‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda

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lilelvis2000 replied

15 November 2008, 15:45
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5158569.ece

Barack Obama is being given ominous advice from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to brace himself for an early assault from terrorists.

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no “real or artificial spike” in intercepted transmissions from terror suspects had been detected.

So this is like the WMD then? Just enables the security services to get more money....

And for Jacqui Smith to go on anther "we need another anti-terrorism law" rampage.
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Paddy replied

15 November 2008, 11:35
Originally posted by PM-Junkie View Post

At the end of the cold war, people were starting to call for reduced defence spending in the USA. Suddenly along comes big bad bin laden and the whole al qaeda thing and back up goes the defence budget and spending on defence companies and security services.

Then as people begin to smell a rat and more and more start to doubt the existance of the whole al qaeda thing, suddenly the ruskies become the big bad wolf again so that we have a threat to justify continued defence spending.

Now that dies down again, suddenly the al qaeda thing comes up again.

Funny ol' thing eh?

Yes, this is something that is also brought up regularly in the foreign press.
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OwlHoot replied

15 November 2008, 10:31
From the article:

President Bush has repeatedly described the acute vulnerability of the US during a transition.

I wouldn't put it past Brownstuff to try postponing elections in the UK in case a "transition" risked triggering a terrorist attack.
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PM-Junkie replied

15 November 2008, 09:09
At the end of the cold war, people were starting to call for reduced defence spending in the USA. Suddenly along comes big bad bin laden and the whole al qaeda thing and back up goes the defence budget and spending on defence companies and security services.

Then as people begin to smell a rat and more and more start to doubt the existance of the whole al qaeda thing, suddenly the ruskies become the big bad wolf again so that we have a threat to justify continued defence spending.

Now that dies down again, suddenly the al qaeda thing comes up again.

Funny ol' thing eh?
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BrilloPad started a topic ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda

15 November 2008, 08:35
‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5158569.ece

Barack Obama is being given ominous advice from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to brace himself for an early assault from terrorists.

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no “real or artificial spike” in intercepted transmissions from terror suspects had been detected.

So this is like the WMD then? Just enables the security services to get more money....
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