Below is part of an ABC News transcript, dated June 25, 2008, and is quite terrifying. It appears that the terrorists we now have to be watching out for, could very well look just like you and me. Al Qaeda is training british prisoners in terrorist techniques. While they say an attack is not imminent, it is of big concern. Ermm, yeah! If they recruit operatives, as they call them, from Europe, then a Visa to fly to the US is not needed. Anyone else here finds this a little disturbing? Here is some of the article or transcript:
SHOW: WORLD NEWS WITH CHARLES GIBSON 6:30 PM EST
June 20, 2008 Friday
758 words
TERROR THREAT;
AL QAEDACHARLES GIBSON
PIERRE THOMAS (WASHINGTON, DC USA)
CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) Good evening. Intelligence officials say it is their number one concern. Caucasians from a European country who have graduated from an al Qaeda training camp. Such potential terrorists would be dressed in western clothing, drawing little notice as they board a plane bound for the US, coming to launch an attack. There’s no indication such an attack is imminent, but this scenario is of great concern to experts in and out of the government. ABC’s Pierre Thomas reports from Washington tonight. Pierre?
PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) Charlie, in recent weeks, government officials at the highest level have been warning that this threat is growing, and they have intensified efforts to block al Qaeda’s success in recruiting Europeans.
PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)
(Voiceover) This is Eric B. Intelligence officials believe he is a terrorist plotting attacks against US forces in Afghanistan and Europe. Eric B is a German national and he is Caucasian. The US says he represents the new breed of al Qaeda affiliated terrorists recruited in Europe.
PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)
(Voiceover) And there is growing evidence some European recruits have gone operational. Two of the suspects arrested in a September 2007 plot to kill US soldiers in Germany were native Germans. This propaganda video shot from two different camera angles shows the March 3rd attack on an outpost in Afghanistan. That killed two US soldiers. The suspected suicide bomber, this man from Germany. He’s seen here casually preparing for his deadly mission. Members of Congress, including Republicans, say they are frustrated the Bush administration and Pakistan have not done more to shut down the camps.
REPRESENTATIVE PETE HOEKSTRA (REPUBLICAN
The result that we have today is not acceptable. You can’t have those camps in place in Pakistan.
PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)
(Off-camera) Charlie, officials in New York recently told me that those training camps in Pakistan, Ray Kelly, the police commissioner in particular, said those camps are a high priority and a big worry.
Here are some more links on this subject:
CIA Boss Says New Al-Qaeda Are White Westerners
Video’s:
HUMOR … ha ha
By GARY O’SHEA
This also occurred about 45 min outside my old neighborhood. The two were watching the screening of a horror film when the stabbings took place, at around 7:30pm. Here is a bit of the article, and for the full deal click the link above:
