Rice: U.S. Bracing for Terror Before Elections

[DealMonkey]

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Rice: U.S. Bracing for Terror Before Elections

WASHINGTON ? The United States is bracing for possible terrorist attacks before the November presidential election, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice (search) said Sunday.

The opportunity for terrorists to try to influence the election, as was the case last month in Spain, appears to be an opportunity that would "be too good to pass up for them," Rice said.

"I think that we do have to take very seriously the thought that the terrorists might have learned, we hope, the wrong lesson from Spain," Rice told "Fox News Sunday."

"I think we also have to take seriously that they might try during the cycle leading up to the election to do something," she said.

"We are actively looking at that possibility, actively trying to see ? to make certain that we are responding appropriately," she said.

Jose Maria Aznar (search), outgoing prime minister of Spain and a strong U.S. ally in the war in Iraq, says he has warned President Bush that he believes terrorists will try to affect the U.S. election as they did in Spain.

On March 11, terrorists blew up a rail line in Madrid, killing 191 and injuring 1,800 others.

"I told George Bush, and [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair (search) and other political leaders to be extremely careful before elections ... and to be very vigilant," Aznar told Fox.

Aznar's Popular Party was favored to win the election until the four commuter trains were attacked. "It is obvious that these attacks were looking for a political effect," he said.

Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (search), who succeeded Aznar, announced on Sunday that he was ordering Spanish troops out of Iraq "in the shortest time possible."

Earlier, Zapatero said he would pull the 1,300 Spanish troops by June 30 unless the United Nations took over political and military control of the occupation. He said he acted after deciding that the United Nations was not prepared to take over the occupation.

Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said he would meet Wednesday in Washington with Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell (search).

Newspaper reports from Spain said Moratinos hopes to show U.S. officials that Spain wants to maintain its current good relations with the United States and that the minister will offer nonmilitary cooperation in Iraq, such as training of police, as an alternative to having Spanish soldiers in the country.

 

[conjur]

Hmm...I guess they received specific information pointing to a specific type of attack. We all know general information isn't enough to warrant sending out warnings.

 

[smashp]

My vote.


Terrorists will attack because they Hate the USA.

 

[DanJ]

Originally posted by: smashp
My vote.

Terrorists will attack because they Hate the USA.

word.

 

[maddogchen]

where's the terrorists will try but we'll be ready and fvck them good option for the poll?

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: smashp
My vote.





Terrorists will attack because they Hate the USA.

Why do they hate the US?

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: smashp
My vote.





Terrorists will attack because they Hate the USA.

Why do they hate the US?

Because of people like you and me who believe in personal freedom, and disagree with the US being an Islamic theocracy.

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

How about--there will be no attacks because we finally have a president who is defending our country and has sent a strong message to the world.

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
where's the terrorists will try but we'll be ready and fvck them good option for the poll?

That's what I was looking for...

 

[smashp]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: smashp
My vote.





Terrorists will attack because they Hate the USA.

Why do they hate the US?

they Hate Us , Who cares the reason. Part of it is the attantion they Get for Hating the USA though. You dont hear much about all those that really hate luxemburg.

 

[DealMonkey]

Well, we know from recent history in Spain, that terrorists seek to disrupt and alter elections. We need to know what will happen prior to 9/11 and what message the terrorists are trying to convey so we do not capitulate to terror like the pussy Spaniards!

Besides, I wanted to try out the new poll feature. Ooooh, purty.

 

[smashp]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
How about--there will be no attacks because we finally have a president who is defending our country and has sent a strong message to the world.

Yeah and that message is Enter the US via Mexico

 

[Ozoned]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: smashp
My vote.





Terrorists will attack because they Hate the USA.

Why do they hate the US?

Why they hate US

What America is tasting now is something insignificant compared to what we have tasted for scores of years. Our nation has been tasting this humiliation and this degradation for more than 80 years. Its sons are killed, its blood is shed, its sanctuaries are attacked, and no one hears and no one heeds.

When the sword comes down, after 80 years, hypocrisy rears its ugly head. They deplore and they lament for those killers, who have abused the blood, honor and sanctuaries of Muslims. The least that can be said about those people is that they are debauched. They have followed injustice. They supported the butcher over the victim, the oppressor over the innocent child. May God show them His wrath and give them what they deserve.

To America, I say only a few words to it and its people. I swear by God, who has elevated the skies without pillars, neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before we live it in Palestine, and not before all the infidel armies leave the land of Muhammad, peace be upon him

I wonder If OBL studied history enough to know how and where the People of Islam came to aquire
their lands, or if he choses not to believe it....



Our society succeeds, theirs fails, that is why they hate us...

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx
How about--there will be no attacks because we finally have a president who is defending our country and has sent a strong message to the world.

I agree with that...

Or they may attack because they figure they can make a difference in the election.. THEY DON"T WANT BUSH IN THERE... Because he will get the job done.

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: smashp


they Hate Us , Who cares the reason. Part of it is the attantion they Get for Hating the USA though. You dont hear much about all those that really hate luxemburg.

....and you also don't hear about all the wonderful thing Luxemburg is doing for the world and the betterment of the human condition, either.

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: smashp

they Hate Us , Who cares the reason. Part of it is the attantion they Get for Hating the USA though. You dont hear much about all those that really hate luxemburg.

....and you also don't hear about all the wonderful thing Luxemburg is doing for the world and the betterment of the human condition, either.

Pygmalions, Luxembourg City?

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: burnedout

Originally posted by: xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx

Originally posted by: smashp

they Hate Us , Who cares the reason. Part of it is the attantion they Get for Hating the USA though. You dont hear much about all those that really hate luxemburg.

....and you also don't hear about all the wonderful thing Luxemburg is doing for the world and the betterment of the human condition, either.

Pygmalions, Luxembourg City?

Wow, you got around, too...nice


Living so close to Sarrbrucken for a few yeas, I used to drive down there quite a bit...for ice cream, of course....good stuff down by that famous bridge, though the name escapes me.