al-Qaida
Janet Napolitano, System worked, Christmas day terrorist attack, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Al-Qaida, Arabian Peninsula, PETN glycol based explosives, Face the Nation, Homeland Security Secretary
I heard Janet Napolitano say the following while I was recently on the road, in response to questions about security, in the wake of the terrorist attack on Christmas day. I just shook my head in disbelief then and now. “One thing I’d like to point out is that the system worked.” After much criticism, Napolitano has changed her story. From Sphere, December 28, 2009. “Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Attempted US Attack” “Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner on ChristmasRead More
Osama bin Laden, January 14, 2008, Obama, Jihad against Israel, audiotape, Islamic militant Web sites, al-Qaida, New fronts against the United States, Chicago Tribune, enlist the youth into jihad brigades
Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel in a new audiotape. “Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel and condemned Arab governments as allies of the Jewish state in a new message aimed at harnessing anger in the Mideast over the Gaza offensive. Bin Laden spoke in an audiotape posted Wednesday on Islamic militant Web sites where al-Qaida usually issues its messages. It was his first tape since May and came nearly three weeks after Israel started its campaign againstRead More