Makin' a List, Checkin' It Twice

Northeast Intelligence Network (http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/ I'm never sure if they are going to link or not, but do read it all) reports that an al Qaeda member has posted a 15-point "wish list" of American and Canadian terror targets, asserting that sabotage by the group was respoinsible for causing the massive blackout that hit the US and Canada in August 2003 and promising more hits, including (the first two are introductory chest-beating):

3. (We will) disrupt electricity to fifty million Americans and Canadians, which caused moral and material losses...
4. (We will) hit the main stronghold of the American economy (international exchange).
5. Notice to the United Nations (which is) against Islam, which is based in New York City.
6. Notice to all investors that America has become a country not safe for business, banking or investing. For your information, the American economy depends entirely on investor confidence.
7. The arrest (takeover) of seven major airports, a blow to th airlines.
8. Disable nine nuclear reactors and this has not happened before is a strong economic, as the reactors, nine are in the states of New York and New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan.
9. Disruption of transportation: trains, cars and trucks .... etc., causing heavy casualties.
10. Disruption of the Internet, which depend upon (Internet data transfer) in commercial transactions.
11. Disruption of global banks based in New York.
12. And (thus causing) heavy losses to insurance companies.
13. Losses (financial due to) to a massive deployment of police and security forces.
14. The economy that will lose electricity in the United States and Canada will cost the U.S. Treasury at least ten billion U.S. dollars. And even burn the hearts of American officials, the cost of the mujahedeen to sabotage the lines feeding electricity will cost less than seven thousand dollars.
15. Deterioration of the U.S. dollar against other currencies.

According to NIN this post appeared on November 5, 2008. It is not clear how many of these points are intended to be understood as taking credit for current conditions and how many as plans for future strikes. Interestingly, the last paragraph begins:

"We say to the people of Afghanistan and Kashmir that the gift that Sheikh Osama bin Laden sends is on its way to the White House..."

It is not specified whether the "gift" is a "what" or a "who".

This poster appears to believe that the United Nations is "against Islam", which might lead one to question if he's been paying attention in recent years. It it also unclear whether the claim that AQ was responsible for the 2003 blackout is substantiated. However, given the developments over the past six months it is an interesting list to ponder.