Malaysian pulled out of L.A. plot after 9/11, officials say

[applegrove]

Malaysian pulled out of L.A. plot after 9/11, officials say
SEAN YOONG AND EILEEN NG

Associated Press

Kuala Lumpur — "A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaeda to pilot a plane in a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks against the United States pulled out after observing the carnage of the 2001 assaults, Southeast Asian officials said Friday.

U.S. President George W. Bush outlined details Thursday of an alleged plot to hijack an airliner and fly it into a skyscraper in Los Angeles. He said co-operation between Washington and several Asian countries helped expose it.

The plan never appeared close to the stage where it could be put into execution. Scores of arrests in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks severely curtailed al-Qaeda and its Southeast Asian affiliate, Jemaah Islamiyah.

Security officials and terrorism experts in Southeast Asia said Friday that Malaysian engineer Zaini Zakaria was among three men al-Qaeda was preparing to take part in an attack on the U.S. West Coast.

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[xultar]

1. Shouldn't we be rounding up all the Malaysians right now like we did

the Arabs?

[Jane Austin]

2. Seems obvious that bushco didn't stop or prevent anything here.

Even his statement on it began "We have now learned . . . ."

When, genius? Four years later?

[applegrove]

4. Maybe they were monitoring Malaysian security services to the DHS?

Maybe that is where they got the intel - without - warrant?

Reminds us too of how much sympathy the middle east had for the USA right after 9/11. Was a horrid act of terror and something to be ashamed of. Sympathy was everywhere.

If only Gore had been President. He would have built bridges.


Anyway - there were still two others out there thinking of attacking.

[Jane Austin]

6. If they are going to arrest for "thinking"

They're going to need another billion detention cells at Guantanimo if they're going to start arresting those who are "thinking of attacking."

Hell, this crowd couldn't even find the guys we knew were planning 9-11 and already had a line on.

This is just another security failure on the Republicans' watch.

[applegrove]

9. Would be good to know exactly what was discussed by the other

two bombers. And how hearing it without a warrant helped.

[Jane Austin]

10. Um, why would they need a warrant to eavesdrop on foreigners on

foreign soil?


Would be good to know how to spin gold out of straw, too.

[applegrove]

11. I agree. Would be good to know the exact detail of how warrantless

spying on Americans resulted in this info.

[Jane Austin]

13. Are you being deliberately obtuse? Or funny?

Because spying on Americans had nothing to do with this case.

[applegrove]

16. I didn't see Bush's press conference of the Liberty Bldg. I assumed

he was using it as an example of NSA prowess.

[Jane Austin]

17. I'm sure he'd like to make you think that, but, no, there is no connection

and he couldn't make one.

[applegrove]

18. Word seems to be getting out. Thanks

[rodeodance]

3. oh these pesty details keep popping up (after everyone believes the

Truth was told in that speech)

[rodeodance]

5. n for the truth

[peacetalksforall]

7. This means that there must be an equal number of Malaysians in

the prisons. If there was supposed to be an attack on the east and the west coasts and Malaysians were involved geographically, then the prisons have to be balanced geographically. Right?

We must DEMAND to know more. Now that they have told us this - we must demand to know who went to prison because of this? Who is still in jail? Why have we not heard pip about Malaysia?

Why is it all about Arabs and Persians? Are we planning to bomb Malaysia?

They are all about crap. There is nothing left for us to believe. It has been five years of lies starting with a theft and a partisan act by the Supreme Court of the U.S. We have been victims like no one could have have imagined.

When are the rest of the people in this country going to wake up?

[shireen]

8. as a former Malaysian ...

i am sickened every time I hear Malaysia linked with Al Queda.

But please know this: the fanatics make up a very very small minority. Most Malaysians are good reasonable compassionate and smart people who hate violence. It's a progressive Islamic country, which is quite rare these days, and other Islamic countries will do well to follow their example.

[applegrove]

12. Absolutely. Southeast Asia is not the Middle East. Even in the middle

East the al Qaeda are .001 %.

[Disturbed]

14. It's a bullshit story.

The Neo Fascists dragged this lame scenerio out to shore up their base of Bushbots. "See, we are protecting you." Most with IQ's above room temp are laughing at this lame attempt.

[OneTwentyoNine]

15. Sorry Bush...another dead cat bounce on this one too....

These ass clowns are trying anything and everything to prop up their deck of cards,and nothing fly's with the average Murikan anymore.

From duct tape to bullshit "foiled attacks" even joe six pack knows this is a crock of shit. All you have to do is look at the timing each and every time. Big crisis in D.C.? Out comes another BS story just like this one. Remember it used to be raising the color code on the "terra chart". That never went over so now its stories about foiled attacks.

Pathetic and very predictable.....