Muammar el-Qaddafi Terrorist Attacks on THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[sunnyandseventy]

Nothing like a little war and some terrorism with a bath robed nut case to distract people away from the Japan meltdown. :oo-->



The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama’s top counterterrorism official said on Friday.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/africa/19terror.htm?_r=1

[sunnyandseventy]

The official, John O. Brennan, said that the military attacks on civilians ordered in recent days by Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, coupled with his track record as a sponsor of terrorism, had heightened worries within the administration as an international coalition threatens military action against Libya.

Asked if American officials feared whether Colonel Qaddafi could open a new terrorism front, Mr. Brennan said: “Qaddafi has the penchant to do things of a very concerning nature. We have to anticipate and be prepared for things he might try to do to flout the will of the international community.”

Among the threats the United States is focusing on is Libya’s stockpile of deadly mustard gas, he said.

Mr. Brennan spoke to reporters after addressing the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School in Manhattan. The center is named for Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., who died in 1997 and was no relation to Mr. Brennan.

After renouncing its nascent nuclear weapons program in 2003, and enjoying a brief interlude as Washington’s partner in combating Al Qaeda’s branch in North Africa, Libya has reverted to its status as a pariah government whose intelligence operatives blew up Pan Am Flight 103 above Scotland in 1988.

Mr. Brennan acknowledged that the political turmoil in the Middle East in the past three months had breached or weakened counterterrorism cooperation among some Arab countries. But he added that the United States had taken unspecified steps in recent months to offset its losses in that area. Among those steps may be more electronic eavesdropping, spy satellite coverage and more informants on the ground, independent intelligence specialists said.

“We’ve been able to weather some of these storms, but clearly there have been effects,” he said. “We need to work hard to ensure that the cooperation that existed before with certain countries continues.”

Mr. Brennan declined to provide details of what the United States was doing or which countries it was focusing on, but it is no secret that American spy agencies have worked closely with counterparts in countries like Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen.

“When politics change, frequently security and intelligence services that are dedicated to thwarting transnational terrorist groups, they remain largely unaffected because their focus is on those elements that are trying to undermine the security and stability of the country,” Mr. Brennan said.

He said American spy services and law enforcement agencies had worked with some Arab counterparts in recent weeks to disrupt terrorist plots that allied officials had been tracking even before the political tumult in the region boiled over. He said a number of jailed terrorism suspects or sympathizers in those countries who had been released or escaped in the recent chaos had been “rounded up and brought back.”

But not all. Egypt’s governing military council released the younger brother of Ayman al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda’s second in command, from prison on Thursday after holding him for a decade on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government.

Asked about the release of this prominent prisoner, Mr. Brennan barely disguised his frustration with Egyptian military officials. “I’m concerned if any individual who is involved in terrorism is released either intentionally or as a result of the lack of security,” he said.

Any terrorism threat from Colonel Qaddafi would join a regional roster that includes affiliates of Al Qaeda in Yemen and North Africa, which may seek to carve out a safe haven in Libya’s south. “Al Qaeda has a demonstrated track record of trying to exploit political vacuums, political change or uncertainty in a number of countries,” Mr. Brennan said. “The situation in Libya now will be no exception

[osoab]

FEAR

It really works.

[sunnyandseventy]

Among the threats the United States is focusing on is Libya’s stockpile of deadly mustard gas, he said.

Ahhhh.......the old stockpiled deadly mustard gas trick. That'll sell some gas masks around nyc.

[Cebu_4_2]

Bring it, I need to unload some old ammunition

[Neuro]

Any terrorism threat from Colonel Qaddafi would join a regional roster that includes affiliates of Al Qaeda in Yemen and North Africa, which may seek to carve out a safe haven in Libya’s south. “Al Qaeda has a demonstrated track record of trying to exploit political vacuums, political change or uncertainty in a number of countries,” Mr. Brennan said. “The situation in Libya now will be no exception

Oh no, not that shit again!

[Twisted Titan]

The official, John O. Brennan, said that the military attacks on civilians ordered in recent days by Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, coupled with his track record as a sponsor of terrorism, had heightened worries within the administration as an international coalition threatens military action against Libya

Dude I dont think it was even 4-6 months ago You were welcoming this man with open arms after you paid off the Lockerbie Bombing families and got your lucrative Oil contracts.

Now hes a Despot that has to be stopped at all costs.

Man the attention span of people are real short.


T

[ximmy]

He's a bad man... I'm glad the good guys are taking him out... ::)

[Glass]

Obama: "As I said yesterday, we will not - I repeat - we will not deploy any US troops on the ground," he said.

tick tick tick......

He then went on to say


"I want the American people to know that the use of force is not our first choice, and it's not a choice that I make lightly.

"But we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy, and when his forces step up their assault on cities like Benghazi and Misrata where innocent men and women face brutality and death at the hands of their own government."

[Down1]

Let's rip-off a current commercial I hear on the radio all the time.


FEAR

The U.S. spreads that Sh*t on everything.

[mick silver]

The official, John O. Brennan, said that the military attacks on civilians ordered in recent days by Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, coupled with his track record as a sponsor of terrorism, had heightened worries within the administration as an international coalition threatens military action against Libya

Dude I dont think it was even 4-6 months ago You were welcoming this man with open arms after you paid off the Lockerbie Bombing families and got your lucrative Oil contracts.

Now hes a Despot that has to be stopped at all costs.

Man the attention span of people are real short.


T
when it come to money there no attention span for the rich

[Ponce]

I don't get it guys, if someone punch you, do you just stand there and take it?.............and what about if a Chinaman comes to the US, enters your home and kill your kid.......do you thank him for it?

If those countries do not take revenge about what we are doing to their country they then would deserve everything that we do to them and I would have NO RESPECT for them.......that does not mean that I want them to come here and kill Americans.......but.......I to do others what others do to me.