An excerpt from editorial in the Washington Times regarding how this threat is trying to influence the US election:
There\'s no surprise for this October
By Wesley Pruden
October surprises, a regular feature of the presidential campaign, like yard signs and bumper stickers, are considerably smaller caliber than they used to be. Twelve years ago, when Caspar Weinberger was indicted for nicking bedpans from a pantry at Health and Human Services, or whatever it was he was falsely accused of to tarnish George H.W. Bush on the eve of the \'92 election, October surprises were fairly exciting. Even four years ago, the not so surprising revelation that George W. Bush had imbibed a beer too many one night when he was young and foolish was a mere blast of birdshot in the dark.
Another surprise, this one by al Qaeda, was unreeled last night by ABC News. On videotape, a terrorist raghead, his weapon at the ready, warns that American streets will soon run "red with blood" to punish the Great Satan for electing, and threatening to re-elect, George W. and Dick Cheney. In earlier days such a threat from such a mortal enemy would have assured the re-election of the president. But election-eve terror worked in Spain, and who knows who the Americans are now. We\'ll get a clue next Tuesday.
