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Report: Al Qaeda Tells U.S. to Get Ready for Attack Sun Jun 2, 7:04 AM ET

CAIRO (Reuters) - The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published Sunday what it said was a statement from an al Qaeda spokesman warning the United States to get ready for another attack.

"What is coming to the Americans will not, by the will of God, be less than what has come," the newspaper quoted al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman bu Ghaith as saying in a statement.

"So beware, America. Get ready. Get prepared. Put on the safety belt," he said in a statement al-Hayat said was published on the www.alneda.com Web site.

The Web site, which has in the past regularly carried news on Afghanistan (news - web sites) and statements it said came from Taliban leaders, could not be accessed immediately by Reuters.

The site published a statement in April it said was from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.

Bu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti-born cleric who emerged as an al Qaeda spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, said al Qaeda would continue to hit Americans, Jews and their targets, either "individuals or institutions."

He cited what he described as America's anti-Muslim policies in countries such as Somalia, Sudan, Indonesia and the Philippines as a reason for targeting the United States. He also complained Israel had acted against the Palestinians for 50 years with "American blessing."

Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and his al Qaeda network are blamed for masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 3,000 people.

U.S.-led coalition forces are hunting for the remnants of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, after launching an offensive in October that ousted the Taliban from power.

-- time to panic (we gonna getya @ Osama. Yo Mama), June 02, 2002

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Ooooh, yessir! Anything you say, sir! We'll hide in caves for the next 100 years or so and that way, al Queda won't get us.

Oh wait, al Queda is already hiding in caves.

How nice of them to warn us in advance, though. Completely unlike 9/11. They certainly couldn't be bluffing, now. No, of course not.

-- (ha@ha.ha), June 02, 2002.


They ain't bluffing. All they have to do is follow through this time and they'll have control of the game. Any future warnings will then be taken seriously whether or not they actually follow through.

-- (game@of.terror), June 02, 2002.

LOL. And what exactly constitutes a warning being taken seriously? I mean what the hell are we supposed to do? Hide in a cave? Cower in fear? Will that help? Probably not.

If they follow through, then we'll just have more justification for further incursions into Arab countries. Too bad for them.

-- (say@good.bye), June 03, 2002.


"If they follow through, then we'll just have more justification for further incursions into Arab countries. Too bad for them."

Then they'll just have more justification for more terrorism. Too bad for us.

-- (dumbya@an.idiot), June 03, 2002.


Therefore, we should apologize for being such a bad country and beg them not to attack us. We should also give the terrorists all our money and immediately convert to Islam. Hail Allah!!

-- (yes@oh.yes), June 03, 2002.


Then they'll just have more justification for more terrorism. Too bad for us.

LOL. They don't need justification. They'd do it anyway. Unless they're already dead, of course.

-- (die@die.die), June 03, 2002.


"LOL. They don't need justification. They'd do it anyway."

LOL. I'm sure you like to believe this, especially when your hypocrite hero Dumbya keeps telling you that the rest of the world is evil. The reality is that they already have plenty of justification for their terrorist acts in the endless atrocities that America commits around the globe.

-- lol (stay dumb @ be. happy!), June 03, 2002.


The reality is that they already have plenty of justification for their terrorist acts in the endless atrocities that America commits around the globe.

Which means that they'll continue anyway whether we attack them or not! Thanks for clarifying my point.

-- (die@die.die), June 03, 2002.


"Therefore, we should apologize for being such a bad country and beg them not to attack us."

That's a start, but Dumbya will also need to start treating them like human beings as well, instead of like animals that he can kill and steal resources from.

-- (do@unto.others), June 03, 2002.


That's a start, but Dumbya will also need to start treating them like human beings as well, instead of like animals that he can kill and steal resources from.

But it won't help because they already have justification for all their terrorist acts in the endless atrocities that America commits around the globe.

So we might as well try to kill them first.

-- (time@to.go.now), June 04, 2002.



Residents Near NY Nuke Plant to Get Iodide Pills

Tue Jun 4, 8:33 PM ET

WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Amid fears nuclear power plants could be the target of terror attacks, officials plan to provide residents near the Indian Point installation, just north of New York, with potassium iodide pills to protect against any release of radioactive gases.

West Chester County officials said that beginning on Saturday the pills will be distributed on the first three Saturdays in June at three local schools.

The distribution of the pills, which were provided by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and are known as KI, comes after federal warnings that nuclear power plants could be the targets of future attacks.

KI helps to prevent thyroid cancer in the event of a radiological emergency, officials said, by blocking the absorption of radioactive iodide, one of the gases that can be released in a nuclear accident.

The county has also stockpiled the KI pills and will distribute them to local schools on request. Forty-six pharmacies in the county have agreed to stock the pills, the Westchester County Health Department said.

-- Ashton & Leska were right! (Y2K is happening @ lots of doom. coming!), June 05, 2002.


It's about freaking time already. I've been waiting and waiting for the pollies to die, and they're still not dead yet.

I hope this is finally it. C'mon you dumb pollies! Die already!!

-- (stupid@doo.mer), June 05, 2002.


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