Four days before the failed terrorist attack on Detroit-bound Flight 253 on Christmas an al Qaeda video was released warning of a pending attack:
"...the leader of al Qaeda in Yemen boasted of what was planned for Americans, saying, "We are carrying a bomb to hit the enemies of God."
Were our intelligence aware of this video when it was released? Why was a warning not issued?
TimesOnlineUK reported today, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a statement following the failed martyrdom operation:
...called on "the people of the Arabian peninsula" to attack American military installations, ships and "spying embassies".The US Embassy in Yemen was attacked by al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists in September 2008, and the USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, was hit by Al Qaeda in 2000.
The FBI was apparently told by failed martyr, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, there are many, many more would-be martyrs like him ready to launch attacks against America.
Abdulmutallab also wrote in emails, obtained by ABC News, if it was OK to lie in order to deceive the enemy.
For clarification, Islam does allow Muslims to lie to the enemy to gain the upper hand. It is the only religion to do so.
Update 12:56 PM CT: Meanwhile, President Obama played golf again and the WH said he will address the failed bombing on American soil later today and complained this should not become a political issue!
Isn't that exactly what the Dems did to Bush?
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