Recently, the terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda delivered threatening messages on the internet, promising to rekindle the flames of war in a new wave of attacks on western civilization. On an internet blog, a Muslim extremist claims that "future strikes" will carry the weight of "God's might" and will be "strong, serious, alarming, earth-shattering, shocking, and terrifying." The United States, France, and Denmark are specifically named as targets in these threats as well as other democratic European nations.
The writer also makes mention of the methods by which these attacks will be carried out. Some of the heinous acts will be accomplished by individuals or small groups of jihadists, likely with firearms, homemade bombs, and such things. Others will be "booby-trapped vehicles" as are a common tool amongst terrorists. It would not be far-fetched to expect other devices, such as IEDs, to be used in their efforts to annihilate free countries such as ours.
While there may not be much credibility behind these threats, terrorism is a problem of unthinkable magnitude and continues to expand by great leaps and bounds. Home-grown terrorists are rising in our nation. There are many means by which an extremist could penetrate our borders, and carry out his crimes within an unsuspecting population. The potential damage that could be done is unspeakable, and we as a people should be more aware of this increasing threat.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/31/al-qaeda-issues-chilling-new-threat-on-jihadi-web-site-pledges-earth-shattering-attacks-on-u-s-western-targets/
