Meh. Sounds like a bunch of pointless fearmongering to me. Al Qaeda can hope for and plan for whatever they like. Sure, we need to stay vigilant - but they got lucky on 9/11 because we were unprepared.

Their delusions of grandeur don't frighten me.

Okay , now tell us something we don't know.....

The Sears Tower will only crumble if Bush needs an excuse to attack Iran. Someone call Dick and George and tell them that Iran has Iraq's WMDs...

Someone foun a military missile under the main Newark New Jersey Airport's flightpath. The Happy Jihadis aren't particular on what they attack. They realise the nescessity of air travel in the US. In my humble opinion I think that is what they will continue to try to attack. Paralysing the air routes will paralyse the American economy.

Al Qaeda's stated goal is to bankrupt the US so it cannot exist militarily as it does now. THAT is what the security services should be concentrating on.

As if this is News? Only to people who have been in a coma since 09/11/01. Sheesh

Is any one else just sick of hearing about these Muslim extremists and their plans to blow everything up. When are we gonna stop being so PC and say that we've had enough of this "peaceful religion"?

It is time to kill them. Sorry Pakistan but we have to go in and kill them. If the Muslim world wants to revolt let them and then nukes. All Muslims are not terrorists but all terrorists have been Muslims. Time to kill the radicals and stop talking

We can send them photos of tall buildings in Indonesia. That would be a good place for them to start.

Other mode of mass trans. should be looked at as well as airplanes.

We have entered a period of time in Nation's History capitulating a Police State. Probably the only reasonable response is for us all to be on the lookout for possible terrorists.

bin ladin has won,hes turned the U.S.into a high security state wasting billions of tax dollars in fear of another attack.

Okay, I know this all just more of the same tired old Boo! stuff they've been spewing for 5 years. But what's the deal with this flurry of scary Al Qaeda threats all at once? Is something getting ready to go down, and they're trying to get ahead of the story? Watch out for what happens tomorrow while W is under the knife. Boo!

The Prophet is spinning even faster in his grave. No Moslems protest against the terrorists. There is no one left to be holy.

Anybody else get the feeling we're going to have a new "attack" soon? Bush Inc. is running out of options, and the GOP is getting really nervous about being voted out in 2008. Santorum with his clear prediction (he seems to be pretty confident), and Chertoff with his "gut feeling". I mean, if Osama really attacked us in the first place, how stupid are WE if here we are six years later with no head on a stake? Half a trillion dollars later, and no Osama? Please. People need to wake up.

Its funny to me how much bull the news and media is, every time support for the war goes down, all of this "info" starts flowing into the media... so everyone who falls for this, wake up... it's all lies aimed to manipulate you. They want you to live in fear so they can keep killing people to make people like cheney even more profits from his oil company... I hate you abcnews

An al Qaeda terrorist attack in the United States again is still very probable, so we must be on guard. Such attacks serve as a double-edged sword, which not only cause casualties and fear but to also disrupt the markets and economies. In saying that, I have not heard of any legislation that would require an immediately shut down the financial markets, as a safety value approach to minimize damage to Wall Street in such of an attack should occur. Of course we want to have best practices that prevent attacks and save lives but also need to minimize the collateral damage to the markets and economies which in return make such attacks less effective as economic warfare.

"Al Qaeda's stated goal is to bankrupt the US so it cannot exist militarily as it does now. THAT is what the security services should be concentrating on."

It's a good strategy. It was one component of how the US won the cold war. If they can induce more expenses than they spend in a ratio greater than the differences in income, they eventually win. Thus, they never actually have to succeed in another attack-- they just have to induce sufficient security spending. If the federal government keeps increasing spending and reducing taxes as they have for the past five years, it plays right into their hands.

"Is any one else just sick of hearing about these Muslim extremists and their plans to blow everything up. When are we gonna stop being so PC and say that we've had enough of this "peaceful religion"?"

My guess is many Iraqis and Iranians are saying the exact same thing about Christianity. It's not really about religion, though, it's about power, influence, and money.

I work in the Sears Tower.

Think of me if it happens.

To all you idiotic Lefties... the threat is persistant and real.

It was 8 years between the two WTC attacks.. these folks are obssessed (sort of like you and your BDS)

This country needs to stop all Muslim immigration. Monitor all non-citizens who are here and monitor what goes on in the Mosques, since 80-90% are controlled by Imams from Saudi Arabia.

Six years later and there are still folks who think Al Qaeda carried out 9/11? Please read anything from ANY non-corporate US news source, and you may change your mind. Or, wait till another false flag operation has removed what's left of our government and Bush has declared himself dictator under his Executive Orders NSPD51 and HSPD20.

Guess what everybody, when you jump in a pool of water, you get wet

i dont mean to be sarcastic but none of this information is really all thats newworthy in the sense that it should be common sense

Boring - why so many old stories & facts?

Did someone get someone else to write this article as a scare tactic? I personally am tired of the media, but especially the news networks in this country trying to manipulate what Americans think and feel. Luckily I am smart enough and strong enough to resist this kind of negative persuasion, but I believe, unfortunately, a lot of people fall for this useless rhetoric. It only creates anxiety and that can't be good for any culture. Remember, 90 some-odd percent of what you worry about never happens!

Pro-terrorism activists on U.S. college campuses openly advocate for the destruction of the U.S. and Israel.

This just in- ABC news has received information that terrorists may be behind sept.11 - more later!!!!

If our D**N F**L president didn't keep letting these fre*ks come into the country, maybe this problem wouldn't be as bad as it seems to be.

Islam working hard to bring the world forward into the 8th century.

Bill asks:..."what's the deal with this flurry of scary Al Qaeda threats all at once"

The administration is laying the groundwork for why Gen Petraus's September report of no-progress-in-Iraq will be moved to the back burner: let's get everybody focused on the "imminent attack here" instead.

I agree

"When are we gonna stop being so PC and say that we've had enough of this 'peaceful religion'?"

Are you serious?!? Are you seriously suggesting that the 99.99% of people practicing Islam should be lumped together with these fringe radicals??? I suppose anyone who is Christian is also a crazy right-wing conservative who likes to blow up clinics??? C'mon.

The Muslim Terrorists have already defeated the Democrats / Liberals / leftists of America. But Bush, our Military and and real Americans cant be defeated. The best friends the terrorists have in the USA are the senate democrats.

We have NO border security. Hence we are not protected against terrorism. The democrats want the votes from the illegals, they really don't care about us. I figured the republican's would jump all over that, nope. They don't want to protect the border either. Like I said, with no border, there's no security.

Why is it that the islamic community
can't get it together issue a fatwa
against anyone who participates in violence and killing. When are they going to step up world wide with one voice to firmly condemn anyone who supports al queda?

This is not like the boy who cried wolf - we need to be vigilant but go on with our lives. Let's not ever forget 9/11 nor can we afford to be paralized by fear.

Boo. now pay up and shuddup while we go on raping the world.

again?

I wouldn't have that type of attitude. It's good to know that we have our security doing all they can. God helps us all!

We all have to realize that these extreme islmist nut cases want to have the old islam control that they had 2000 years ago when Persia was a great nation. We are a big country and have to be strong in our unity to defeat these people. They can never have the capabilities to nuke the whole country, but they can destroy us little by little but only if we let them.

Why we don't just nuke Iran and the region where al-qaeda is believe to be holed up in pakistan is beyond me.

Those of us who are not top intel chiefs kind of figured this out by 2001.

A few years ago I was at the Sears Tower and I was stunned as to how weak the security was. It made me sick. I turned to my wife and explained to her the obvious vulnerabilities later on. Not to mention of course how close Midway Airport is. Both Chicago's Midway Airport and DC's National Airport have no reason being open during war-time. But I have been hoping (hope is not a strategy) that Chicago is wising up and improved Sears Tower security since.

Yawn. So attack us already and stop talking us to death. Give us a good reason to pummel another hellhole.

Sep 11 was not a victory for Al Qaeda or the Muslim world. If finally redirected the energy of the jihad back to the Muslim world. No state is gonna support another band of terrorists in an attack against the US when they see how the last one turned out. Nobody in an Arab state wants to see mad as hell Alabama boys driving their tanks into their capitals. Even Zawahiri called off an attack in the subways of New York because the American response was too much for him to take. Now he limits his attacks to videos made safely in a cave.

The fact is that Muslim terrorists who can, draw blood. Muslim terrorists who can't, make videos.

Mere's eat oates and does eat oats.

It would seem to me that a simple message needs to be sent to Syria, Iran and any body else involved with terrorists..One bomb goes off here and it's Bye Bye Damascus.

Reality check here..Hello McFly

If we KNOW that Al Qaeda is building its base back from pre 9/11 strength to hit us again why are we not over there, yesterday man ??!!!
If a couple more buildings come down & erase the American skyline forever, again , what are we prepared to do?
Time to warm up some tactical nukes into the mountains of Pakistan, America. No one would blame us this time..besides who cares ? We have the power to do it now.If we wait and wait to get attacked this country will fall... We need to be tough Not a bunch of Weak Liberal Flip Flopping Poll Watching Double Standard Democrats !!!

Hey h5mind - Why do you even bother to make the effort to write your comments? You think you have all the answers, it's ALL a Bush conspiracy to take over EVERYTHING... so why do you go on spewing all this about who and what was responsible for 9/11? IF we're all so deluded and you have all the answers, just relax, sit back and watch it all happen, THEN revel in how smart YOU are, and how stupid all of the rest of are. OR... is it you're the deluded one, huh?

Remember, Islam is a religion of peace.

The Bloods and the Crypts draw more American blood each year than Al Queada has since 9/11. Give up the ghost already. Find something else that's actually threatening to be afraid of.

And whatever happened to "in God we trust"???

So what is the color on the Homeland Security Terrorist Warning system now - pink, purple, I forget. I think purple is safer, right? BOMB PAKISTAN!!

The Muslim Terrorists have already defeated the Democrats / Liberals / leftists of America. But Bush, our Military and and real Americans cant be defeated. The best friends the terrorists have in the USA are the senate democrats.

Posted by: Steve LtCol USMC ret | Jul 20, 2007 4:12:22 PM

Ahmen!

Two words: Police State
C'mon people... what happens when we become a full-blown Police State???
Let's take a moment to think about it and let it all soak in...

h5mind:

Right on! THAT is what we should all be afraid of! THAT is what's going down!

William:

What good would it do for h5mind to "revel" over how smart s/he is? Would it save us? Would it fix anything AFTER the fact???

What good would it do to "just relax, sit back and watch it all happen"? Would it save your loved ones AFTER the fact?

All we can do is keep our eyes and ears open to our surroundings. But for how many years will this go on....

They need to sit down and talk, make a peace treaty. I'd like to know what the other side has to say. All this killing and the war in Iraq is just going around in circles.

Folks we our getting no where and there is no end in sight.

another gut feeling warning from a top security person. first chertoff, now mcconnell.
we have no clear and compelling evidence they're in the United States," McConnell told WTOP.

anyone in a tall building see or participate in a terrorism drill since 9/11?
please ask the Fire Depts, Police, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard to practice putting out tall building fires. from the air or from the sea and roof-top evacuations.

for jack.Now is not the time to name call amongst ourselves. You seperators really give me a pain in the neck.

I believe in Bi-partisan efforts to help this great country be what it is meant to be. The best and the brightest star on the horizon for so many. Stop draining it away on self intrest.

Yes I have had enough of this peacful Religon. It is time to get serious not cut and run. How about the US getting a little more actived in Pakistan and get rid of these guys both there an Iraq. This is a war and the way to win is kill the other side. Lets stop trying to talk and get serious.

The person who said that the best friend the terroist have is the Leftist here in the USA is completely correct. Instead of supporting our military they slap them in the face. They can slap Bush all they want since he has made some major mistakes. But when they strat saying we got to get out oh the only people who are happy about that is the ones who want to see America destoried.

So if you want out then why do you remain in a country you hate. Any answers.

One of these days its going to get real serious and on that day I hope the mental defective liberals are in close proximity to the blast and that way Bin Ladin can get two birds with one stone.

to the retired USMC Lt Col: It's a real honor to know that "REAL AMERICANS" like you are not the majority

we have no clear and compelling evidence they're in the United States," McConnell told WTOP.
'gut feeling' again.

Please ask Fire and Police Departments, the Air Force and Air National Guard, the Navy and Coast Guard to practice putting out tall-building fires. From the air like forest fires and from the sea.

This is what we get by giving support to a Muslim dictator in Pakistan who started war with India and then toppled elected govt of Pakistan. Our tax money is going there to support his govt that is allowing Talliban and Al Queda to flourish and come back to attack us. when is our govt going to learn that we can not trust these muslim dictators.

WHat a bunch of idiots wanting to blame Bush for 9/11 and claiming he'd blow up our own country,. I bet they were some of the ones running around with flags on their vehicles after 9/11 and asking how it could happen and why the terrorists got into the country and now they want to claim it was bush and that we are silly for worrying. There's nothing like a liberal with his head in the sand.

If this is true that Al Qaeda is in Pakistan then we should cut-off the $8 Billion in aid to Pakistan now. Again, if it is true, why can't we go after them instead of printing it as news and instill fear with the public. Is it because the oil deal in Iraq did not go through and Bush & Cheney's interest was push back past their term of office?

If they attack the U.S. one more time, that will be a signal to the world that the Muslims must be exterminated. If the "peaceful Muslims" cannot keep their own radicals in check, and in fact make absolutely no effort to do so, then us non-Muslims will do it and they will all be guilty by association. For example, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afganistan are all sitting on their rears and doing absolutely nothing while our boys are getting killed every day. A very large multi-national army should be formed. The whole world cannot continue to live in fear of one religion or one group of people, and go broke paying for security against these idiots. There are about a billion Muslims in the world. That's OK, we can do without a billion violent or uncaring people on this over-populated planet. Entire civilizations have died out or been wiped out in the past. This will just be one more. If all they want to do is kill, then the world will be better off without them.

Do these people have any idea about how ridiculous they look!! I mean please. Is this for real!! Besides the loss of human life, my God ,they actually go around looking for tall buildings. Morons, thats all I can say.

al qaeda is after the occidental civilisation.The goal is to create a califat islamic state and extend it by all means to the world domination;then,the world would be divided in believers,non-believers(to be killed)and dominated(to be slaved).

Why this latest flurry of al Qaeda is back? I agree with the one poster who says it's to lay the groundwork for justifying an extension for the surge well beyond Sept. - another reason, I suspect, is that the adminstration is laying the groundwork to build public support for going into Pakistan where al Qaeda is regenerating. As everyone suspected, Mushareff's idea of cutting a "peace" deal in the tribal, mountainous area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was pure lunacy. It's time to start deploying Special Forces spotters and dropping precision-guided bombs on those camps! Just like we did so well in Aghanistan.

To the leftists who want to downplay the terrorist threat and talk about a police state here in the US:

Obviously, 3000 dead on 9/11 was not a high enough body count for you to "get it."

al Qaeda has repeatedly said that they want to hit us again with an attack so massive that everyone will forget 9/11 - how about 300,000 or 3,000,000 dead - would you "get it" then?

This is all about preventing a 9/11 redux with WMD. But if there are enough naive leftys out there fighting our govt every step of the way as they try to protect us, it will only help make another 9/11 happen.

One of the lessons of 9/11 is that the unthinkable can happen. If you leftys think that another 9/11 with WMD is simply right-wing fear-mongering that Republicans are trying to use to stay in power, you are a fool - and you are the kind of fool that al Qaeda is relying on.

Perhaps we should start building underground, yes?

The sky is falling again. It is hard for anyone to take the government seriously when they refuse to close the borders and allow millions of people who at least look like Arabs to come here. Duh! Is is possible for us to assume that at least one and one too many has crossed the Rio Grande. Terrorism is real and the government is not doing a decent job protecting Americans.

Yes, Camille, this is for real...

Well for all of you who are bad talking Muslims, I am a Muslim and I am NOT a terrorist. All Muslims who are not the "extremists" hate the "extremists" and what they are doing. Not only are they killing innocent people, they are making ALL AMERICANS (which i am American as well) hate Muslims who are good and follow the religion the way it is meant to be followed. Their are Christian Extremists and Jewish Extremists who kill (the KKK is an example) but i dont see the American people attacking them. Why is it when some who says they are Muslim, the entire world focuses on the flaws of those who believe they are representing a whole when they only represent a section of what isnt considered ISLAM! ISLAM is a peaceful religion and those who say they are "killing or dying in the name of God" and hurting innocent people are not MUSLIM and are condemned by the religion. Please everyone research the religion and talk with a REAL Muslim , there is enough hate in this world, why target good people because of what bad/fakes people do. Its not fair to the rest of us who love this country and what it stands for, for us who fly and are stopped and stared at like we arent human becuase we wear the covering, who hear "look at that terrorist" when in an area without anyone. I dont categorize all Koreans by what the V-Tech did, i dont generalize about all Caucasions by what the columbine and KKK do and did. Its not fair that you categorize me as a terrorist by what FAKE/HUMANLESS/NON-GOD FEARING idiots did who CLAIM (but ARE NOT) my religion, ISLAM. I love being Muslim and i respect those of my religion and other religion.

Some ask why I bother to make comments if others disagree with my viewpoint. It’s not because I want to show folks how smart I am, or to be contrary out of spite. It’s because I hold the radical viewpoint that it’s OK to love my country while holding my leaders responsible for their actions on my behalf. I believe any true Democracy is predicated on the idea of a healthy distrust of those holding power. It was an important enough concept for the Founders to actually write this distrust into our Constitution and Bill of Rights in the form of checks and balances, the right to bear arms, and freedom of speech, press, and religion. Given the natural inclination for those with power to almost immediately abuse it, our form of government not only allows, but also requires we engage in informed debate over all issues affecting the common good. My problem with many of the so-called arguments we hear today is that the government itself, with ample assistance from corporate-owed media, has already defined the talking points for both sides. They provide the ‘facts’, and we are expected to take them at their word. Any view based on information not obtained from these sources is immediately considered suspect, a "conspiracy theory", or outright lunacy. But don’t take my word for it either. Listen to what a true Texan, Dwight D. Eisenhower advised, “Seek the truth, but do not expect to find it from the press or elected officials.”

To Steve and other blaming "Lefties", get over yourselves. Steve, I live 5 blocks from the Sears Tower and I work in the Loop area. Your fear mongering makes it sound like you're not really from Chicago at all. You sound like a fake to me.

They can and will wait a 100 years if it takes that long to destroy us all here in the US. They hate our way of life and want it wiped off the face of the planet. There is no talking sense to Islamic Jihadists. Their purpose is to kill ALL infidels and that means you folks whether you believe it or not. In fact, they love to hear the liberal Dems continue to disbelieve that they accomplished what they did on 9/11. Nothing better than the cover of darkness (lies in this case) to keep people unaware as they destroy our way of life.

Do you want to live under Sharia Law...stay tuned, that's their desired goal. Ladies, get out your burqas and get your heads/bodies covered.

I personally have no problem with the "war on terror". I agree with the view that extremists are seeking to destroy our way of life and must be stopped. But common sense tells me that the more practical way to do this is with better security, tighter border control and special ops missions. Some tough diplomacy wouldn't hurt, either. How can a tank army shoot down an extremist sneaking into the US? This whole invasion thing never really made sense to me. I think it was either for some obscure, long range idealistic vision or just a way for a weak president to leverage public sentiment. Let's stop feeding our own paranoia and get a leader in there who can concentrate on the real tasks at hand and stop playing the fool for some nutball hiding out in the desert. I will vote for the Dem, Repub or Independent who can do that. Oh, and nuking all the Muslims- that's just plain silly. You'd have to bomb Hamburg, London and Dearborn, Michigan, etc.

To TG: Islam is a religion of peace? Really? You must have use the word 'peace' a bit too vaguely. With all these kidnapping, killing, bombing, more killing, it doesn't seem 'peaceful' to me.

Jazz, ok we get it. I assume that most Americans don't actually believe that all Muslims are terrorist.

I would ask that you tell your fellow Muslims and leaders in your Mosque in America and around the world that you moderates who proclaim "Islam is a religion of Peace" either;
A. publicly and privately denounce the extremist (this doesn't happen very often....hmmmm)
B. not finance their efforts overtly or covertly (madrasah's funded by Saudi front money who preach hate and the abolishment of nations recognizeed by international community included here...btw they pump out homicide bombers like Nike factories do shoes)

C. work with our intel and law enforcement agencies as "insiders" are in a much better position to disrupt terrorist activities...

The scumbags on 9/11 were able to do what they did because the passengers on the planes were not aware of their intentions. I'm pretty sure that if they tried to hijack a plane now, the passengers on board would beat them to death.

Careful when you lump Afganistan in with Iran, Iraq, etc.
Afganistan is where we should be concentrating our efforts. They want democracy. They want us there. They are begging for more help from us.
The only reason that country is getting out of control again is because GB and Co. baled out on them and put all focus on Iraq.

I would have nuked the Tora Bora Mountains/safe haven and taken out
Osama and his buddies back on 9/12.
It still is a viable option.

Where are all these terrorist?? To listen to the government you'd think they were around every corner. You can not have a free and open society with out some risk.
Suck it up! "You have nothing to fear but fear itself."

You yanks are really ridiculous. Do you know how many Muslims there are worldwide (of course you don't you're American) the number is 1.3 billion. How many Muslim terrorists are there? Probably less than 500 000. Most of these people are low level and basically no threat to us. Yet a few terrorists can attack you and you want to label all Muslims terrorists and kill them. How naive of all of you though I expect nothing less from Americans. Al Qaeda killed 3 000 people in 9/11 but Bush has killed many more innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq.

You all seem to conveniently forget the deaths caused by Christians ( I am one myself). There are the crusades of course and the forced conversion of others not to mention radicals who blow up abortion clinics or kill people of other religions. These people are no different to Al Qaeda but typical Americans blaming it all on foreigners.

my question is why was all of our focus the past 6 years been in Iraq? we had sadaam captured and killed, hell we found him in a hole.. yet we have no Idea where Osama is? tell me that sadaam capture was NOT a vendetta carried over from daddy bush..