Tag: War on Terror
Al Qaeda Leader: America’s Lax Background Checks on Gun Sales Provide a ‘Golden Opportunity’ for a Mumbai-Style Terror Attack in the U.S. – ‘So What Are You Waiting for?’
Two years ago, American-born Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn released this video in which he informed his operatives in the United States that because of a loophole in America’s gun laws they could avoid background checks by buying assault weapons at gun shows. Gadahn’s implication was that it would be easy to assemble the arsenal required to launch an attack in the United States similar to the 2008 terror campaign in Mumbai, in which 12 simultaneous bombing and gun attacks across the city left 164 people dead and at least 300 people wounded.
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