Failing SS proposal + Karl Rove = NEW "no specific threat" from bin Laden

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20050228/ts_nm/security_binladen_dc_2

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has fairly recently asked his chief ally in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to consider the territory of United States as a target for terrorist attacks, a U.S. counterterrorism official said on Monday.

"There has been communication between bin Laden and Zarqawi with bin Laden suggesting to Zarqawi the U.S. homeland as a target," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The official said the communication was "a fairly recent development" and contained no specific threat to the United States. But the official declined to provide details for fear of compromising U.S. anti-terrorism efforts.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned state officials around the country that the government had received nonspecific information about al Qaeda's plans to attack the United States. Homeland Security spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said the department had sent out a classified intelligence bulletin to state homeland security advisers over the weekend to give details of "recent credible but nonspecific" threat information. "This nonspecific information reiterates al Qaeda's desire to potentially target the homeland," Roehrkasse said.

[applegrove]

1. Now that Bush has been around the country to sell SS to the young,

it is time to dye his hair grey and sell it to the old.

[displacedtexan]

2. Of course, the story was reported by FUX News first.

That was my first clue that major dog wagging was afoot.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Plus, they've got nationwide protests coming up on March 19th

time to ratchet up the terrorist noise.