Al-Qaeda Claims U.S. Mass Trans Infrastructure Must Drastically Improve Before Any Terrorist Attacks

[meegbear]

In a 30-minute video released Thursday, al- Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri criticized the mass transportation infrastructure of the United States, claiming significant repairs and upgrades would need to be implemented before the militant group would consider destroying any roads, bridges, or railways with terrorist attacks.

Reading from a prepared statement, al-Zawahiri blasted the U.S. government for its lack of foresight and admonished its leaders for failing to provide Americans with efficient and reliable modes of public transport to reduce traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions, improve air quality, and supply suitable targets for terrorists.

"The al-Qaeda network is fully prepared to continue the jihad against the American infidels by launching deadly attacks, but your outdated and rusting transportation infrastructure needs to be completely overhauled for those strikes even to be noticed," al-Zawahiri said. "We want to turn your bridges into rubble, but if we claimed credit for making them collapse, nobody would ever believe us."

"We'd really just be doing you a favor because then you'd actually have to rebuild them," al-Zawahiri added.

The al-Qaeda commander confirmed his organization initially hoped to cripple travel in the United States by destroying its nationwide high-speed rail system, but had been shocked to discover no such thing exists. Calling it a cost-efficient, modern way of travel that would serve as a boon to small businesses and the national economy, al-Zawahiri implored U.S. officials to invest in not just one high-speed passenger train network, but many of them, so they could all be blown up simultaneously in a signature al-Qaeda attack upon the nation's major population centers.

Throughout the threatening video, the terrorist leader questioned the priorities of American politicians, asking why they would refuse to fund engineering projects that would create jobs, bombing opportunities, and new ways for the U.S. compete globally.

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http://www.theonion.com/articles/alqaeda-claims-us-mass-transportation-infrastructu,21008/

[Poll_Blind]

1. LOL!

PB

[damntexdem]

2. OL, yet.

[RC]

3. The truth claiming to be satire.

"We want to turn your bridges into rubble, but if we claimed credit for making them collapse, nobody would ever believe us."
They nailed it down hard.

[Wounded Bear]

5. It's scary how often The Onion is so close to being believable...nt

:shrug:

[ensho]

4. truth teller

nt

[Ghost Dog]

6. Ding! Ding!

Far out.

Modern railtracks are IT-enabled. They're intelligent digital networks too (as electricity distribution grids should also become). So, any problem on the track, terrorist- or act-of-god-related or just a breakdown, and every node (eg. trains) on the network should instantly know.

That is, when hardware and software are designed and implemented correctly.

[leeroysphitz]

7. Wow. n/t