So we should take it to mean if there is no attack, they actually want the Obama in the white house. I put my money on no attack....
On Oct 22, 10:18 am, CaliforniaLuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this > week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a > way to usher in a McCain presidency. > > The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web > site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily > and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. > John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue > the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. > > "This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as > McCain, who pledged to continue the war till the last American > soldier," the message said. "Then, al-Qaida will have to support > McCain in the coming elections so that he continues the failing march > of his predecessor, Bush." > > SITE Intelligence Group, based in Bethesda, Md., monitors the Web site > and translated the message. > > "If al-Qaida carries out a big operation against American interests," > the message said, "this act will be support of McCain because it will > push the Americans deliberately to vote for McCain so that he takes > revenge for them against al-Qaida. Al-Qaida then will succeed in > exhausting America till its last year in it." > > Mark Salter, a senior McCain adviser, said he had heard about the Web > site chatter but had no immediate comment. > > The message is credited to a frequent and apparently respected > contributor named Muhammad Haafid. However, Haafid is not believed to > have a direct affiliation with al-Qaida plans or knowledge of its > operations, according to SITE. > > SITE senior analyst Adam Raisman said this message caught SITE's > attention because there has been little other chatter on the forums > about the U.S. election. > > SITE was struck by the message's detailed analysis _ and apparent > jubilation _ about American financial woes. > > "What we try to do is get the pulse of the jihadist community," > Raisman said. "And it's about the financial crisis." > > Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden issued a videotape just four days > before the 2004 U.S. presidential election directly addressing the > American people. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
