry out a suicide bombing mission against the American embassy in Paris.
In contrast Holland, Germany and Spain are working in a "joined-up" operation with the FBI, in some cases allowing Americans to take part in suspect interviews.
*****On Friday a Belgian court ordered the release of two terrorist suspects with al-Qa'eda ties who were caught with car bomb chemicals.
Belgium is a leading centre of Islamic extremists, especially the Algerian GIA Armed Islamic Group, which is linked to al-Qa'eda.
Judge de Valkeneer is no stranger to controversy. He has been accused of dragging his feet in an inquiry into foreign ministry corruption.
The two page article appears to document a WMD event involving smallpox that was hushed up, but then in the last sentence declares the entire affair was a NSC drill conducted a year ago.
I really felt it was a poor play by the Society.
long overdue update on this old thread... the actual target was not the nuke storage areas the press was excited about but rather the base’s canteen.