Are we on the verge of a new attack?

Here's is a disturbing and convincing argument about how Al-Qaeda may very well be ready to attack the United States on a level that would dwarf 9/11.

Essentially, the argument boils down to this:

After 9/11 Bin Laden faced criticism from Islamic Scholars because his attack hadn't coincided with certain rules of Islam. Namely:

(1) insufficient warning;
(2) failure to offer Americans a chance to convert to Islam; and
(3) inadequate religious authorization to kill so many people.

Bin Laden apparently accepted the criticism and set out to remedy the shortcomings in a series of speeches.

This work outlines how he has changed his rhetoric to meet the criteria. As well, it discusses how a radical cleric recently wrote a fatwa entitled "A Treatise on the Legal Status of Using Weapons of Mass Destruction Against Infidels," thus giving Bin Laden the necessary religious authorization for an attack.

Most disturbingly, the article talks about DCI Porter Goss' recent testimony to Congress that indicated that Al-Qaeda might have acquired Soviet Nuclear technology.

It's a really frightening account. Read it.