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Large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen - Coming after America (1 Viewer)

TheIronSheik

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This is a little troubling.

The video shows al-Wuhayshi addressing more than 100 fighters somewhere within Yemen, Cruickshank said, a restive nation on the southwestern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. The al Qaeda leader, he said, is "taking a big risk in doing this."
But he doesn't mince words about his mission.

In a speech to the group, al-Wuhayshi makes it clear that he's going after the United States, saying "We must eliminate the cross. ... The bearer of the cross is America!"

U.S. officials believe the highly produced video is recent. With some fighters faces blurred, there is worry it signals a new round of plotting.
"The U.S. intelligence community should be surprised that such a large group of al Qaeda assembled together, including the leadership, and somehow they didn't notice," said Peter Bergen, CNN national security analyst.
There is good reason to worry.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also known as AQAP, is considered the most dangerous al Qaeda affiliate. The CIA and the Pentagon have repeatedly killed AQAP leaders with drone strikes. But the group is now emboldened.
"The main problem about this group is that it has a bomb maker who can put bombs on to planes that can't be detected," Bergen said.
That bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, is believed to be responsible for several attack attempts against the United States, including the failed 2009 Christmas Day underwear bomber attack in Detroit.

Al-Asiri doesn't appear in the video. He remains in hiding, and intelligence experts say he and other AQAP leaders have gone back to using couriers to communicate to avoid detection. That makes it even harder to figure out what al-Wuhayshi may order next.

But the terror group leader's goal is clear, Cruickshank said.

"His message to the United States," Cruickshank said, "was very much the same as (former al Qaeda leader Osama) bin Laden's: 'We're coming after you.' "
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Nothing here surprises me. I'm sure we have a solid intelligence, but it is a large world out there and we can't track everything everywhere.

 
When the terrorist attack comes, people will be yelling at the government asking why they didn't do more to stop it.

 
Perhaps the NSA should cut back spying on Americans and focus more resources on checking out the giant Al-Queda shindigs.

 
If they had 100 fighters there that was pretty much everyone. AQ isn't what it was. When it was at full strength it took it ten years to organize an attack on the US. And lots of people are after us. Always have been, always will be. Too late to start hiding behind our women's skirts.

 
NCCommish said:
If they had 100 fighters there that was pretty much everyone. AQ isn't what it was. When it was at full strength it took it ten years to organize an attack on the US. And lots of people are after us. Always have been, always will be. Too late to start hiding behind our women's skirts.
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So your point is to ignore this? :confused:

 
So, how bad are the US Intel departments that we apparently had no idea of this large scale meeting? How many billions of dollars are we spending? Maybe we should scale back and bring in a couple of interns to search youtube?

 
NCCommish said:
TheIronSheik said:
NCCommish said:
If they had 100 fighters there that was pretty much everyone. AQ isn't what it was. When it was at full strength it took it ten years to organize an attack on the US. And lots of people are after us. Always have been, always will be. Too late to start hiding behind our women's skirts.
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So your point is to ignore this? :confused:
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No my point is fear sells and I am not afraid.
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Fear from AQ? There's a difference in being afraid and taking care of a problem.

 
When was the last time Israel had a problem with a passenger plane. Why haven't we been smart enough to employ their tactics from ticket purchase to boarding.

 
Ditka Butkus said:
When was the last time Israel had a problem with a passenger plane. Why haven't we been smart enough to employ their tactics from ticket purchase to boarding.
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Scalability might be an issue imo

There are about 12 airports in Israel, and about 550 Air Carrier airports in the US.

 
Sinn Fein said:
So, how bad are the US Intel departments that we apparently had no idea of this large scale meeting? How many billions of dollars are we spending? Maybe we should scale back and bring in a couple of interns to search youtube?
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Did you ever lose a quarter and find it a year later in your couch?

 
Sinn Fein said:
Doctor Detroit said:
Sinn Fein said:
So, how bad are the US Intel departments that we apparently had no idea of this large scale meeting? How many billions of dollars are we spending? Maybe we should scale back and bring in a couple of interns to search youtube?
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Did you ever lose a quarter and find it a year later in your couch?
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So, you are saying the CIA will find this meeting in a year?
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I'm saying you aren't really grasping the totality of intelligence gathering.

 
Didn't some presidential candidate say something about "AQ is on the run something something that's just a video protest something something" in 2012?

 
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Sinn Fein said:
So, how bad are the US Intel departments that we apparently had no idea of this large scale meeting? How many billions of dollars are we spending? Maybe we should scale back and bring in a couple of interns to search youtube
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There's nothing in the article to indicate one way or the other whether our Intel knew about this

 
They've hated us for years, so this is hardly surprising. I've thought for a while now that the US should seriously limit the number of people coming into this country, if for no other reason than the already huge backlog of people trying to become citizens.

 
randall146 said:
Sinn Fein said:
So, how bad are the US Intel departments that we apparently had no idea of this large scale meeting? How many billions of dollars are we spending? Maybe we should scale back and bring in a couple of interns to search youtube
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There's nothing in the article to indicate one way or the other whether our Intel knew about this
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SO you are saying the AQ leadership met, and we knew about and did not get a Drone in the air? Or do we limit drone kills to single AQ operatives at weddings?

 
Doctor Detroit said:
Sinn Fein said:
Doctor Detroit said:
Sinn Fein said:
So, how bad are the US Intel departments that we apparently had no idea of this large scale meeting? How many billions of dollars are we spending? Maybe we should scale back and bring in a couple of interns to search youtube?
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Did you ever lose a quarter and find it a year later in your couch?
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So, you are saying the CIA will find this meeting in a year?
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I'm saying you aren't really grasping the totality of intelligence gathering.
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:goodposting:

This is Monday morning quarterbacking at its finest. You don't have the slightest inkling of how this fits into the bigger picture.

 
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