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Islam Watch - Trying to disrupt the elections
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It is no secret that free nations are most vulnerable to attack six - twelve months either side of an election. The government is weakest then because the focus is at home instead of on international politics. Al Qaeda has taken advantage of this concept several times already including their first attack against the US.  Even if they don't pull off something this time, they are certainly talking about it...

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Spies Warn That Al Qaeda Aims for October Surprise

Intercepted Messages Asking Local Cells To Be Prepared for Imminent Instructions
By ELI LAKE, Staff Reporter of the Sun | September 22, 2008

 

WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of two major terrorist attacks on Western targets, America's counterterrorism community is warning that Al Qaeda may launch more overseas operations to influence the presidential elections in November.

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A Pakistani army soldier stands guard by the devastated Marriott Hotel following an overnight suicide bombing at Islamabad on September 21, 2008.

 

Call it Osama bin Laden's "October surprise." In late August, during the weekend between the Democratic and Republican conventions, America's military and intelligence agencies intercepted a series of messages from Al Qaeda's leadership to intermediate members of the organization asking local cells to be prepared for imminent instructions.

An official familiar with the new intelligence said the message was picked up in multiple settings, from couriers to encrypted electronic communications to other means. "These are generic orders," the source said — a distinction from the more specific intelligence about the location, time, and method of an attack. "It was, 'Be on notice. We may call upon you soon.' It was sent out on many channels."

 
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Emae
 Emae
September 24, 2008

I don't get that idea.  I kind of get it in Spain when the March attacks ushered in the leftist government because it crystallized the simmering opposition to their presence in Iraq.  But in the United States, the reaction to an attack, as we have seen, is to rally around the military use of force and that is--without a doubt--the land of the Republicans.

But why would the Muslim extremists want to ensure another 4 years of Rebublican control of the USA?  When it seems obvious that an Obama administration would be more eager to engage in diplomatic as opposed to military actions in the so-called war on terrorism, it seems that they would want to lay low and look defeated to get a "wimp" (vis a vi militant actions in comparision to McCain's BOMB IRAN and 100 YEARS IN IRAQ stands) in office to strike a nation that is less likely to strike back...

Voice in DC
 Voice in DC
September 24, 2008
I think you are correct to a large degree. The bin Laden gang will watch. If it looks like Obama is a sure win, then it wouldn't make sense for them to attack. If it looks like a McCain win, then, different story. I personally think that we are most vulnerable after the election when many of the upper echelon in the government are resigning and new people have not been put in place yet.