Authorities Worry About Christmas Attack For 'Psychological Impact'
Federal law enforcement terror bulletins have become as much a part of the holiday season in the past decade as egg nog and department store Santas.
But this year, which ends amid a heightened concern over terror, is a little different. A Department of Homeland Security bulletin sent to law enforcement nationwide Thursday says that federal authorities worry terrorists will try to rattle Americans by attacking during the holidays, and lists concerns including car bombs, trucks ramming crowds and a Mumbai-style small arms attack.
"We are concerned these terrorists may seek to exploit the likely significant psychological impact of an attack targeting mass gatherings in large metropolitan areas during the 2010 holiday season, which has symbolic importance to many in the United States," The "Security Awareness for the Holiday Season" bulletin states.
The bulletin cites no specific threats for Christmas and New Year's, but makes clear that this year's enhanced concern is based on a persistent, evolving threat. The past 12 months brought multiple attempted attacks on U.S. targets, including the attempted Christmas Day underwear bombing of Northwest 253, Faisal Shahzad's failed Times Square car bomb, the "printer bomb" cargo plane plot and a number of alleged would-be bombers caught in stings in Oregon and elsewhere.
"During the last year," said the bulletin, "al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have attempted to carry out attacks in the United States, thereby raising their international profile. We cannot discount the possibility that other al-Qa'ida-linked groups, such as al-Qa'ida in Iraq, al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb, Lashkar-e Tayyiba, or al-Shabaab, will attempt to target the Homeland during the holiday season."
The document suggests that terrorists may consider public gatherings like "sporting events, parades, religious and cultural activities" to be attractive targets. "Attacks against these targets could maximize the psychological impact on the American public given the symbolic importance of the holiday season to many in the United States," says the bulletin. "Attacks against air cargo during this busy season are also a concern."
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6 comments:
All part of Islam's war on Christmas.
Obviously nobody wants a terrorist attack, and the emotional devestation brought on for the individuals directly involved is truly heartrending.
But that said, a certain intransigent and embarassingly large percentage of the population is still suffering from TARDS (terminal advanced reality denial syndrome) and could really benefit from a good solid "psychological impact" or better yet, a good baseball bat impact.
That's because the prospect of a truly hellish global war grows and grows every single day, terrorism or no terrorism, due to the other less obvious facets of the global jihad - the demographic warfare, the lawfare, and the hijra (muslim mass immigration).
So every prevented or thwarted terrorist attack becomes just another opportunity for the selfish TARDS to hit the snooze button and go right back to sleep.
So bring it on goatfuckers, and may Santa shit in your stockings.
Thanks for the link Trencherbone. Very true.
I totally agree with you anonymous, as sad as it is.
TARDS is a great acronym. Put RE (for "really effing") in front of it and it's even better!
Much as I am apt to slam especially the FBI (holdover bad feelings from cult-investigation years) and other intelligence agencies, especially with what we know about how they've been disemboweled by the Obamullah Administration, somebody out there is doing a remarkable job. I hope their/our luck holds, but if it doesn't and there is an attack -- RAISE HELL. Take every ounce of advantage it will give us to hammer home to these idiots around us that they are staring straight into the face of hell and won't even admit that hey, is it me or is it getting hot around here?
Rope. End of. I'm about at with this crap.
Yes, RRA, we have to start screaming. I have been waging a battle on Craigslist in my state, ... but my posts keep getting deleted, ... and what does WZ post right now, but a letter to the editor of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, VA, where the woman denounces the appearance of a mooslum chant in what is supposed to be a Christmas Carol program. I lived in C'ville for over 15 years and that place is a liberal hotbed of political correctness. It was there that I saw my first full-body shroud in a supermarket, and love to tell the story of how I actually screamed when she rounded the corner cause I thought it was the grim reaper and my time was up. Suffice to say, I'm am not surprised C'ville is cowtowing to mooslums by allowing mooslum songs in a Christmas program.
Hell, there were several black on white-and-Asian attacks in C'ville that were never treated as hate crimes. A gang of black thugs nearly killed one Asian student in their series of attacks on whites and Asians and C'ville did all it could to assure that these thugs were not charged with hate crimes. Beautiful town, but much too politically correct for its own good. I guarantee you, mooslums are running roughshod all over C'ville.
I love that; TARDS.
That's great.
Hats off to you.
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