Monday, June 07, 2004
A little too late, dude
"A Muslim convert, Roche was prepared to become an informant, his attorney says, and provide information about Al Qaeda; its Southeast Asian affiliate, Jemaah Islamiah; and their goal of staging an attack in a Western country.
But at the time — 14 months before the Sept. 11 attacks — no one was interested.
It wasn't until 2 1/2 years later that authorities decided to take Roche seriously and arrested him on terrorism charges. Last week he was sentenced to nine years in prison for conspiring with Al Qaeda leaders to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Canberra." ~
Before 9/11, One Warning Went Unheard
This is tantamount to Terry Nichols saying, after being convicted of his crimes, that he would have been willing to become an informant against Timothy McVeigh and Co. before the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, if only authorities would have listened to him.
You snooze, you lose, jackass. Now hold still while we inject the needle into your vein. We wouldn't want to cause an infection just seconds before you die and go to raghead heaven, now would we? *evil laughter*
"I had an Iraqi neighbor growing up: Al-Ahk-Ahk-Ahk-Bakh...he would give you the towel off his head." ~ Matthew Cooper, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief for Newsweek magazine
But at the time — 14 months before the Sept. 11 attacks — no one was interested.
It wasn't until 2 1/2 years later that authorities decided to take Roche seriously and arrested him on terrorism charges. Last week he was sentenced to nine years in prison for conspiring with Al Qaeda leaders to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Canberra." ~
Before 9/11, One Warning Went Unheard
This is tantamount to Terry Nichols saying, after being convicted of his crimes, that he would have been willing to become an informant against Timothy McVeigh and Co. before the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, if only authorities would have listened to him.
You snooze, you lose, jackass. Now hold still while we inject the needle into your vein. We wouldn't want to cause an infection just seconds before you die and go to raghead heaven, now would we? *evil laughter*
"I had an Iraqi neighbor growing up: Al-Ahk-Ahk-Ahk-Bakh...he would give you the towel off his head." ~ Matthew Cooper, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief for Newsweek magazine
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