Terror Attacks Against US At All-Time High

[NotNow]

I was going to use a typical Metro Jacksonville headline like:

"OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ALLOWS TERRORISM - IDIOTS

But I just couldn't make myself do it.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=10748953






EXCLUSIVE: Terror Attacks Against U.S. At All-Time High
DHS Report Says Pace May Increase And Include More Homegrown Extremists
By RICHARD ESPOSITO and PIERRE THOMAS
May 26, 2010 â€"


The pace and number of attempted terror attacks against the U.S. over the past nine months has surpassed the number of attempts during any previous one-year period, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security report issued on Friday, May 21.

The report notes chillingly that while US officials "lack insights" they believe that "operatives are in the country and could advance plotting with little or no warning."

The DHS "Intelligence Note," a short, non-classified report, makes concrete the concerns of a number of homeland security experts who have discussed with ABC News the pace and nature of the individual attempts. The report notes that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Pakistani Taliban have "expanded their focus" to include the United States.

Homeland Security and law enforcement officials interviewed by ABC News on the condition their names not be used are concerned that the pace will continue to ramp up and that increasingly the attackers will be difficult-to-detect homegrown extremists.

"Recent attempted attacks and plots in the United States progressed to an advanced stage largely because of these groups' ability to use operatives that have access and familiarity with the U.S. and their employment of new and varied attack plans," the three-page note concludes.

"Public statements highlighting group leaders' intent to strike & and probable terrorist perception of success in challenging the U.S. even through failed attacks, suggest al Qaeda and associated groups will try to conduct operations in the United States with increased frequency."



The attacks included the alleged May 1 attempt by Faisal Shahzad to detonate a car bomb in Times Square and the attempted Christmas Eve bombing of a Northwest Airlines Flight 253 by a suspect who managed to carry high powered explosives aboard the aircraft concealed in his underwear. In each attempt, U.S. intelligence failed to detect and prevent the attacks and it was only through failures in the construction of the improvised explosive devices that the attacks did not cause mass causalities.

More worrisome even that these attacks -- both of which involve suspects who allegedly spent time at terror camps abroad -- is the possibility, states the DHS document, of "an attack strategy that does not rely on outside support or travel abroad," which "diminishes opportunities for discovery and disruption."

The DHS document also warns that both the Northwest 253 and Times Square incidents, like attempts several prior successful and attempted attacks, featured a link between the terror suspects and radical Muslim cleric Anwar Awlaki, who was born in the U.S. but is now based in Yemen. The charismatic preacher, called by the report a "violent extremist ideologue," is now the subject of a widely reported manhunt by the US in an effort to kill him. It is a highly unusual measure for the U.S. to take against a U.S. born target.

CLICK HERE to follow the ABC News Investigative Team's coverage on Twitter.

In the eyes of a number of U.S. officials, Awlaki has become at least as powerful as Osama bin Laden in his ability to inspire attempts to attack the U.S. homeland. On March 17th, the DHS report notes, Awlaki "urged all Muslims to conduct 'jihad' against America and praised the actions of accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Hasan, who is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the November spree, which killed 13 at a Texas Army base, was in touch with Awlaki by email repeatedly prior to the assault.

[Bostech]

What a "coincidence",Republicans are out of power and number of "terrorist attacks" has increased.
If you call copycat lousy unemployed sexually frustrated guy as terrorist.

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[NotNow]

What makes you think they are talking about "right wing" homegrown extremists?  Could it be your own bias that is reading that into an article that points out the Islamic terror attempts over the past year?  Is it possible that they mean home grown islamic extremist such as the most recent Times Square suspect? 

What "right wing" terrorist event happened over the last year? 

And Bos, consider that it is not a coincidence.  Maybe our enemies feel emboldened for some reason.

[JC]

Notice that the many of these are expected to come from the American Right Wing:

Homeland Security and law enforcement officials interviewed by ABC News on the condition their names not be used are concerned that the pace will continue to ramp up and that increasingly the attackers will be difficult-to-detect homegrown extremists.

"Recent attempted attacks and plots in the United States progressed to an advanced stage largely because of these groups' ability to use operatives that have access and familiarity with the U.S. and their employment of new and varied attack plans," the three-page note concludes.

With the right wing joining the foreign terrorists, that would be an increase to pay attention to.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, no shit huh?

Homeland Security Report Warns Of Rising Right-Wing Extremism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/homeland-security-report_n_186834.html

If you think the conservative "Tea Party" movement  is daunting, take a look at a new report issued by the Department of Homeland Security that says right-wing extremism is on the rise throughout the country.

Anti-immigration: “Rightwing extremist groups’ frustration over a perceived lack of government action on illegal immigration has the potential to incite individuals or small groups toward violence. If such violence were to occur, it likely would be isolated, small-scale, and directed at specific immigration-related targets.”


Recruiting returning vets: “Rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat.”

Gun-related violence: “Heightened interest in legislation for tighter firearms...may be invigorating rightwing extremist activity, specifically the white supremacist and militia movements.”

You seriously dont remember the backlash to the DHS report?

[JC]

Seriously though, I make damn sure I am wearing my seat belt because other motorists are actually a threat to my well being, lol, terrorists, seriously?  The guy with the bomb in his panties, seriously?  I know, I will probably die from prostate cancer before a terror attack gets the best of me, or maybe a piano will fall on my head while I am walking down a city street!  Or, maybe I will take the odds that something will happen to me during a terror attack and use them to optimistically buy lottery tickets, you know, because the chances of winning are better and all! 



LOL.... Terrorist attack, BOOOOOOO!!!!

[NotNow]

Yep, I remember the report issued by the Obama administration that warned of "right wing" extremism.  They even warned about veterans coming home.  Made themselves out to look like a bunch of bozo's.  There has been no such thing.  And the Tea Party has shown itself to be peaceful and law abiding, like normal concerned American citizens.  Yet they are disparaged by the White House and it's lackies as well as you and StephenDare!  You should be ashamed of yourselves for such biased, prejudiced, political mud slinging.  

Your exhibition of bravery is wasted here.  Show it to the families of the 3000 people who died on 09/11/01.  Or the families of the 17 brave sailors on the USS Cole who lost their lives.  Go say BOO! to the families of the 300 killed and the 5000 wounded in the African embassy attacks.  Say LOL! to all of the families of those brave people who have lost their lives protecting your sorry ass from the same threat.  Idiot.  I have grown used to hearing that kind of thankless drivel from those on here who have never sacrificed more than standing for the National Anthem and have never heard a shot fired in anger, but I can't believe a Devil Dog would ever say such a stupid thing.  

[Jim]

If our administrations ever wanted to reduce terrorism, they stop giving people a reason to reduce themselves to such a weak persuasion.

"They attack us because they hate our freedoms."
^A more idiotic excuse in the history of human language does not exist.

[NotNow]

How do you "reduce" terrorism Jim?  Many in this country will tell you that if we would just pull out of the Middle East and not support Israel, (in other words, give up) we would be "safe".  Do you think that is true?  Do you think that if we just do as we are told that these nice people will just leave us alone?  Does anybody really believe that?  

Holy cow folks!  you don't even have to go far.  If you want, we will give you the addresses of mosques in Tampa and Miami where you can hear how much you are hated for yourselves.  Oh, I forgot, you won't be allowed in.  

[Jim]

How do you "reduce" terrorism Jim?  Many in this country will tell you that if we would just pull out of the Middle East and not support Israel, (in other words, give up) we would be "safe".  Do you think that is true?  Do you think that if we just do as we are told that these nice people will just leave us alone?  Does anybody really believe that? 

Holy cow folks!  you don't even have to go far.  If you want, we will give you the addresses of mosques in Tampa and Miami where you can hear how much you are hated for yourselves.  Oh, I forgot, you won't be allowed in. 

Do as we're told?  No.  But change policy.

Can you give me 1 valid reason they attack us so fervently yet leave Canada alone?   Why aren't they attacking Australia?  Why not attack Brazil?  They don't seem to be giving Japan much problems?  And on and on. 

So why are we singled out?  What is it about us that makes them "hate" us over those other nations?  I'll tell you...foreign policy.

We are the biggest threat to our own safety and until we realize that and make policy changes to reflect it...we walk around with a big bulls eye on our backs.

[Bostech]

And maybe those terrorist work for CIA in first place and their job is to "attack" USA for good TV.
Those terrorists don't have balls or time to go after Serbs or Saddam but they will pick on weaker USA.

[Lunican]

Failed terror attacks at an all time high... isn't that a good thing?

[urbanlibertarian]

And remember that DHS has an existential self interest in exaggerating threats.  Just sayin'.  Grain of salt.

[Lunican]

Every time I go through security at the airport and forget to take out my toothpaste they probably count it as a terror attack.

[Sigma]

Of course the article did not say that NN, but thats just Stephen as usual parroting the liberal tripe once again. 

They love to use McVeigh and say that he was linked to "right-wing militias" but what they don't tell you is that he tried to get in but they denied his requests.  So he is "linked".

How about a recent case (this year) where a attack was made?

The case of Joseph Stack is similarly instructive. On February 18, the computer software developer intentionally crashed his private airplane into an office complex in Austin, Texas, killing himself and an office manager for the Internal Revenue Service. Thirteen others were injured. Stack’s suicide note â€" a rambling rant against the IRS, corporations, and the supposed injustices he had endured â€" was immediately seized upon by politicos on the Left and their allies in the media to proclaim Stack a poster boy for the burgeoning Tea Party movement.

Of course, it turns out that Joe Stack was no “right-winger” at all, and had no connection to any Tea Party group. From what can be pieced together from his rantings, he could be more accurately described as a left-winger, a textbook example of Marxist “alienation.” He rages against capitalism, banks, insurance companies, drug companies, Wall Street, President Bush, the Catholic Church … and yes, the IRS. Stack ends his long-winded suicide note with this apparent paean to Karl Marx, author of the Communist Manifesto

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3513-media-bias-demonizing-the-right

[Sigma]

Stephen, the falsehoods lay with you.  The article that he posted did not state it and he did not imply it. 

Nothing surprising there.