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He never said no attacks fool. Listen to what he said, not what you wanted him to say.Obama's claim.....no attacks?
Really?
July 21, 2010
39. Islam Convert Creates American Hit List
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled, terrorists apprehended
Paul G. Rockwood Jr., an American citizen, became an adherent of Anwar al-Awlaki’s ideology of violent jihad after converting to Islam. In studying al-Awlaki’s teachings, Rockwood came to believe it was his religious responsibility to seek revenge against anyone who defiled Islam. He created a list of 15 individuals to be targeted for assassination, including several members of the U.S. military. Rockwood is said to have researched explosive techniques and discussed the possibility of killing his targets with a gunshot to the head or through mail bombs. Nadia Piroska, aka Maria Rockwood, Paul’s wife, knowingly transported the list to Anchorage, Alaska, to share with an unnamed individual who apparently shared Rockwood’s ideology. The list then made it into the hands of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Anchorage.
Rockwood was charged with making false statements to the FBI in a domestic terrorism charge, while Nadia was charged with making false statements to the FBI in connection to the case against her husband. Paul was sentenced to eight years in prison, while his wife was sentenced to five years of probation.
May 3, 2010
38.Explosive-Filled SUV in Times Square
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled, terrorist apprehended
Faisal Shahzad, age 36, a naturalized citizen from Pakistan, attempted to detonate explosives in an SUV parked in Times Square. After explosives training in Pakistan, he is said to have received $12,000 from entities affiliated with the terrorist organization Tehrik-e-Taliban to fund the attack. Following the failed bombing attempt, Shahzad attempted to flee the country to Dubai, but was arrested before the flight was able to leave New York’s JFK airport.
Shahzad pleaded guilty to 10 counts, including conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism and to use a weapon of mass destruction. He was sentenced to life in prison and is being held at the same Colorado supermax prison as Richard Reid and Jose Padilla.
March 26, 2010
37. Taxi Driver Conspires with al-Qaeda
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled, terrorist apprehended
Chicago taxi driver Raja Lahrasib Khan, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, was arrested by the Chicago FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force on two counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to the charges, Khan was affiliated with Ilyas Kashmiri, leader of the al-Qaeda-linked extremist group Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami in Kashmir, and has previously been indicted in the U.S. on terrorism charges.
Khan originally transferred $950 to Pakistan, to be delivered to Kashmiri, and later attempted to send around $1,000 provided to him by an undercover agent. Khan’s son was stopped by government agents at Chicago’s O’Hare airport before leaving the country. The criminal complaint filed against Khan also alleges that he had discussed plans to bomb an unnamed sports stadium in the United States.
Khan has since pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization as part of a plea deal. He was sentenced in 2012 to seven and a half years in prison.
December 25, 2009
36.Underwear Bomber
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled, terrorist apprehended
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a now 28-year-old Nigerian engineering student who lived in London, boarded a plane from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then flew from Amsterdam to the U.S. It was on this second flight when he attempted to detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear as the plane began to land. The device ignited but did not detonate, and passengers quickly stopped Abdulmutallab from trying again, leading to his arrest by U.S. authorities upon landing in Detroit. The bomb, containing the explosives PETN and TATP, was similar to the failed device used by Richard Reid in his shoe in 2001.
Media accounts following the plot indicate that Abdulmutallab admits involvement with al-Qaeda in Yemen and pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. In February 2012, Adulmutallab was sentenced to life in prison following his conviction.
November 5, 2009
35. Attack at Fort Hood, Texas
Individuals directly involved:
Attack successful, terrorist apprehended
A U.S. Army psychiatrist, Major Hasan, 44, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. His actions were apparently motivated by former Yemeni al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, shouting “Allahu Akbar!” as Hasan conducted the attack. The U.S. government has labeled the incident “workplace violence.” However, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, in a special report, labeled the case as “the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001.”
Major Hasan was severely wounded in the attack, but survived, and faces pre-meditated murder and attempted murder charges. The case, now in the sentencing phase, is awaiting several more steps including presidential approval if capital punishment is the verdict. A judge rejected Major Hasan’s “defense of others” strategy, which would have required him to prove that he acted to prevent immediate harm to others; in this case, to Taliban fighters. Instead, Major Hasan has decided to make the case that the United States’ involvement in the Middle East is “illegal and immoral aggression against Muslims.”
October 21, 2009
34.Material Support to al-Qaeda
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled. One terrorist apprehended, investigation ongoing for co-conspirator
Tarek Mehanna and Ahmad Abousamra, co-conspirators, were indicted on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and al-Qaeda, conspiracy to kill Americans in a foreign country, and conspiracy to provide false information to law enforcement.
The conspirators expressed their desire to participate in violent armed jihad based on their Middle Eastern terrorist training. Mehanna continued to post al-Qaeda materials via the Internet. Mehanna pleaded not guilty to charges against him and has since been convicted. He is serving 17 and a half years in federal prison. Abousamra is thought by the FBI to have left the United States for Aleppo, Syria, in 2006 and a federal arrest warrant was issued in 2009. The FBI is currently offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his capture and return to the United States.
September 24, 2009
33. Dallas Skyscraper Bombing Plot
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled, terrorist apprehended
Maher Husein Smadi, a 25-year old Jordanian, was apprehended in an attempt to plant a bomb in a Dallas skyscraper. Originally identified through FBI monitoring of extremist chat rooms, Smadi was arrested and charged after agents posing as terrorist cell members gave Smadi a fake bomb, which he later attempted to detonate. Smadi was found guilty and sentenced to 24 years in prison. Smadi will be deported to Jordan after his internment.
September 23, 2009
32. Illinois Car Bomb Plot
Individuals directly involved:
Plot foiled, terrorist apprehended
Michael Finton, or “Talib Islam,” 35, an American citizen, was arrested on September 23, 2009, by undercover FBI agents after attempting to detonate a car bomb filled with what he believed to be close to one ton of explosives outside the Paul Findley Federal Building and Courthouse in downtown Springfield, Illinois. The blast was also intended to destroy the nearby office of Representative Aaron Schock (R–IL). Evidence presented against Finton has shown that he expressed a desire to become a jihadist fighter and was aware that his planned attack would cause civilian injuries. He has been arrested on charges of attempted murder of federal employees and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Finton pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 28 years in prison
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You wanna talk about totals or is that not important to you?
Face It! George W. Bush was working diligently to get tax cuts for the rich and completely ignored warnings from the CIA, FBI, etc. which told him Osama Bin laden was preparing to attack us with commercial airliners:
Bush Warned of Hijackings Before 9-11
"You wanna talk about totals or is that not important to you?"
Totals of what....soldiers or civilians?
1. 2,753 people who died at the World Trade Center during the attacks, and the 2,977 overall 9/11 deaths that include the strike at the Pentagon and the airliner crash in Shanksville, Pa.Sep 9, 2015
Civilians, you dunce.
2. Warnings?????
He didn't get any warnings, you moron.
"There was . . . an awareness by the government, including the president, of Osama bin Laden and the threat he posed in the United States and around the world," Fleischer said. "That included long-standing speculation about hijacking in the traditional sense, but not involving suicide bombers using airplanes as missiles."
A CIA spokesman said the agency routinely passed on intelligence citing the possibility that al Qaeda might be planning to hijack an airliner as part of a terrorist action against the United States. But a suicide attack involving an aircraft was never envisioned, the spokesman said."
Bush Was Told of Hijacking Dangers (washingtonpost.com)
"...information prompted administration officials to issue a private warning to transportation officials and national security agencies. ... In a press briefing, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said the threats were very general and did not mention a specific time, place or mode of terrorist attack." http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=August_6,_2001,_President's_Daily_Briefing_Memo_(External_Links)
Pretty specific warning, huh?
But good enough for brain damaged Democrat supporters, huh?
3. And...do you know who asked for intelligence briefings?
"The White House said the presidential daily briefing, or PDB, was requested by Bush, who sought information about the possibility of an al Qaeda attack in the United States."
CNN.com - White House releases*bin Laden memo - Apr 12, 2004
Seems like Bush was far more responsible than the oaf in the White House now.....the one who took a nap while Benghazi was under attack.
4. "BOMBSHELL: Obama Never Once Met With His Defense Intelligence Chief"
BOMBSHELL: Obama Never Once Met With His Defense Intelligence Chief
"He never said no attacks fool. Listen to what he said, not what you wanted him to say."
The message he intended for dunces like you, is clear.
There is a vast gulf between what Barack Hussein Obama spews, and the truth. He actually says this "no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland. "
Of course the meaning he hopes has moment is how he has protected America.
He hasn't; he has merely shown a ability to parse the language in the manner of Bill 'the rapist' Clinton's " "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is."