Is it just me or is the White House being especially fearmongerish lately? Just a few days ago, the Department of Homeland Security released a report stating that "female suicide bombers have used devices that make them appear pregnant to hide explosive devices."
MSNBC reports:
The DHS report states that terrorists are using female bombers more frequently, in part because these attacks generate “more widespread media exposure.” It adds: “Continued use of female suicide bombers-the most recent example being a 3 February 2008 attack at the main railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka-indicates that terrorists judge this tactic as effective in increasing defenses and thwarting security measures.”
The report, marked “For Official Use Only,” is one of dozens of threat assessments issued jointly throughout the year by DHS and the FBI. The authors are quick to mention that there’s no immediate threat to the U.S.
"DHS and the FBI have no specific, credible intelligence indicating that terrorist organizations intend to utilize female suicide bombers against targets in the Homeland," the report tells us. This joins
pen guns and
terrorist attacks on cows in the list of unlikely non-threats weve been warned about during election years. If there's an election and Bush is in any way involved, expect a bunch of news items about how freaked out you should be...
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