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   From: kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu   
      
   On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:45:27 -0500, Art Clemons  wrote:   
   >Karen Y Byrd wrote:   
   >   
   >> I don't disagree with any of what you've said but there is still   
   >> this fundamenatl question: why haven't we been attacked again   
   >> after 9/11? Is it just plain luck? Unless I missed something we've   
   >> had no suicide bombers do anything in the "usual suspect" places, NYC   
   >> or DC.   
   >   
   >It should be noted that despite the Padillo claims, there is little evidence   
   >that terrorist groups have made a concerted effort to carry out a   
   >subsequent attack.   
      
   But why? That's what I asked.   
      
   >Remember the last prior attack in the US before 2001 by "foreigners" was in   
   >1993 and it apparently took eight years for 2001.   
      
   Yes, I'm not forgetting that. That was with Al Qaeda fully intact   
   and it still took them 8 years.   
      
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