Posted by
Snooper on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:55:22 AM
Our homegrown terrorists in the Leftinistra leave little to be desired.
Are they really this naive or are they "playing" at politics? Do they really NOT see the threats we face or are they "playing" at politics? How can they support their ever changing positions? Just curious, you see. Will it take a jihadi attack on our soil, again?
Hat Tip to Miss Beth for the lead.
Dead Taliban Leader Was Training U.S. Recruits
Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report:
Thirty-six hours before he was killed by U.S. forces, Taliban Commander
Mullah Dadullah said he was training American and British citizens to
carry out suicide missions in their home countries, according to a
videotape interview to be broadcast on ABC News' "World News" Monday.
"We will be executing attacks in Britain and the U.S. to demonstrate
our sincerity," he told an Afghan interviewer, "to destroy their cities
as they have destroyed our cities."
A senior U.S. official told the Blotter on ABCNews.com that recent
intelligence reports confirmed Dadullah's claim that U.S. citizens were
being trained in Taliban and al Qaeda camps.
"The number is small, not large, but even once is dangerous," the official said.
In the interview, Dadullah said, "This is our religious and moral
duty to train suicide bombers against the nuclear power of the
infidels, and they will be used when they are needed, whether they are
one, 10 or 20."
A day and a half after the interview, U.S. forces carried out a
helicopter assault on Dadullah's hiding place in Afghanistan's Helmand
Province. Dadullah's bullet-riddled body was put on display by Afghan
officials to confirm he was dead.
U.S. military officials said Dadullah had been tracked from the
Pakistani city of Quetta across the border into Afghanistan, where he
granted his last interview.
"His ego probably got the better of him," said ABC News
counterterrorism consultant Alexis Debat. "The U.S. and Pakistan have
done an excellent job of intercepting the couriers moving taped
messages from al Qaeda and Taliban leaders. This is why we have not
seen Osama bin Laden in some time," Debat said.
Video Listen to the Taliban Leader's Final Words.