Details Emerge About Possible Terror Threat

[ylexot]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2813235&page=1

Mimicking the hijackers who executed the Sept. 11 attacks, insurgents reportedly tied to al Qaeda in Iraq considered using student visas to slip terrorists into the United States to orchestrate a new attack on American soil.

Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, recently testified that documents captured by coalition forces during a raid of a safe house believed to house Iraqi members of al Qaeda six months ago "revealed [AQI] was planning terrorist operations in the U.S."

Ok, even I have to admit that the timing of this is highly suspect.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by ylexot

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2813235&page=1
Ok, even I have to admit that the timing of this is highly suspect.

...one does wonder how hard can it be to find a box cutter these days. Maybe they all left the country to go fight in Iraq and now they've got some free time?

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

None of the information gathered indicates there are any active plans to carry out attacks outside Iraq or more importantly inside the United States. - NBC