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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-qaeda-zawahri-idUSBRE98C05820130913(Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged small-scale attacks inside the United States to "bleed America economically", adding he hoped eventually to see a more significant strike, according to the SITE monitoring service.
In an audio speech released online a day after the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 strikes, Zawahri said attacks "by one brother or a few of the brothers" would weaken the U.S. economy by triggering big spending on security, SITE reported.
Western counter-terrorism chiefs have warned that radicalized "lone wolves" who might have had no direct contact with al Qaeda posed as great a risk as those who carried out complex plots like the 9/11 attacks.
"We should bleed America economically by provoking it to continue in its massive expenditure on its security, for the weak point of America is its economy, which has already begun to stagger due to the military and security expenditure," he said.
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Al Qaeda calls for attacks inside United States (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2013
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Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)1. Luckily the Good Doctor
can count on the republican party.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)2. Congressional republicans must be on the Al Qaeda payroll!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. Not much of an economist that guy
Laelth
(32,017 posts)4. k&r for exposure. n/t
-Laelth