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To: TimF who wrote (139099)	9/13/2001 9:11:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575535

Hijacking Clues May Be Red Herrings 2130 GMT, 010913 stratfor.com I would not be surprised if some of the terrorists who were higher up in the hierarchy fled the same morning of the attack. I think some of the guys they are picking up in Europe are them. I would also not be surprised that the stuff left in the cars was staged....I think they wanted us to know that they learned to fly here. How best to demoralize the infidels. However, I am not too worried that all these clues are being checked. I am sure the level of manpower on this case is huge....we have amassed a ton of info in a very short time. So many are involved that no time is being lost. In addition, the Europeans appear to be solidly with us and I suspect are doing everything they can to catch these guys. I am not surprised that they have nabbed three people already. Finally, the terrorists do not have a clue as to what they have done. They think they are dealing with a paper tiger. They do not know that they have awaken a sleeping monster. The sh*t will hit the fan and they will be very unhappy. ted

To: TimF who wrote (139099)	9/13/2001 10:06:49 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575535

"Hijacking Clues May Be Red Herrings" Been wondering about that. While the need for the manuals make at least some sense, why a video? Reluctantly, I have to abandon bin Laden as my primary suspect. That leaves me with Israel (who else has benefited the most?) and Iraq. Now I don't really believe it was Israel, although I cannot discount them, and I am left with Iraq. But how could they have coordinated something like this?

To: TimF who wrote (139099)	9/14/2001 8:56:38 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575535

Hijacking Clues May Be Red Herrings 2130 GMT, 010913 It doesn't matter. We are now at war, war against ALL terrorists. It doesn't matter which group attacked us on Tuesday, they all must die. They're cockroaches. Everytime you see one you have to kill it. We should have been doing this for years. We could well have just seen the opening assault of WWIII. While I have a great deal of confidence in Bush's ability to form a strong coalition, the war against terrorism will be hard fought and will stress the coalition's bonds to the limits. There is a lot of talk now, even amongst prominent Republicans, about how we should have killed Saddam during the Gulf War. These people are wrong; to do so would have been contrary to our mandate and would have led us into a protracted war in the Middle East where it was Israel and the US against the rest. Monday-morning quarterbacking is easy, but the Gulf War was fought exactly as it should have been and stopped when its mandate was accomplished. Unfortunately, because of these subsequent events, we are now in the position of having to take on the Middle East. While we have broad support today, this support will rapidly diminish. We will need to make strikes in Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, and other places. The region will not tolerate this very well, unless Bush can do it with prior approval of the nations involved. The key component of fighting this war will be intelligence. Unfortunately, our intelligence gathering capability has been gutted over the last 25 years. Beginning in the mid-70s, we foolishly eliminated a large chunk of our in-place CIA people; these are people that it would take 20 years to replace. Subsequent attempts to rebuild our intelligence gathering capability have not been sustained because of changes in leadership. This is a complex problem and we're lucky to be at a time in history where we have the best minds available anywhere in key positions to deal with this crisis. But the task ahead is a difficult one and will test the will and patience of the American people.