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    ‘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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    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?
    Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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      #3
      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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        #4
        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.
        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #5
          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.

          .
          .
          .

          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.
          McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
          Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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