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A Beslan or Madrid style attack would not be impossible in the US. I also expect them to launch such an attack before the elections. How much it affects the election would be hard to predict; immediately before election day would probably provoke more voters to pull the lever for Bush. If it happened a few weeks before, the Dems would have time to play it to their advantage, and it might tip it the other way.

Since our southern and northern borders are essentially open to anyone willing to walk cross-country, it won't be impossible to filter a few dozen suicide commandos into the country, and if I am right they are already here and have been here a while.

September 11 is coming up, and it doesn't take a genius to imagine they might like to mark that date with a reprise.

Pray and keep your powder dry.

I believe that any and all schools that have had major work done to them over the summer MUST have bomb sniffing dogs run through the schools. This terrorist bunch had access to the school during the remodeling of the Belsan School and they stashed explosives and ammo under the new gym floor. This might be what their plan is for our voting period.

Tell me what would make it even more horrible than just having an American school of 1000 children being held by Islamics terrorists?

It would be more horrible (to some) if they do it when Americans are suppose to be voting at the polls for our next president. Even though it probably would not work on most of us, but they think it would influence they way the American people would vote. Simply take a school and the children hostage on 11/1/04 and demand that if Bush wins they will blow up the school with all the children in it, and claim if Bush does not win they will let the children go. They also know that elections might be held off, but they will demand if it is, then the school goes up with all the children in it. There is no way we could enter the school as they would have it wired up just like they did in Belsan. The thing is MOST American people are more rational, but now we totally see that terrorist will kill anyone no matter what age they are. They think it is helping their cause, but we all know (and now some other countries are waking up) that it does not. What could it hurt if the government ran bomb sniffing dogs through schools that were remodeled over the summer? Start with them first and then start checking other schools that have not been remodeled over the summer.

Any suicide attacks should be responded to, by assassinating all known living members of the sucicide attackers family. Then in affect a sucicide bomber, hostage taker, ect. would by his actions condemn all members of his family to death. This is how Russia should respond and all other countries who are attacked by terrorists. Also, all muslim countries should be put on notice that if one weapon of mass destruction is used by terrorists in an attack, then all of the worlds muslim countries will be destroyed by weapons of mass destruction.

I am probably just whistling past the graveyard, but I think any attack between now and the election would result in more votes for George Bush. Because we've had no attacks on our land since 9/11 I fear a lot of people are getting complacent. An attack at this point would probably serve remind voters of just real the WOT is. Kerry is telling us that the WOT has been over emphasized. An attack would certainly render that opinion as groundless. In addition, I don't think voters would want to change administrations to go from one that considers terrorism a clear and present danger for one that would need several months to get up to speed. I pray constantly that this will be a moot discussion and we will never know what effect a pre-election terrorists attack would have on the outcome.