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We are not winning this war. Not by a long stretch.
And we are not winning because our leaders don't have the balls to fight it the way it needs to be fought.
As long as we remain reactive instead of proactive we are doomed.
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Obama Says Bin Laden Tape Shows Weakness
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010 09:29 AM
President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Tuesday that al Qaeda has been weakened by U.S. actions, and as evidence pointed to a taped message purported to be by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden about a failed Christmas Day airplane bomb plot.
"Al Qaeda itself is greatly weakened from where it was back in 2000. Bin Laden sending out a tape trying to take credit for a Nigerian student who engaged in a failed bombing attempt is an indication of how weakened he is because this is not something necessarily directed by him," Obama told ABC's Good Morning America.
"Since 9/11, we have put in a series of measures that make us much safer now than we were before," Obama said, referring to the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Obama has been criticized by Republicans over his administration's response to the December 25 bombing attempt on a U.S.-bound airliner. The Yemen-based regional wing of al Qaeda has said it was behind the plan to detonate a bomb as the plane approached Detroit.
In an audiotape aired on Al Jazeera television on Sunday, a man purporting to be bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed attack.
The tape, which U.S. officials could not immediately verify as authentic, praised bomb plot suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and vowed more strikes at the United States.
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- Bin Laden Wording 'indicator' Of Upcoming Attack: Monitor
From AFP: WASHINGTON (AFP) – Osama bin Laden's word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a "possible indicator" of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday. IntelCenter,...
- Osama's Bodyguard Speaks
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We are not winning this war. Not by a long stretch.
And we are not winning because our leaders don't have the balls to fight it the way it needs to be fought.
As long as we remain reactive instead of proactive we are doomed.
Newsmax:
Obama Says Bin Laden Tape Shows Weakness
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010 09:29 AM
President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Tuesday that al Qaeda has been weakened by U.S. actions, and as evidence pointed to a taped message purported to be by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden about a failed Christmas Day airplane bomb plot.
"Al Qaeda itself is greatly weakened from where it was back in 2000. Bin Laden sending out a tape trying to take credit for a Nigerian student who engaged in a failed bombing attempt is an indication of how weakened he is because this is not something necessarily directed by him," Obama told ABC's Good Morning America.
"Since 9/11, we have put in a series of measures that make us much safer now than we were before," Obama said, referring to the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Obama has been criticized by Republicans over his administration's response to the December 25 bombing attempt on a U.S.-bound airliner. The Yemen-based regional wing of al Qaeda has said it was behind the plan to detonate a bomb as the plane approached Detroit.
In an audiotape aired on Al Jazeera television on Sunday, a man purporting to be bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed attack.
The tape, which U.S. officials could not immediately verify as authentic, praised bomb plot suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and vowed more strikes at the United States.
-
CIA thwarts Al Qaeda underwear bomb plot on anniversary of bin Laden's death, US officials say - FBI Statement on Seizure of IED Overseas Will update when more info comes available. Update: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[AQAP] is alive and...
-
Peter Bergen at Newsweek: Why Bin Laden Still Matters Al Qaeda never had more than a few hundred sworn members. The real danger was its ability to train and inspire jihadis around the world. In late January, Osama bin Laden released an audiotape praising...
- Mirandizing Mutallab "deprived Our Intelligence Agencies Of Valuable Information"
Abdulmutallab's lawyer may prove to be very expensive indeed as security agencies here and in Europe scramble to gather intelligence on probable pending attacks by al Qaeda. More background from the In From the Cold site via The Jawa Report. (Don't...
- Bin Laden Wording 'indicator' Of Upcoming Attack: Monitor
From AFP: WASHINGTON (AFP) – Osama bin Laden's word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a "possible indicator" of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday. IntelCenter,...
- Osama's Bodyguard Speaks
From Drudge: In the First Television Interview of an Al-Qaeda Member Close to Osama Since 9/11, Abu Jandal Offers First-Hand Details About the Most-Wanted Man in the World. A former personal bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden says he is certain the al-Qaeda...