Barack Obama Accused Of Exaggerating Terror Threat For Political Gain -- The Guardian
• Pakistani diplomat launches scathing attack on White House
• European intelligence claims raised terror alerts 'nonsensical'
A US terror alert issued this week about al-Qaida plots to attack targets in western Europe was politically motivated and not based on credible new information, senior Pakistani diplomats and European intelligence officials have told the Guardian.
The non-specific US warning, which despite its vagueness led Britain, France and other countries to raise their overseas terror alert levels, was an attempt to justify a recent escalation in US drone and helicopter attacks inside Pakistan that have "set the country on fire", said Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the high commissioner to Britain.
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My Comment: Regular readers of this blog know that I am skeptical of President Obama's anti-terrorism strategy .... but using a terror alert for some political end .... I just do not see it in President Obama, especially with his focus primarily on domestic issues and his track record.
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