keep your eye on the ball.
From the AP this morning:
Alleged Missile Plot Uncovered in N.Y.
By CURT ANDERSON
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, N.Y., were arrested on charges stemming from an alleged plot to help a man they thought was a terrorist purchase a shoulder-fired missile, federal authorities said Thursday.
The men have ties to a group called Ansar al-Islam, which has been linked to the al-Qaida terror network, according to two federal law enforcement authorities speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S. officials have said that Ansar's members are thought to be linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian militant whose network is blamed for attacks on U.S. forces and their allies in Iraq.
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This goes to show that the War on Terror is going to be protracted and difficult to fight. Why it takes a bipartisan commission three years after 9/11 to get the president to snap to action is beyond me. Then again, the president had to be taken kicking and screaming to that commission.
No matter who's running the country, this goes to show we can't afford for politics and infighting to go on within Intel agencies. They better keep their eyes on the ball.
Alleged Missile Plot Uncovered in N.Y.
By CURT ANDERSON
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, N.Y., were arrested on charges stemming from an alleged plot to help a man they thought was a terrorist purchase a shoulder-fired missile, federal authorities said Thursday.
The men have ties to a group called Ansar al-Islam, which has been linked to the al-Qaida terror network, according to two federal law enforcement authorities speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S. officials have said that Ansar's members are thought to be linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian militant whose network is blamed for attacks on U.S. forces and their allies in Iraq.
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This goes to show that the War on Terror is going to be protracted and difficult to fight. Why it takes a bipartisan commission three years after 9/11 to get the president to snap to action is beyond me. Then again, the president had to be taken kicking and screaming to that commission.
No matter who's running the country, this goes to show we can't afford for politics and infighting to go on within Intel agencies. They better keep their eyes on the ball.
