Qaeda 'heavily damaged'

Reposted as history. Originally posted in January of 2005.


Terror cop: Qaeda 'heavily damaged'
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
1/18/2005

WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda is "heavily damaged," constantly on the run and so financially strapped that it is having trouble making payments to the families of its dead fighters, the Daily News has learned. The terror group remains determined, however, to attack the U.S.

"What we see, and I'm including information we've seen as recently as this month, is that the remnants of the organization are not diverted from their goals of attacking us," a senior counterterrorism official told The News.

"Al Qaeda Central is heavily damaged," said the official, who requested anonymity. "But they're still plotting. These guys don't do anything else."

This sounds like good news, but that doesn't mean that the war is over. You will not hear this from the main stream media.....the war on terrorism is a race to change the face of the middle east before the nuclear war that never happened during the "cold" war becomes a reality. The islamofascists (or terrorists - you pick your term) are dedicated to a philosophy of death. We have only two choices. Fight them over there and win, or some day a nuclear bomb will go off here. Our troops understand this. And they are doing a magnificent job protecting us. I still think of the George Patton quote whenever I hear of someone dying for our freedom, "Don't mourn these men. Thank God men such as these lived." God bless our troops.

However, I worry about how poorly our borders are protected. That has to change. This article is a good read.