Al Qaeda thriving under Bush regime
August 11, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
Since Sept. 11, 2001, when George W. Bush decided to take over as the official spokesperson and recruiter for Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization has thrived. Now, after five years of bombing Iraq, squelching civil liberties, eliminating habeas corpus, torturing “enemy combatants,” etc., etc., the U.S. government has unleashed a new report – the people who attacked us are as strong as they’ve ever been.
‘Government report: Al Qaeda strongest since September 11, 2001′
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Al Qaeda is the strongest it has been since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a new U.S. government analysis concludes, according to a senior government official who has seen it.
Despite a campaign of military action and counterterrorism operations, al Qaeda has regained its strength and found safe haven in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the report says, according to counterterrorism officials familiar with the report.
The five-page intelligence analysis remains classified and was prepared for senior U.S. policymakers. It was not issued in response to a specific threat.
Two intelligence officials said the report’s finding are similar to what is expected to be in the National Intelligence Estimate anticipated to be released later this summer. The NIE is the intelligence community’s collective analysis of pressing national security issues.
The White House’s view is that “over the past six years, we have prevented attacks from al Qaeda by taking the fight to them,” a senior administration official said. “But they are an enemy that adapts.”
This new report backs up warnings by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and other officials that al Qaeda remains a serious threat and that the United States is vulnerable despite the numerous security changes made since September 11, 2001.
It’s a simple as this: Not only has the Neocon brigade running the U.S. shown it can’t outsmart terrorists hiding in the hills of Pakistan, they’ve proven that they really don’t want to.
–WKW
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