Teams assigned to carry out attacks in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany were introduced at an al Qaeda/Taliban training camp graduation ceremony held June 9.[...]
The leader of the team assigned to attack Great Britain spoke in English.
"So let me say something about why we are going, along with my team, for a suicide attack in Britain," he said. "Whether my colleagues, companions and Muslim brothers die today or tonight, every drop of our blood will invigorate the Muslim (unintelligible)."
Typical graduation speech.
U.S. intelligence officials described the event as another example of "an aggressive and sophisticated propaganda campaign."Others take it very seriously.
"It doesn't take too many who are willing to actually do it and be able to slip through the net and get into the United States or England and cause a lot of damage," said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism official.
On the other hand, it's probably timely for another diversionary, "Look over here! We stopped a terrorist plot." After all, the purge and missing email stories haven't died.
Canada's public safety minister isn't worried.
"Their capability, personally, is limited, because there is a lot of internal intelligence that points out who certain individuals are and they do have a limited ability to travel and get through our border systems."[Minister] Day said the report is a "PR move on behalf of a terror organization" that knows it is losing the fight in Afghanistan, where more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers are serving in a NATO-led mission.
I don't know. I'm not all that certain they know they're losing.
Taliban on the Move in Afghanistan Military.com
Taliban step up attacks in southern Afghanistan International Herald Tribune
Taliban overrun southern Afghan district; more than 100 killed York Dispatch
Taliban fighters seize south Afghan area MLive.com
Support for coalition forces in Afghanistan waning Edmonton Sun
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