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Entrapping Inflated Threats

Terrorist “plots” exposed by the administration have been notable for their lack of credible threat and the whiff of political opportunism

By Salim Muwakkil

Abdul Kadir, one of the four men charged in an alleged terrorist plot to blow up a pipeline that fed fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is a former member of the Guyanese Parliament and former mayor of Linden, Guyana. The fuel line the group allegedly planned to sabotage originates in Linden, N.J. This Linden-Linden axis heavily implicates… return to article

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    OK, I’ll bite — Is it summer rerun time or did you not get enough agreement from readers the first time around on this?

    Ask the folks in London what they think about “threat inflation” right about now.

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Jun 30, 2007 at 6:40 AM

    Encore performance Salim?

    Anyway, doubt if any of averted attackers in England come close to the profile of these American “threats”.

    United States Posted by theloneous on Jul 2, 2007 at 8:43 AM

    wth, yup, enough is enough, even when I agree with the point being re-made.

    United States Posted by farmer on Jul 4, 2007 at 6:13 AM
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