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ziptnf
Programming your future

Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
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May-06-2011 21:21
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DJ RANN
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2001
Location: Hollywood....
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| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
For any of those still doubtful:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110506..._laden_al_qaida
I'm not scared of those assholes, our national security is much better than it was in 2001, they don't have a shot of repeating a catastrophe like 9/11. |
You know, that was one of the main things I took from 9/11 - that the US had been in some just oblivious compared to other countries in terms of awareness of terrorism.
Growing up in the UK, you always knew there was a threat of IRA bombs (I even heard one go off) so everyone looked for unattended packages on the tube, or were at least aware of the threat in every day life. Nothing extreme like you were going to die any second, just part of everyday life, and there were protocols in place to deal with it. Maybe it also stemmed from having been bombed in the wars and that becoming part of the psyche, but it's only just in the last few years that the US is having to adjust to that sort of thing.
Some woman was being interviewed on the LA trains and she was saying how she's had to become aware of suspect packages etc. Aside from the main point (wtf is she doing out of the kitchen?), I realized that this is so new to Americans, and that what most developed and undeveloped countries have lived with for generations is only now becoming every day reality.
Having said that, I think if they want to attack, they will find a way. I don't think it will be on that scale again (it was criminal in hindsight how utterly crap security was on 9/11) but something will happen at some point.
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May-06-2011 22:08
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The17sss
C.R.E.A.M.

Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
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uh oh!
| quote: | U.S. Targeted Awlaki in Missile Strike Today, Misses
A U.S. drone strike in Yemen Thursday was aimed at killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric who is suspected of orchestrating terrorist attacks on the U.S, but the missile missed its target, according to Yemeni and U.S. officials.
The drone strike comes less than a week after a U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. Had the drone strike in Yemen been successful, the U.S. would have killed two of the top three most-wanted terrorists in a single week.
Mr. Awlaki has emerged as the charismatic frontman of an al Qaeda branch based in Yemen, which the U.S. considers the most active terror group in the world. With bin Laden's death, some officials believe Mr. Awlaki and his group now represents the gravest threat to the U.S.
White House and Pentagon officials declined to comment on any strikes in Yemen.
The timing of the strike shows the administration's resolve to take out Mr. Awlaki and other members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as his group is known.
The attempt to kill Mr. Awlaki was the first known U.S. military strike inside Yemen since May 2010, when U.S. missiles mistakenly killed one of Yemen President Abdullah Ali Saleh's envoys and an unknown number of other people. |
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100..._LEFTTopStories
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May-06-2011 23:01
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