A More Likely Scenario

By Andie Brownlow

The shooting on Nov. 5th in Fort Hood may be indicative of similar
attacks to come. The shooter carried out an attack on specifically
outbound soldiers for deployment at the Soldier Readiness Center. Maj.
Malik Nadal Hasan, was raised as a Muslim and opposed to the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq. The fact that he chose to kill or maim over 40
US soldiers rather than go to war against Muslim jihadists is
indicative of another motive. Explaining away this massacre as a
conflict of conscience seems to be an oxymoron. Looking past the
incident as a singular event you'll find a very different, possible
reason for the attack.

According to a Nov. 4th Stratfor report, al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP) leader, Nasir al-Wahayshi, wrote an article last week
in an online magazine, Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of the Battle). In it
he called for jihadists to conduct easy attacks on targets in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia Yemen as well as in Western Nations "at war with Islam".
They were to use easily accessible weapons and explosives and to not
"waste a lot of time finding the materials..." The way in which this
information was disseminated is just as telling as the article itself.
According to the global intelligence source, Stratfor:

That al-Wahayshi gave these instructions in an internet magazine
distributed via jihadist chat rooms, not in some secret meeting with
his operational staff, demonstrates that they are clearly intended to
reach grassroots jihadists -- and are not intended as some guidance
for AQAP members.

In another Stratfor report from June of 2006 called, "Al Qaeda: The
Next Phase of Evolution" it was suggested that the rise of local,
unaffiliated terror cells are becoming the most effective form of
guerilla warfare. Al Qaeda is morphing into something similar to a
"pre-9/11 Operation Model". It relies on grassroots elements that
"think globally and act locally". Stratfor calls this the "4.0
Operation Model" in which it can:

...Entail more sophisticated levels of coordination -- and the
possibility of simultaneous strikes against geographically diverse
targets (for instance London, Toronto and New York). Previously, such
a feat could only have been accomplished by the core al Qaeda
organization. For a grassroots network to accomplish that feat,
without direct involvement from the central leadership, would
represent a generational leap forward in jihadist operations.

Terror cells aren't the only form of recent jihadist activity and
roadside IEDs aren't the only form of explosives for these new
attacks. In Nasir al-Wahayshi's article last week, he cited an
incident a few weeks ago where an assassin wore a small IED in his
anal cavity in an attack on Saudi Deputy Interior Minister Prince
Mohammed bin Nayef. This was a new, unsuspected form of suicide
bombing. It was unsuccessful in killing the target, only slightly
injuring him; but this method proved to be effective against
detection.

Also in the article, al-Wahayshi mentioned a specific amount of
explosives that could be made from household items, suggesting similar
IEDs could be improvised. Grassroots jihadists may also be
interpreting attacks to be suicide bombings on individual targets as
well as in geographical locations.

Whether Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan acted out of insanity or some bizarre
moral dilemma, he conducted an attack on US soil of a terrorist
nature. Americans need to become more vigilant since we are more
vulnerable to attack from jihadists now than ever.

Terror cells will be even harder to prevent as new grassroots
jihadists do not need to communicate directly with a central
authority. They now get their information from websites and take cues
to from leadership messages published on them. There will be less
chatter to monitor because these groups will find each other locally
and keep their operations small and low-key.

Now is the time for our current government to become pro-active in
thwarting terrorist plots. Being reactionary just won't cut it
anymore. The fact that the Obama Administration renamed the "War on
Terror" to the "Overseas Contingency Plan" highlights just how off
base they are on the threat our country now faces.

Our intelligence agencies also need to be allowed to do their job
without fear of persecution. Nancy Pelosi's shameful display of
classic CYA against the CIA doesn't give the FBI much incentive to
help conduct domestic surveillance on these new groups.

My prediction on the matter is that the issue will be resolved only as
"a US soldier carried out the Fort Hood attack" and let the
assumptions about a violent soldier fall where they may. For this
Administration and their cronies it's a lot more convenient than
fulfilling one of the only stated responsibilities of our Federal
Government.

Andie Brownlow blogs at AndieBrownlow.com

On Nov 6, 11:15 am, jose el fontanero <josefsop... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:





A More Likely Scenario

By Andie Brownlow

The shooting on Nov. 5th in Fort Hood may be indicative of similar
attacks to come. The shooter carried out an attack on specifically
outbound soldiers for deployment at the Soldier Readiness Center. Maj.
Malik Nadal Hasan, was raised as a Muslim and opposed to the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq. The fact that he chose to kill or maim over 40
US soldiers rather than go to war against Muslim jihadists is
indicative of another motive. Explaining away this massacre as a
conflict of conscience seems to be an oxymoron. Looking past the
incident as a singular event you'll find a very different, possible
reason for the attack.

According to a Nov. 4th Stratfor report, al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP) leader, Nasir al-Wahayshi, wrote an article last week
in an online magazine, Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of the Battle). In it
he called for jihadists to conduct easy attacks on targets in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia Yemen as well as in Western Nations "at war with Islam".
They were to use easily accessible weapons and explosives and to not
"waste a lot of time finding the materials..." The way in which this
information was disseminated is just as telling as the article itself.
According to the global intelligence source, Stratfor:

That al-Wahayshi gave these instructions in an internet magazine
distributed via jihadist chat rooms, not in some secret meeting with
his operational staff, demonstrates that they are clearly intended to
reach grassroots jihadists -- and are not intended as some guidance
for AQAP members.

In another Stratfor report from June of 2006 called, "Al Qaeda: The
Next Phase of Evolution" it was suggested that the rise of local,
unaffiliated terror cells are becoming the most effective form of
guerilla warfare. Al Qaeda is morphing into something similar to a
"pre-9/11 Operation Model". It relies on grassroots elements that
"think globally and act locally". Stratfor calls this the "4.0
Operation Model" in which it can:

...Entail more sophisticated levels of coordination -- and the
possibility of simultaneous strikes against geographically diverse
targets (for instance London, Toronto and New York). Previously, such
a feat could only have been accomplished by the core al Qaeda
organization. For a grassroots network to accomplish that feat,
without direct involvement from the central leadership, would
represent a generational leap forward in jihadist operations.

Terror cells aren't the only form of recent jihadist activity and
roadside IEDs aren't the only form of explosives for these new
attacks. In Nasir al-Wahayshi's article last week, he cited an
incident a few weeks ago where an assassin wore a small IED in his
anal cavity in an attack on Saudi Deputy Interior Minister Prince
Mohammed bin Nayef. This was a new, unsuspected form of suicide
bombing. It was unsuccessful in killing the target, only slightly
injuring him; but this method proved to be effective against
detection.

Also in the article, al-Wahayshi mentioned a specific amount of
explosives that could be made from household items, suggesting similar
IEDs could be improvised. Grassroots jihadists may also be
interpreting attacks to be suicide bombings on individual targets as
well as in geographical locations.

Whether Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan acted out of insanity or some bizarre
moral dilemma, he conducted an attack on US soil of a terrorist
nature. Americans need to become more vigilant since we are more
vulnerable to attack from jihadists now than ever.

Terror cells will be even harder to prevent as new grassroots
jihadists do not need to communicate directly with a central
authority. They now get their information from websites and take cues
to from leadership messages published on them. There will be less
chatter to monitor because these groups will find each other locally
and keep their operations small and low-key.

Now is the time for our current government to become pro-active in
thwarting terrorist plots. Being reactionary just won't cut it
anymore. The fact that the Obama Administration renamed the "War on
Terror" to the "Overseas Contingency Plan" highlights just how off
base they are on the threat our country now faces.

Our intelligence agencies also need to be allowed to do their job
without fear of persecution. Nancy Pelosi's shameful display of
classic CYA against the CIA doesn't give the FBI much incentive to
help conduct domestic surveillance on these new groups.

My prediction on the matter is that the issue will be resolved only as
"a US soldier carried out the Fort Hood attack" and let the
assumptions about a violent soldier fall where they may. For this
Administration and their cronies it's a lot more convenient than
fulfilling one of the only stated responsibilities of our Federal
Government.

Andie Brownlow blogs at AndieBrownlow.com

Why take a tilted religious and racial viewpoint, when everyone knows
that shrinks can be a little mentally unbalanced to begin with.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

On Nov 6, 11:31 am, Igor <thoov... at (no spam) excite.com> wrote:





On Nov 6, 11:15 am, jose el fontanero <josefsop... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:

A More Likely Scenario

By Andie Brownlow

The shooting on Nov. 5th in Fort Hood may be indicative of similar
attacks to come. The shooter carried out an attack on specifically
outbound soldiers for deployment at the Soldier Readiness Center. Maj..
Malik Nadal Hasan, was raised as a Muslim and opposed to the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq. The fact that he chose to kill or maim over 40
US soldiers rather than go to war against Muslim jihadists is
indicative of another motive. Explaining away this massacre as a
conflict of conscience seems to be an oxymoron. Looking past the
incident as a singular event you'll find a very different, possible
reason for the attack.

According to a Nov. 4th Stratfor report, al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP) leader, Nasir al-Wahayshi, wrote an article last week
in an online magazine, Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of the Battle). In it
he called for jihadists to conduct easy attacks on targets in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia Yemen as well as in Western Nations "at war with Islam".
They were to use easily accessible weapons and explosives and to not
"waste a lot of time finding the materials..." The way in which this
information was disseminated is just as telling as the article itself..
According to the global intelligence source, Stratfor:

That al-Wahayshi gave these instructions in an internet magazine
distributed via jihadist chat rooms, not in some secret meeting with
his operational staff, demonstrates that they are clearly intended to
reach grassroots jihadists -- and are not intended as some guidance
for AQAP members.

In another Stratfor report from June of 2006 called, "Al Qaeda: The
Next Phase of Evolution" it was suggested that the rise of local,
unaffiliated terror cells are becoming the most effective form of
guerilla warfare. Al Qaeda is morphing into something similar to a
"pre-9/11 Operation Model". It relies on grassroots elements that
"think globally and act locally". Stratfor calls this the "4.0
Operation Model" in which it can:

...Entail more sophisticated levels of coordination -- and the
possibility of simultaneous strikes against geographically diverse
targets (for instance London, Toronto and New York). Previously, such
a feat could only have been accomplished by the core al Qaeda
organization. For a grassroots network to accomplish that feat,
without direct involvement from the central leadership, would
represent a generational leap forward in jihadist operations.

Terror cells aren't the only form of recent jihadist activity and
roadside IEDs aren't the only form of explosives for these new
attacks. In Nasir al-Wahayshi's article last week, he cited an
incident a few weeks ago where an assassin wore a small IED in his
anal cavity in an attack on Saudi Deputy Interior Minister Prince
Mohammed bin Nayef. This was a new, unsuspected form of suicide
bombing. It was unsuccessful in killing the target, only slightly
injuring him; but this method proved to be effective against
detection.

Also in the article, al-Wahayshi mentioned a specific amount of
explosives that could be made from household items, suggesting similar
IEDs could be improvised. Grassroots jihadists may also be
interpreting attacks to be suicide bombings on individual targets as
well as in geographical locations.

Whether Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan acted out of insanity or some bizarre
moral dilemma, he conducted an attack on US soil of a terrorist
nature. Americans need to become more vigilant since we are more
vulnerable to attack from jihadists now than ever.

Terror cells will be even harder to prevent as new grassroots
jihadists do not need to communicate directly with a central
authority. They now get their information from websites and take cues
to from leadership messages published on them. There will be less
chatter to monitor because these groups will find each other locally
and keep their operations small and low-key.

Now is the time for our current government to become pro-active in
thwarting terrorist plots. Being reactionary just won't cut it
anymore. The fact that the Obama Administration renamed the "War on
Terror" to the "Overseas Contingency Plan" highlights just how off
base they are on the threat our country now faces.

Our intelligence agencies also need to be allowed to do their job
without fear of persecution. Nancy Pelosi's shameful display of
classic CYA against the CIA doesn't give the FBI much incentive to
help conduct domestic surveillance on these new groups.

My prediction on the matter is that the issue will be resolved only as
"a US soldier carried out the Fort Hood attack" and let the
assumptions about a violent soldier fall where they may. For this
Administration and their cronies it's a lot more convenient than
fulfilling one of the only stated responsibilities of our Federal
Government.

Andie Brownlow blogs at AndieBrownlow.com

Why take a tilted religious and racial viewpoint, when everyone knows
that shrinks can be a little mentally unbalanced to begin with.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Studies have shown that psychiatrists suffer a higher suicide
rate than other professions. However, they don't attempt to
commit suicide by massacring as many unarmed people as
the can.

Why does the military accept Muslims into the services
when the nation is fighting a war with Muslim radicals?