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To: LindyBill who wrote (103296)3/4/2005 3:34:35 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793826
 
Very troubling.

My pessimistic side tells me that if AQ has a nuclear weapon or sufficient radioactive material to make a few dirty bombs, setting them off would require less planning, money and coordination than the 9/11 attacks required. And fewer terrorists. These factors scare me since they make such an attack all but impossible to deter.

My optimistic side tells me that top AQ leadership is on the run, ineffective, and unble to do much since 9/11 thanks to our counterterror efforts.

Which side is right?



To: LindyBill who wrote (103296)3/5/2005 3:23:15 AM
From: KLP  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793826
 
Agree...that article by Scheuer is indeed troubling. I wonder though...since he was -- "Chief of the bin Laden Unit at the Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999" -- and IF they were using the same reasoning he shows here...why weren't we better warned and prepared for 9-11????


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