Al Qaeda prepping a new US attack?

That's the story from the Washington Times today. They plan to exploit the weak US/Mexico border in a possible biological attack:

U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group's determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.

The video aired earlier this year as a recruitment tool makes clear that al Qaeda is looking to exploit weaknesses in U.S. border security and also is willing to ally itself with white militia groups or other anti-government entities interested in carrying out an attack inside the United States, according to counterterrorism officials interviewed by The Washington Times.

The officials, who spoke only on the condition they not be named because of the sensitive nature of their work, stressed that there is no credible information that al Qaeda has acquired the capabilities to carry out a mass biological attack although its members have clearly sought the expertise.

The video first aired by the Arabic news network Al Jazeera in February and later posted to several Web sites shows Kuwaiti dissident Abdullah al-Nafisi telling a room full of supporters in Bahrain that al Qaeda is casing the U.S. border with Mexico to assess how to send terrorists and weapons into the U.S.

"Four pounds of anthrax -- in a suitcase this big -- carried by a fighter through tunnels from Mexico into the U.S. are guaranteed to kill 330,000 Americans within a single hour if it is properly spread in population centers there," the recruiter said. "What a horrifying idea; 9/11 will be small change in comparison. Am I right? There is no need for airplanes, conspiracies, timings and so on. One person, with the courage to carry 4 pounds of anthrax, will go to the White House lawn, and will spread this 'confetti' all over them, and then we'll do these cries of joy. It will turn into a real celebration."

In the video, obtained and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, al-Nafisi also suggests that al Qaeda might want to collaborate with members of native U.S. white supremacist militias who hate the federal government.

I don't know if an alliance between white supremacist militias would hook up with al Qaeda but it's worth the time to check out the possibility. And this should have our intelligence agencies and DHS concerned. Every couple of months in Arizona we hear about tunnels that have been discovered that originate in Mexico. Drug smugglers have been using these tunnels for years. Illegal aliens have exploited them just as long. Given the chaos in Mexico right now, al Qaeda could utilize them effectively, if they haven't in the past.

Our enemy knows how vulnerable our southern border is and they do love to exploit weakness and complacency. With Napolitano the head of DHS there is no greater show of weakness that we've ever had since the feckless bureaucracy was created. We were complacent prior to 11 September. We can't afford to be complacent again especially with our enemies working on making the 3000 dead on 11 September look like a drop in the bucket.

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