Originally posted by: Michael
Tripleshot - I assume you have a suggestion on how the military can just make an extra effort and find him right away? It isn't like they're not trying right now.
Saudi Arabia has many groups that don't like "infidels". It doesn't have to be Osama related. The ruling family in Saudi Arabia have made a bargain with the Devil. They have promoted and helped the radical clerics in educating the youth of Saudi Arabia for decades. Now they're reaping what they have sown.
Michael
Who is reaping what? It is not a Suadi encampment. It is for westerners. Are you suggesting they reaped what they sow?
Doesn't have to be Osama releated?
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 13 ? Less than a week after al-Qaida warned of an imminent strike, U.S. and Saudi officials said Tuesday morning that at least one person was killed and that 60 other people were injured in four bomb attacks against Western interests in the Saudi capital, three of them in residential compounds housing Americans and other Westerners. A U.S. diplomat said there were unsubstantiated reports of ?a couple of American deaths.?
Again Michael, without you even looking at the facts, you single me out again for debate. You prod and push. I suggest you find another hobby.
I am not suggesting anything but that the military needs to ramp up its search for Osama with all resources available. Remove the head of the snake and the snake dies. Is that too hard for you to comprehend, or do you need more evidence? When did you become an authority on Saudi politics and alliences?
AL-QAIDA?S ?NEW FORM?
"Only a week ago, a new spokesman for al-Qaida, which is blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, warned of an attack against U.S. interests, in a series of e-mail exchanges with the Arabic-language magazine al-Majalla.
The spokesman, Thabet bin Qais, was quoted as claiming that al-Qaida had taken a ?new form? after its leadership was ousted from its former home in Afghanistan by U.S. military forces.
?The Americans only have predictions and old intelligence left,? al-Majalla quoted bin Qais as saying. ?It will take them a long time to understand the new form of al-Qaida.?
The magazine quoted bin Qais as warning of plots ?the size of the Sept. 11 attacks? and promising that ?a strike against America is definitely coming.?
A senior U.S. official told NBC News that bin Qais was believed to be a credible spokesman for al-Qaida. ?He is legitimate,? the source said. ?We have to take him seriously.?
U.S. officials told NBC News that there had recently been a high level of intelligence ?chatter? ? intercepted radio and telephone conversations between suspected terrorists ? but no clear indication where or when they might attack."
NBC?s Charlene Gubash in Cairo, Egypt; Jim Miklaszewski, Tammy Kupperman, Betsy Steuart and Andrea Mitchell in Washington; and Robert Windrem in New York; The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.