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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 06:14 AM
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Here it comes, I can feel it....Gonzales: Al Qaeda a homeland threat
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Posted: 9:49 PM EDT (0149 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has dismissed recent media reports in which some government officials said the al Qaeda threat to the United States has diminished and that the terror group is focusing mostly overseas.

"I believe to the contrary, that despite our successes, the threat posed by al Qaeda and other similar groups is still very real," Gonzales said in remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday morning to a law enforcement conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Gonzales mentioned no particular stories but said he had read some "very recently" in which "certain government officials saying that we have been so successful that al Qaeda longer poses a real threat to our homeland, that instead they are focused on our interests overseas."

The Bush administration has argued the continuing terror threat is the key reason Congress must renew certain portions of the Patriot Act,...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/03/gonzales.threat/index.html



bu$h's numbers are in the toilet, Delay is on the rocks, they can't get Bolton nominated. Social Security theft is stalled, we need a TERRA ALERT! and we need it soon.
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 06:16 AM
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1. tik tik tik tik
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 06:18 AM
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2. He's an Ashcroft wannabe
and he's trying real hard.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 06:20 AM
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3. I'm afraid we're in for much more than an alert.
Wasn't there a recent report that the military is suddenly reprising its anthrax vaccination program?
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 07:25 AM
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5. Don't feed the monsters
The WH has been generating noise all week. They do that every time they need a distraction.

Besides we're all going to die of something, someday, anyway.

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burn the bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 09:10 AM
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8. yeah because the Carlyle group makes millions on it
pay no attention to those side effects soldiers.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 07:09 AM
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4. So you have looked at Poll numbers on Bush also.
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 08:00 AM
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6. But Pat Robertson said Al Qaeda wasn't a threat!
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burn the bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 09:08 AM
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7. lets call their bluff. Lets all show up for a sit it where ever a threat
is announced. Lets show them that we know al qaeda is not the threat.
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