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WASHINGTON — The United States intercepted electronic communications this week among senior operatives of Al Qaeda, in which the terrorists discussed attacks against American interests in the Middle East and North Africa, American officials said Fri. The intercepts and a subsequent analysis of them by American intelligence agencies prompted the United States to issue an unusual global travel alert to American citizens on Friday, warning of the potential for terrorist attacks by operatives of Al Qaeda and their associates beginning Sunday through the end of August. Intelligence officials said the threat focused on the Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, which has been tied to plots to blow up American-bound cargo and commercial flights. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/world/mi...
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Saturday, August 3rd 2013 at 1:08PM
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--CHASER - WashPost "Sunday Opinion" page, "The war against al-Qaeda is over," by Kenneth Roth : "An armed conflict requires a certain level of hostilities - judged by factors such as the number, duration and intensity of individual confrontations; the use of military weaponry; the number of participants in the fighting; and the casualties and displacement caused. ... The al-Qaeda threat to the United States, while still real, no longer meets those standards. At most, al-Qaeda these days can mount sporadic, isolated attacks, carried out by autonomous or loosely affiliated cells. Some attacks may cause considerable loss of life, but they are nothing like the military operations that define an armed conflict under international law. ...
"Obama's political opponents will holler and score points after the next, inevitable terrorist attack. But the cost of using war rhetoric to shunt aside appropriate limits on lethal force is even higher. Plenty of governments are eager for excuses to summarily kill their enemies ... The U.S. government has also committed abuses in the name of fighting terrorism. The Obama administration should rethink its overly elastic definition of war on al-Qaeda and call an end to it." http://wapo.st/14R8Ler
--HOW IT'S PLAYING: N.Y. Times A1, above fold, "Qaeda Messages Prompt U.S. Terror Warning" ... WSJ A1, at fold, "U.S. Sees Threat of al Qaeda Attack" ... WashPost A1, at fold, "Travel alert spurred by intelligence on al-Qaeda."
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Saturday, August 3rd 2013 at 1:23PM
Jen Fad
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CNN Breaking News
An intercepted message among senior al Qaeda operatives in the last several days raised alarm bells that led to the closing of embassies and consulates Sunday across the Middle East and North Africa, CNN has learned. CNN has agreed to a request from an Obama administration official not to publish or broadcast additional details because of the sensitivity of the information. Several U.S. officials also emphasized they have been watching growing threats emerging from Yemen for weeks. Those threats, combined with the coming end of the month of Ramadan, plus the concern over several major prison breaks in the region, all contributed to the U.S. decision to shut down diplomatic installations. The shuttering of 22 U.S. embassies and consulates for the day Sunday amid fears of an al Qaeda attack is an unprecedented move.
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Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 4:19PM
Jen Fad
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A TRILLION Dollars worth of google, att, yahoo, communications 'spying' ETC.
---------'Capturing of Intelligence'
BsBTold................
Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 4:30PM
powell robert
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Rob,
This is a red alert. No BS. Pray for Americans all over the Globe.
Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 4:45PM
Jen Fad
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"Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!"
--- "The Gulf of Tonkin Incident"
9-11 OR 911 ---------- connecting the dots..............bsBTold............
Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 4:58PM
powell robert
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Ha!
Sunday, August 18th 2013 at 10:57AM
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