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Terrorists have taught us many things. One is their obsession with significant dates in history. In a few days, the most significant date to many Islamic terrorists, is Feb. 11—the day the Islamic Revolution came to Iran.

Is another Islamic revolution brewing? The answer to that question is a resounding “yes.”

Recently posted on The Klaxon, two Somali groups pledged their loyalty to al-Qaeda and joined their ranks hoping to form the “Islamic Republic of Somalia.” All across the globe, terrorists have been ramping up the rhetoric and the attacks, with a little help from their spokesperson, Osama bin Laden.

The terrorists understand the significance of next Thursday, but do we?

No Shiite, Sherlock: CIA head says terrorist threats reality in six months

The Klaxon Staff — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:32:33 +0000

Reports now show that it’s “highly certain” a terror attack on American soil by July is probable.

With all the incidents in the past six weeks—from the Christmas Day bombing attempt to al-Qaeda suspect arrests, the world hears the warning that July will be a time of “high certainty” for some al-Qaeda action.

Undoubtedly because of recent election losses, the president is feigning a move toward the center. His first move was to announce moving the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial out of New York City. That denied al-Qaeda the largest PR opportunity since 9/11. Their only move now is to counter and say that moving the trials from NYC will not pose less of a threat of a terrorist attack, but a greater threat.

Here’s a cost benefit approach: Instead wasting time and taxpayer dollars trying to show the world what a wonderful legal system we have and applying our constitutional treasure to enemies of our nation, let’s double up on coordinating the information we already have.

After every major terrorist event, we find out that all of the necessary information to prevent the attack was there to be had. What is missing is the leadership that is mission-based. As long as mitigatory action must first be filtered through ideological filters from either side, we will always end up a day late and a dollar short on thwarting tragedy.

“Highly certain?” Ha! Here’s what’s highly certain: There will be a major al-Qaeda attack in the next six months. We will have all of the information required to intervene, but we will not assemble it in time. Until politics is out of the mix, we are sitting ducks.

Enjoy the fireworks on the Fourth.

Keep Abdulmutallab talking

The Klaxon Staff — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:05:56 +0000

Intelligence sources say Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man accused of trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight in Detroit on Christmas Day, is providing the FBI with “useful intelligence.”

What that is, however, is not known. Nonetheless, the more he talks, the closer the U.S. gets to his training and contact sources.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told senators during an intelligence briefing that Abdulmutallab was “giving information to investigators,” according to The Washington Post, but Mueller would not reveal additional details.

Growing terror groups

The Klaxon Staff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:29 +0000

Two new franchises for al-Qaeda: The Somali group al-Shabaab and the Ras Kamboni Rebels both pledged their support to al-Qaeda, but al-Shabaab is the most dangerous of the two.

Their goal: Create the Islamic State of Somalia. These two groups have joined the likes of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, formerly run my Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s second in command and the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, now known as the Organization of al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb that joined in 2007.

The Iron Curtain of security for the Super Bowl

The Klaxon Staff — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:50:22 +0000

Security at the Super Bowl has been tight since 9/11, but with the recent terrorist attack in Detroit and the messages from bin Laden, no one is taking any chances.

We have seen the use of facial recognition at previous Super Bowls and we will probably see it again coupled with a layered security strategy and awake security officers. Security officers have been taking their lumps in the airline industry lately and rightfully so. This is not a time or a place to be complacent. We seem to have lost that edge that was extremely sharp on 9/12. An absence of a threat is not an absence of danger.

This year, the Super Bowl will be Feb. 7, in Miami.

Patriot missiles in the Persian Gulf

The Klaxon Staff — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:08:43 +0000

An increase of U.S.-made Patriot missiles in the Persian Gulf means one thing: A failure by this administration to isolate and contain Iran. It is apparent that President Obama has no plans of thwarting Iran from going nuclear, which is a major mistake. So, we are putting up defensive measures and await the inevitable.

The leading sponsor of terrorism is in hot pursuit of a nuclear bomb, which assuredly will bring more unrest to the powder keg we affectionately call the Middle East. If you recall, Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to “wipe Israel off of the face of the map.” If he possessed a nuclear bomb, he not only could use it on Israel, but on American forces in the region. The U.S. has built a new air facility in Qatar, and Bahrain is home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, both excellent targets for the likes of Ahmadinejad.