Americans Expect Islamic Terror Strike Within 6 Months

According to a new poll, two-thirds of Americans expect an Islamic suicide bomb attack on American soil within six months.

Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies said one of the most shocking findings of his recent polling on the subject was that 65 percent are expecting an attack within six months.

“Some of the communication between Fort Hood shooter Hasan and al-Qaida figures included discussion of such attacks inside the United States, and it has been a common form of violence in the Middle East for years,” he said. “Now, Americans appear resigned to the fact that these attacks will soon come to our shores.”

He asked a series of questions in a WorldNetDaily/Wenzel Strategies survey regarding the recent Fort Hood attack, allegedly carried out by Muslim Maj. Nidal Hasan. The survey, Nov. 13-16, used an automated telephone technology calling a random sampling of listed telephone numbers nationwide. The survey has 95 percent confidence interval. It included 806 adult respondents and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

“More than one-third of respondents – 36 percent – said they think it is ‘very likely’ that such an attack will take place in the next six months, while another 29 percent said it is ’somewhat likely,’” he reported.

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Terrorists Shifting Focus to Soft Targets

Bombing hotels abroad is becoming more attractive to terrorists… because it’s easier. As military and government targets get harder to hit, the global intelligence company Stratfor says terrorists are content to strike hotels and other soft targets instead.

Stratfor says the number of attacks on hotels has more than doubled since Sept. 11. 2001, when compared with eight years before. Injuries and deaths have increased sixfold when compared with the same period.

And when terrorists check in as guests, it gives them full access to the grounds. Such was the case in the July 17th suicide attacks at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Indonesia.

Stratfor also says al-Qaida is changing from a centralized organization with global goals to regional “franchises” with more parochial aims and strong grass-roots support.

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