tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post2316524011073015321..comments2023-11-17T02:23:26.098-06:00Comments on A Penigma - a mystery, under a pseudonym: New Terrorist Plot Uncovered by the U.S.Penigmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134413210507419937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-51396953334143897132011-10-20T13:44:36.808-05:002011-10-20T13:44:36.808-05:00FYI : Juan Cole had another post on this ... and G...FYI : Juan Cole had another post on this ... and Gary Sick has weighed in (<a href="http://garysick.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow"> link</a><br />).<br /><br />Although this may have moved off the front pages, the Iranians must consider how the NATO was successful in taking out Moammar Gaddafi, they may be doing some <i>internal reviews</i>.Minnesota Centralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462056292830437795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-54556876433391982612011-10-14T10:20:07.160-05:002011-10-14T10:20:07.160-05:00I saw the post by Juan Cole, and generally have th...I saw the post by Juan Cole, and generally have the greatest respect for his expertise - which is why we link to his blog here. I hope our readers will check out his take on this.<br /><br />Looks to me though like Obama has his ducks in a row on this; I'm sure he is well aware of how Bush left himself open for intense criticism by his use and abuse of bad intel. I just don't see Obama dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-65591668741295994532011-10-14T09:18:52.293-05:002011-10-14T09:18:52.293-05:00Yes, let’s grab the popcorn and watch.
It looks t...Yes, let’s grab the popcorn and watch.<br /><br />It looks to me like a combination of Curveball (who told CIA official Tyler Drumheller about Iraq's bioweapons program) and the ShoeBomber.<br /><br />I wonder if the motivation for Obama is to use the arrest to get additional support for sanctions (you know the adage : You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.) By going high profile Minnesota Centralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462056292830437795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-15073031612237528272011-10-13T12:04:30.719-05:002011-10-13T12:04:30.719-05:00I think your point is well taken Mac, but I would ...I think your point is well taken Mac, but I would point out to you that Iran has been behind other attacks on Israeli embassies before:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Buenos_Aires_Israeli_embassy_attack<br /><br />and this attack in 1994<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_AMIA_bombing<br /><br />Because of the fact that the terrorist attack was directed at the Saudi ambassador dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337568240689378702.post-70312922158279254902011-10-13T09:06:00.639-05:002011-10-13T09:06:00.639-05:00I am becoming more questioning of the story as pre...I am becoming more questioning of the story as presented. <br /><br />Considering the story that US officials told the Saudis about this a few weeks ago, and thus presumably they would have told the Israelis at the same time … have you heard any outrage from those countries ? The big news in Israel is the prisoner swap … this story is not getting the headlines.<br /><br />It makes you wonder if Minnesota Centralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462056292830437795noreply@blogger.com