Al-Qaeda Tape Pledges Fresh Anti-U.S. Attacks

[LEW]

Qaeda Tape Pledges Fresh Anti-U.S. Attacks
Sun September 7, 2003 12:12 PM ET
By Samia Nakhoul

DUBAI (Reuters) - A purported audio tape by Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group on Sunday vowed attacks on Americans "everywhere" and so devastating that Washington would forget the horror of the September 11 suicide hijackings.
The tape, dated September 3, came a few days before the second anniversary of the September 2001 attacks on U.S. cities -- blamed on al Qaeda. Washington said last week it was on alert for possible attacks by the militant group.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3BASIB32QREHWCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=3400622

I worry and wonder how many times they will release tapes and threats before they follow thru.

[Newsjock]

1. Which "they"

I worry and wonder how many times they will release tapes and threats before they follow thru.

Indeed ... Cheney's boys can only make so many of these tapes before they get bored and start looking for a better job. Digital video is all the rage, I hear.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. what's to stop a bunch of pissed off Iraqi sympathisers

from unleashing carnage in a crowded urban situation using conventional, (NRA approved and sanctioned) weaponry?
I mean... look at the carnage a handful of high school kids have perpetrated the past few years. Imagine an organized operation by just a few fanatics? We have very real reasons to be afraid.