Obama Warned of 'Huge' Terror Plot
Friday, November 14, 2008 11:56 PM
British security officials say intelligence experts are seriously concerned that al-Qaida will try to pull off a "spectacular" terrorist attack during the transition period from a Bush administration to an Obama administration.
In fact, British Home Office Security Minister Sir Alan West raised the specter of a “huge threat” and noted that “There is another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this," according to the London Times.
Bush administration officials also point out that terrorists have often struck during a time of official change:
The first World Trade Center attack came just weeks after President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
9/11 occurred less than a year after President George W. Bush took office in 2001.
British officials thwarted nightclub and airport plots soon after Gordon Brown became prime minister in June 2007.
Earlier this week, CIA Director Michael Hayden said that al-Qaida remains the single greatest threat to the United States.
According to the Times, al-Qaida has been experimenting with biological weapons, such as anthrax.
And Vice President-elect Joe Biden warned during the last month of the presidential election: "Watch, we’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle [of Obama].”
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_terror_plot/2008/11/14/151548.html?s=al&promo_code=7159-1
Friday, November 14, 2008 11:56 PM
British security officials say intelligence experts are seriously concerned that al-Qaida will try to pull off a "spectacular" terrorist attack during the transition period from a Bush administration to an Obama administration.
In fact, British Home Office Security Minister Sir Alan West raised the specter of a “huge threat” and noted that “There is another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this," according to the London Times.
Bush administration officials also point out that terrorists have often struck during a time of official change:
The first World Trade Center attack came just weeks after President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
9/11 occurred less than a year after President George W. Bush took office in 2001.
British officials thwarted nightclub and airport plots soon after Gordon Brown became prime minister in June 2007.
Earlier this week, CIA Director Michael Hayden said that al-Qaida remains the single greatest threat to the United States.
According to the Times, al-Qaida has been experimenting with biological weapons, such as anthrax.
And Vice President-elect Joe Biden warned during the last month of the presidential election: "Watch, we’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle [of Obama].”
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_terror_plot/2008/11/14/151548.html?s=al&promo_code=7159-1
U.S. Intel: Terrorist Attack Risk Has Grown
Saturday, November 15, 2008 7:29 PM
WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence officials are concerned the current financial crisis could weaken pro-Western governments around the world and diminish the U.S. government's ability to respond to new security threats, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
Citing unnamed U.S. government officials and private analysts, the newspaper said the economic downturn has increased the risk of a terrorist attack in the short term as radical groups look for new gaps in defenses.
Meanwhile, intelligence experts believe that a protracted crisis could threaten the very survival of friendly governments in Pakistan and the Middle East because Western nations will be forced to cut spending on defense, intelligence and foreign aid, the report said.
The paper said the crisis could also accelerate the shift to a more Asia-centric globe as China and other Asian nations gain more influence in international financial institutions.
Experts are particularly worried about Pakistan, which since September has seen its national currency devalued and its hard-currency reserves nearly wiped out, The Post said.
Analysts also worry about the impact of plummeting crude prices on oil-dependent nations such as Yemen, which has a large population of unemployed young people and a history of support for militant Islamic groups, the paper noted.
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