Terror threat 'greater than ever' (Rumsfeld)

[sabra]

http://headlines.virgin.net/story/OOO/A872931138899125A00

Terror threat 'greater than ever'

The United States has made progress in the war on terror, but the threat may be greater than ever before because the available weapons are far more dangerous, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.

"The enemy - while weakened and under pressure - is still capable of global reach, and still possesses the determination to kill more Americans - and to do so with the world's most dangerous weapons," Rumsfeld said in remarks prepared for delivery at the National Press Club.

The US strategy, he said, includes doing everything possible to prevent the enemy from gaining weapons of mass destruction, improving homeland defence and intelligence gathering and helping friendly nations become better able to fight the terrorists in their own countries.

"Because they lurk in shadows, without visible armies, and are willing to wait long periods between attacks, there is a tendency to underestimate the threat they pose," said Rumsfeld. He said there are no fewer than 18 organisations, loosely connected with al Qaida, conducting terrorist attacks.

[SaveElmer]

1. What an asshat...nt

[saigon68]

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[springhill]

53. Well of course it is............

We have to invade all the countries on our list first.

[demo dutch]

Yeah yeah!, Keep em scared

[ladjf]

2. Of course it is. After several years of the U.S. doing every ting

possible to piss off the entire world.

[movonne]

21. My thoughts exactly..

[LibDemAlways]

3. This moment of fear brought to you

by the Bush Crime Family. Tune in again tomorrow for yet another ominous threat. That is all.

[uppityperson]

4. And why, pray tell, is it greater than ever and why should you continue?

Mr.bush is indeed a uniter, not a divider. Too bad he has united the rest of the world against his country.

[arcane1]

5. the threat is GREATER THAN EVER?????

:wtf:

Rummy, your buddy Bush says 100 times a day that he has MADE US SAFER!!!!!

jeez, make up your fucking minds, guys!!!

[MakeItSo]

51. these are the same assholes that obsess about "return on investment"

except when it comes to their jobs, that is.

[sattahipdeep]

6. ck this out...Pentagon

http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php#Main

[converted_democrat]

14. Wow..just wow..n/t

[JudyM]

19. WTF?!

[Straight Shooter]

55. Films? What ever happened to the films?

Must have been a magic plane, like the magic bullet.

[obxhead]

7. Guess it's time to put my fear hat back on....

:eyes:

[FSogol]

8. If terror is a greater threat than ever, then you & admin have failed

Can't you guys do anything right?

Resign Rumsfeld. You are an embarrassment.

[tabasco]

41. That's right - the "war on terror" is a miserable failure ...

and it has been since Sept 11, 2001.

These fools ignored terrorism and let us get hit.

You have to be pretty gullible to think the same fools will keep you safe.

It never ceases to amaze me how these crooks have capitalized on their greatest fuck-up.

Really - just how dumb are the American people??

[leesa]

64. They WANT this war to go on and on....they intend it to go on and on

They did 9-11 and started this mess to be able to take over this country and, ultimately, the world. They are not playing for pennies....3,000 deaths on 9-11 meant absolutely nothing to these ruthless murderers in the WH.

[unblock]

9. the terror threat IS "great"

it's "great" for keeping the people afraid, it's "great" for keeping the banana republicans in power, it's "great" for providing a sham justification for dictatorial overreach, and it's "great" for providing cover for massive corporate embezzlement of the public coffers.

great. just great.

[Canuckistanian]

10. Sure, they have all of Saddam's munitions now

And that warehouse full of plastic explosives.

But * got the oil!

[jobycom]

11. Oh God, Orwell was an optimist. "We've made progress, and things are worse

than ever!" Uh, yeah. Maybe that's been Rumsfeld's problem all along. He's not stupid and incompetent, he just doesn't understand words. No, wait, that would be stupid and incompetent, anyway, wouldn't it?

Man, wouldn't it be nice if Rumsfeld and Bush ran Al-Qaeda? That way we wouldn't have to fear them.

[varun]

12. Because you have not been doing your job, Mr. Rumsfeld

Why is the threat greater than ever after 5 years of the "War on Terrorism",with countless lives lost and obscene amount of money spent?

Because you and the current administration is INCOMPETENT!

[WinkyDink]

13. Speaking of the Bush Administration:

"Because they lurk in shadows, without visible armies, and are willing to wait long periods between attacks, there is a tendency to underestimate the threat they pose," said Rumsfeld.

[VaYallaDawg]

26. Sounds a helluva lot like Joe McCarthy all over again.

[truthisfreedom]

15. *yawn*

did rummy say something and i missed it?

[MindPilot]

16. "the available weapons are far more dangerous"?!

What the hell does that mean? Working in caves, al-Qaeda has developed new weapons technology that has eluded the Russians, Europeans, and Americans for decades? Do they have death rays? Molecular Disruptors? Sharks with frickin' laser beams?

Good lord Rummy must think everyone in the world is as stupid as Bush.

[jayfish]

23. Yeah I Thought Three Passenger Jets...

full of fuel were dangerous enough. Now they have even more dangerous ones. I think I'm going to:cry:

NOT!!

Jay

[Just Me]

17. Rummy would know,...he IS a freakin' terrorist!!!

Asshole! He led the charge to kill tens of thousands of innocent people for a political agenda.

This man is gonna' burn in hell, I swear!!!

[pinniped]

18. Is it (s)election time already?

Redline the scare gauge.:scared:

How the F can one measure progress?

--without visible armies--

[Trillo]

20. Is Fitzgerald moving in closer with more legal filings? NT

[havocmom]

39. Good guess

Trouble for the junta = terra! terra!

Enough trouble for the junta is gonna = BOOM! and change everything... again.

[grytpype]

22. What new weapons is he talking about?

Did somebody invent a new kind of atom bomb in the last couple of years?

The terror threat is greater because Bush has created more terrorists. Period.

Jesus, nothing this guy says is true. He can't say "pass the salt" without lying.

[HughBeaumont]

24. This dickhead will be in his late hundreds still dragging the FEAR sack

out for any sheep willing to comply.

The rest of us just yawned so loudly our pets ran upstairs.

[MadMaddie]

25. But didn't W say we are making progress in the War on Terra?

So if I read Rummy'Tum Tums message-he and the rest of the losers have spent $$$$ and 5 years and destroyed countless American and Iraqi lives and the terra is greater than ever. And wait it gets better they are asking for more money to pay Halliburton and other war profiteering companies to rip off the American people....

We are just now discovering tunnels on the border of Mexico so drugs can be transported into the US. They don't know yet if terrorist were escorted through the tunnels...

Honestly, these people are so incompetent that the terrorists (Bin Laden in Tora Bora) could be handed to them on silver platters with their devices of destruction and these losers would find a way to screw the arrests and trials up...THEY DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE THEM...Because if they did their money grubbing friends wouldn't be able to make their blood money...

Ok I am done ranting...



:wtf:

[u4ic]

33. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

Great rant!

[MsKandice01]

27. But Chimpy just said in the SOTU that we are winning the WOT!

Surely Rumsfeld must be mistaken!! :sarcasm:

[Megahurtz]

28. Continue to stupify the masses,

There are already a bunch of stupid sheep followers.:dunce:

[0007]

29. It's time for war criminal charges to be drawn up on this nit-wit

and all involved in this scheme to control the world.

[Kerrytravelers]

30. When I saw the headline, I thought perhaps the administration had

added more departments, thereby adding to the number of people working for the grand poo-bah of terrorists, our little shrubbie.

[Miss Chybil]

31. Whut? Things is gettin' worser? Who'd a thunk?

Ok. So, tell me again, why are we spending all our blood and treasure in Iraq?

[Rex]

32. Rummy talking the same o'shit as always.

:eyes:

[KansDem]

34. Hmmm, and Bush requests $120 billion more for war the same day (?)

Coincidence?

on edit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2081279&mesg_id=2082030

[hang a left]

35. I'm telling you....bookmark this post

Something is coming. Anybody read about those excercises in Colorado very recently. :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

[Megahurtz]

38. Uh Oh......

:hide:

[sattahipdeep]

58. chemical, biological and nuclear weapons

Neither Negroponte nor Hayden would say publicly how many people have been
monitored. Nor wood they offer details on attacks that have been averted.

At the hearing, Negroponte said more than 40 terrorist groups, insurgencies or cults
have obtained or pursued chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

Hayden called the process used to determine whether someone is linked to al-Qaida
"a science" not an art and asserted that the information that is subsequently
revealed is handled lawfully. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told him his answer wasn't
good enough.

"I'm sorry to tell you that the damage has been very severe to our capabilities to
carry out our mission," Goss said. "It is my aim, and it is my hope, that we will
witness a grand jury investigation with reporters present being asked to reveal who
is leaking this information."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/02/national/w150546S30.DTL

A U.S. counterterrorism official, speaking on condition of anonymity
in compliance with office policy, said there was no reason to doubt
the authenticity of the tape, which U.S. intelligence officials were analyzing.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1558023

[dxdem]

36. Short of reading...

Rumsfeld's entire speech, it'd be much easier if this was a color-coded alert. My fear comes in technicolor, these days...

[u4ic]

37. "Because they lurk in shadows, without visible armies"

:wtf:

Sounds like bad fiction.

[sakabatou]

40. I thought they were in their "last throws?"

What's going on, Rummy?

[Tippy]

42. Wasn't that the story they pitched a few weeks back...n/t

[madmark]

43. Again how is this news accept as an admission that Bushco is

incompetent in dealing with Al Quada.

[President Kerry]

44. So.. the threat is greater than ever,

and YET we've made progress. Hmm. Am I missing something? What exactly IS our progress then? :eyes:

Go back to grade school, Rummy, where they can teach you the basics of logical thinking.

[peekaloo]

45. Rumsfeld Radio FearTheatre

I bet he listened to 'The Shadow'.

[AndyA]

47. Of course the terror threat is greater than ever...

Bush and his Gestapo continue to violate the Constitution and piss on the American people. GEORGE BUSH IS THE TERRORIST!

George Bush = Adolf Hitler

[oblivious]

48. Hmmm, five times more drugs since the "war on drugs" started too.

Funny thing about these wars...

[Rocknrule]

49. Bush is protecting us by swinging his dick around all the time

:sarcasm:

[MakeItSo]

50. Maybe if we spend another trillion dollars on security

things'll get back to normal.

[Tight_rope]

52. Nothing but lies here...moving on!

[johnnyrocket]

54. Let's see, ran on "Kerry not going to protect you" in 2004, but now...

...Terror threat 'greater than ever'

Oh boy...what a bunch of shitheads.

[Betty]

56. we've spent hundreds of billions and this is what we get?????

then you assholes have failed completely.

[The Stranger]

57. Required Viewing:

The Power of Nightmares (BBC), Part 1

The Power of Nigtmares (BBC), Part 3

[fshrink]

59. The gift that keeps on giving...

[SpecialK]

60. I hate this feeling...Superbowl???

...and don't want to paranoid or tin hat. But I think something will happen again soon. And yesterday I read this on the Scholars For Truth website.

Remember how bin Laden said in the last video we'll see the next attack 'in our homes'? How many people watch the Superbowl every year?? I REALLY want someone to knock some sense in me and say I'm
nuts.

POSSIBLE DETROIT "SUPER BOWL" TERRORIST ATTACK?

Note: I have NO direct knowledge of any conspiracy as described below as a possibility. The facts and conclusions are drawn from stories the open media and the alternative media, including websites and mail groups.

Detroit Super Bowl Terrorist Attack
Possible Scenario:
(Revised 30 January 2006)
I. The Setup:
(a) A multitude of warnings from government officials of another domestic terrorism event have aired in the media.
(b) The new "bin Laden" speech threatening an eminent "muslim" terrorist attack more devastating than 9/11.
(c) Patriot Act II ready to be approved by congress. (Martial Law)
(d) Plenty of time to place "terrorist" weapons in the stadium to be remotely detonated on cue.
(e) This date, February 5, 2006, is an "11" day for the numerologists
(f) The football League has cut ties with the nationally respected security firm it has used for the last 29 Super Bowls, and hired three smaller, less-experienced companies (Owned or controlled by Bush family members as in the World Trade Center on 9/11?)
(g) NORAD and other military entities are staging drills to "protect" Ford Field on Sunday, February 5, 2006. (Remember 9/11?)
(g) Many more others are available but these are more than necessary to illustrate the point.

II. The Event:
(a) Destruction of Ford Field with a mini-nuke and/or other less deadly but massive and overwhelming pyrotechnic weapons is exercised.
(b) Thousands of "American" men, women, children and "heroes" are murdered in a few seconds.
(c) Tens of millions of people are watching the event "live" on television all over the planet!
(d) Shock and awe, terror, fear and anger on a historic level far beyond that of 911 ensue.

III. The Benefits to the Criminals:
(a) Shifting public concerns away from the Bushites incompetence and criminal acts, and back to even greater terrorist fears.
(b) Provision of a "reason" to attack Iran with nuclear weaponry. (Reason for the neocons to use a mini-nuke for "terrorist" event.)
(c) Investigations of illegal spying on the American people scheduled to begin this week will be quickly dispensed with.
(d) The Patriot Act that expires on February 2, 2006 is guaranteed to be renewed, and Patriot Act 2, 3, 4 etc. would be passed.
(e) Congressional hearings on illegal wiretapping scheduled to begin February 6, 2006 will be cancelled or easily dismissed.
(f) A number of lawsuits, initiated by various citizen groups set to begin to enter the court system on February 6, 2006 against the Bushites, will be quickly and quietly eliminated.
(g) The re-cycling of an "obsolete" major city with huge profit potential for the "elite" is facilitated. *

IV. Immediate implementation of the Fourth Reich.
(a) Complete loss of all remaining freedoms of the people of the United States under martial law will result.
(b) All elections will be "Temporarily" suspended, and the establishment of a permanent group of criminals in power will be quickly accomplished.
(b) There will suddenly appear a myriad of "patriotic" groups with appealing acronyms. These will lure the gullible to do their "patriotic" duty and report/fight anyone disagreeing with the NWO directives.
(c) Plans for policing and censorship of the internet are in place now and will be used to eliminate individuals using it against the NWO.
(d) Heavily armed foreign troops now secretly housed in the U.S. will be deployed to replace any uncooperative police and military units, and deal with any militia threat to the New World Order being established.

V. Final Result:
(a) The total destruction of the United States of America by a worldwide alliance against the Fourth Reich would eventually be achieved, or civilization would be wiped out by a nuclear holocaust.

*Detroit, once the bustling and economically powerful center of production of automobiles is now blighted by huge areas of empty industrial buildings and facilities due to outsourcing caused by political/economic forces. The crime rate is among the highest in the country. Its destruction therefore would pave the way for "carpetbaggers" to seize the land and re-build the city as their own. Thus this city may be expendable for these reasons, in the eyes of the neocons. New Orleans was the first major U.S. city where this kind of plan is now being tested and seems to be a success so far for the criminals who now control our destinies.

[cliss]

65. Hi, SpecialK!

Welcome to the DU! :toast:That's an awesome post.

This is now the 2nd warning that has been posted on this thread. We'll see.

[ProfessorGAC]

61. Then Rummy Is Acknowledging That They've Accomplished NOTHING!

If after all this nonsense with war, patriot act, spying, and so on, the threat is greater than ever, this is an admission that they have failed.
The Professor

[superconnected]

62. the Bush terror treat is greater than ever because of the weapons

available to him.

"The enemy - while weakened and under pressure - is still capable of global reach, and still possesses the determination to kill more Americans - and to do so with the world's most dangerous weapons," Rumsfeld said in remarks prepared for delivery at the National Press Club. "

Yep, weakend under pressure and determined to kill more americans. Why not arrest him Rummy?

"Because they lurk in shadows, without visible armies, and are willing to wait long periods between attacks, there is a tendency to underestimate the threat they pose, said Rumsfeld. "

Bingo! Everythings in secrecy. Don't underestimate them.

"He said there are no fewer than 18 organisations, loosely connected with al Qaida, conducting terrorist attacks."

I only thought Bush had 5 orgs working with alquada, but Rumsfield would know.

Why didn't he just come out and say the only threat to our nation and world peace is leaders with conflicts of interest in the billions, with defense/oil companies and then tell us he has to arrest Bush? I'm beginning to think Rummy is one of them.

[leesa]

63. They resistance is growing by leaps and bounds, but we are winning.

It was nice of Rummy to give them those many tons of unprotected weapons to use, wasn't it? One would think this administration wants this war to go on forever....

[driver8]

66. Then what's the point of pissing a trillion dollars down the drain

and causing the deaths of thousands of people??

We aren't any better off than before, are we Rummy??

[donkeyotay]

67. Go To code Henny Penny, the sky is falling

Evil doers, in their last throes, have turned the corner, lurkingly. The terror cells are linked as those lurkers who hate us for our freedom, lurk, in shadows, determined to kill more Americans with the world's most dangerous weapons, weapons of mass, massive destruction. Invisible armies. No, they're not invisible, they're just not visible. Known. Unknown. Not known. Armies, north and south and east and west of Tikrit.

Trust us. We will protect you. We're making progress spending all that money we stole from your retirement and your kids. We're not retreating. We're... OMG! AT LEAST 18 ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO KILL US! RUN! RUN! CODE RED. HENNY PENNY!!!!!!