Pakistan found out about the plot and notified the British:
Reports from Pakistani intelligence, suggesting the direct involvement of senior Kashmiri militants linked to al-Qaeda, convinced British intelligence that the plot had to be taken seriously. Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist branch was brought in to the operation last December.
The Bush administration had nothing to do with it..
No, the US administration is too busy in Iraq to do anything about al-Qa'ida.
But how will the latest terror plot play in the US heartland?
We all know that the Republicans and their media will try to paint the Democrats as soft on terror. They've already started by saying that the Democrats have been hijacked by extremists.
Thank God some papers at least report it right:
Democrats contend that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a distraction from the war against al-Qaida. A new CNN poll shows that 60 percent of Americans now oppose the war in Iraq.
And it looks like the American people are finally starting to wake up:
Democrats were favored over Republicans by 46 to 38 percent in an ABC-Washington Post poll early this week when people were asked whom they trusted more to handle the fight against terrorism.
Let's hope they stay awake through election day!
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