Originally posted by JJay55
This thread also serves the purpose to phish for those like:
endisnighe
franspeakfree
Cuhail
with different point of view. And that's what datamining usually does.

The United States is closely monitoring a "credible threat" from al Qaeda in Yemen against the U.S. homeland, two senior officials told CNN.

At the same time, one official Wednesday cautioned that the threat is fairly general in nature and does not have too much specificity -- and the second said this is not a case of "we connected the dots to something imminent."

The first official did say, though, that the U.S. had gleaned that al Qaeda is already "adapting" to new U.S. security measures and that, in part, has raised the concerns.

A third source said that in following up on accused Christmas Day airplane bomber Omar Farouk AbdulMutallab, officials came across some information relevant to aviation. A fourth source confirmed the information has to do with aviation and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The level of concern is "measurable" this source said, adding "There is more prickling of the neck hair."

The U.S. has some information about time frame, this source continued, saying, "It is more definitive than it usually is."

The U.S. does not have information on location, however, and the source would not say if officials have a name or nationality of the person or persons involved. This source pointed out that aviation security is rigid already and that no additional protective measures have been taken. But, the source says, "there is a lot of stuff going on in the next day or two" relating to analysis.

Separately, one U.S. counterterrorism official would say only that, "No one believes the threat from AQAP ended on December 25, 2009. They continue to plot and plan."

And another U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN, "Everyone is looking closely at AQAP in the aftermath of the AbdulMutallab attempt."

Would you kindly point to the source of this piece of hogwash?

Originally posted by Cuhail

Ahhh, yes. That would indeed help you solidify the "Us vs. Them" mentality.

Sour Grapes, what would YOUR little badge read? "My security is threatened by...."

Originally posted by JJay55
Usually this prompts cells to scatter and regroup.

Originally posted by SourGrapes

Originally posted by JJay55
Usually this prompts cells to scatter and regroup.

Isn't this a good thing? How long does it take them to regroup?

BTW, is the Yemen police really trying to oust Al Qaeda, or are they yammering for extra U.S. funds? Especially, given that Haiti's going to be taking up some of those funds and resources. (So, kind of like..."look at us, over here! Looky, we killed a bad guy. Don't we deserve some of that $$ before it's all used up?")