[robjna]

Long flippin time to spend in the shower

[areafiftyone]

I think we have been hearing this for about a year now!

[LarryM]

This is why the Bush Administration is trying to buy off every terrorist on the planet. Georgie Porgie doesn't want a terrorist attack before Novermber 2004.

[Apple_Hills]

*****yawn*****

[1stFreedom]

Time to roll on:

North Korea
Iran
Pakistan (Yes, Pakistan)
Egypt
Saudi

[xJones]

"Al Qaeda will continue its efforts to acquire and develop biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons

They won't be getting any WMD from Iraq, we haven't been able to find any there, and that was supposed to be the mother of all WMD headquarters.

[onedoug]

Ending -crushing, if necessary - state sponsorship of terror will go a long way toward precluding such attacks. If we "tire, falter or fail", we all but guarantee them.

[Tacis]

FRance and Syria? Hell, the bad guys are Cuba and Mexico! The terrorists and theeir WMD staged in Cuba and have been/will be moving to Mexico where Fox helps them move north and across the border. They spread out and position in target areas all across the US. Their problems now deal with communications and planning. Weak attacks against non-strategic US targets would do a lot of damage if conducted during next year's election campaign.

Outside the US, you can probably already write off the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Athens is not a secure city under the best of conditions. If Al Qaeda is looking for an easy place to start something, it is Athens. Are we prepared? The very first explosion in Athens and hundreds of FBI agaents are prepared to arrest Richard Jewell again.

[Publius6961]

So wiping out Al Qaeda by whatever means necessary is no longer an option?

I suppose it all depends on what nation is the likely target.

[wayoverontheright]

US sees likely al Qaeda WMD attack within 2 years

To what end? There are already indications that al-Qaeda has given up its original goal of actually defeating the US through its attack on our economy. The window of opportunity for maximum impact has already passed them by, and the wrath of the Great Satan has inflicted pain to the whole region which exceeds any posssible gain they might derive.

Is this the same intelligence outfit which is now 0 for forever in predicting terror events?

[rface]

"pinged" for later reference

[RightWhale]

CBRN

Can't say WMD amymore. Couldn't really say it anyway, so CBRN is an improvement. See-burn weapons.

[Monty22]

If they use a nuclear warhead on us, isn't it in the Pentagon's warplans to launch a retalitory strike of massive scale?

All the arab countries must be concerned that we have them targetted.