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Cheney lashes out at Obama after airline attack
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 30 - 12 - 2009


Former US vice president Dick Cheney has
accused President Barack Obama of "trying to pretend we are not at
war" with terrorists in the wake of the Christmas Day attack on a US
airliner, according to dpa.
In a statement to Politico published Wednesday, Cheney said
Obama"s policies have sought to cast aside the realities of the war
on terrorism by taking a "low key" response to an attack, suspected
of being carried out by a Nigerian citizen with al-Qaeda ties.
"As I"ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once
again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war,"
Cheney said. "He seems to think if he has a low key response to an
attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people we won"t
be at war."
Cheney has been a leading Republican critic of Obama since he and
former president George W Bush left office in January, and his
remarks are intended to show that Obama and the Democrats are weak
when to comes to fighting terrorism.
Cheney cited the administration"s decision to try the five alleged
plotters of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in a civilian
rather than military court, and to close the Guantanamo Bay prison
facility.
The suspect on the Delta/Northwest Airlines flight, Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab, remains in US custody after he allegedly tried to
detonate explosive as the plane was preparing to land in Detroit.
Abdulmutallab has reportedly told US authorities he received the
explosives and training from al-Qaeda elements in Yemen, which
announced it is investing ties between the Nigerian and the terrorist
group.
Meanwhile, CNN, citing two Obama administration officials,
reported the military has begun to assess possible targets in Yemen
for retaliatory strikes against al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, released a statement
earlier this week taking responsibility for the failed attack and
warned more are on the way. AQAP said the airline plot was meant to
avenge US assistance to the Yemeni government, which has been
launching assaults against al-Qaeda militants in the country.
The United States has reportedly provided intelligence to assist
with air raids, and is believed to also be conducting covert
operations in Yemen against al-Qaeda.


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