The next time you’re in the mall or on the subway, stay alert. The Jerusalem Post is reporting that our intelligence and security agencies are concerned over the rising Al-Qaeda quest in Yemen for castor beans to make ricin. (I can direct them to the beach at Santa Barbara for castor plants – they grow wild all over the place along the beach there. Beautiful plants that produce deadly seeds.)
It said the apparent intent was to pack the poison around small explosives that could be exploded to disperse the ricin, a white powdery substance so deadly that a speck can kill if inhaled or taken into the bloodstream.
The [NY] Times said the apparent intent was to detonate the explosives in enclosed spaces like a shopping mall or airport.
Castor plant
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I wish I could see things as plainly as he does and write them even a fraction as well. I hope you can take the time to read it today. He has a great way of putting all kinds of things into perspective.
I think he has coined the absolute best name for this Christmas day terrorist: the Knickerbomber. And a new terrific name for Janet Napolitano – Janet Incompetano.
This is a superb column.
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In his studied desire to be the unBush by responding coolly to events like this, Obama is dangerously close to failing as a leader. Yes, it is good not to shoot from the hip and make broad assertions without the facts. But Obama took three days before speaking to the American people, emerging on Monday in between golf and tennis games in Hawaii to deliver a rather tepid address that significantly underplayed what happened. He described Abdulmutallab as an “isolated extremist” who “allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on his body” – phrases that indicate a legalistic, downplaying approach that alarms rather than reassures. Today’s words showed a lot more fire and desire to get on top of things – we’ll see whether Obama follows through with action. In the meantime, he went snorkelling. Toby Harnden/London Telegraph
Fascinating view from the London Telegraph.
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Mark Steyn: Brilliant… as usual
I wish I could see things as plainly as he does and write them even a fraction as well. I hope you can take the time to read it today. He has a great way of putting all kinds of things into perspective.
I think he has coined the absolute best name for this Christmas day terrorist: the Knickerbomber. And a new terrific name for Janet Napolitano – Janet Incompetano.
This is a superb column.
3 Comments | tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, CIA, Detroit, DHS, Dick Chaney, Iraq, Islam, Jamet Napolitano, Knickerbomer, Los Angeles, Mark Steyn, Muslims, NSA, Obama, political commentary, profiling, Rush Limbaugh, terrorism, TSA, Yemen | posted in Conservative blog network