Posted on 07/07/2006 4:04:33 AM PDT by prisoner6
Holland tunner - There was a threat to blow it up and flood NYC. Bastards!
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I'm already hearing critics saying it might not be that serious because nothing would've happened blah blah blah kind of $hit
ROFL!
The lame terrorist plan wouldn't work for the same reason a shotgun doesn't "explode" when a shell is fired. A large amount of explosives inside the tunnel would knock ceramic tiles loose, it would kill a bunch of motorists, but the structure itself wouldn't come crashing apart. It is located under hundreds of tons of bedrock.
~ Blue Jays ~
I think I mentioned that I've been reading the NYT letters to the editor section because I wrote them a letter to the editor and want to see if it's published.
I never said that the Times is a reflection of what ALL Americans think, wtc911, and think your tone is unduly snarky.
My stepbrother lived in NYC until last year, and I'm from New York, so I think I'm pretty well in touch with what goes on there, as much as someone can be who no longer lives in the area. And while there are plenty of New Yorkers who don't approve of the NYT outting the anti-terrorism programs, there are plenty more who support what the Times has done.
As an aside, the feasibility of the plan shouldn't impact the punishment. They are violent Muslim scumbags who should be imprisoned.
~ Blue Jays ~
Steel and cast-iron are two very different materials. Just ask Henry Bessemer.
Bomb tunnel, flood city
One man is busted in Beirut, others hunted across
globe and terrorists are seen linked to Zarqawi
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/433227p-364959c.html
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Didn't mean to be. My only point is that Americans outside NY should no more think that the Times represents what real NYers think than Europeans should that it represents what real Americans think. The Times reflects its own very narrow agenda and prints letters in support of that agenda.
I know. I grew up in the west end of Birmingham, Alabama not far from the US Steel works.
I understand your point. Take care.
Ain't he dead?
New York Desk
July 7, 2006
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
MANHATTAN
TRAIN DERAILS OUTSIDE PENN STATION; DELAYS BUT NO INJURIES
A train without passengers derailed early yesterday outside a tunnel leading to Pennsylvania Station, causing delays and service cancellations at the height of morning rush hour. One car of the six-car Long Island Rail Road train came off the tracks around 2:30 a.m. at one end of a rail yard on Manhattan's West Side. The car did not tip over, but it was jackknifed across several tracks, blocking access to some trains parked in the yard,an LIRR spokesman,Sam Zambuto,said.The derailment caused scattered delays of up to 30 minutes on parts of the LIRR system. Service on some lines also was canceled while crews worked to move the train car.
— Associated Press
http://www.nysun.com/article/35651
fYI, we had a guy with a cordless chainsaw slashing passengers on a train platform yesterday a.m. (they caught him)and a 16 year old hit by the Metro North train outside of Fordham University around 4.
Do you think Bill Keller of the NYT will wake up with so much going on?
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Bill Keller and Mayor Bloombug....
What a stupid headline. PLOTTER what is a plotter, someone who digs plots!
Via LAT
WASHINGTON -- Authorities have disrupted planning by foreign terrorists for an attack on New York City tunnels, two law enforcement officials said Friday. FBI agents monitoring Internet chat rooms used by extremists learned in recent months of the plot to strike a blow at the city's economy by destroying vital transportation networks, one official said.
Lebanese authorities, acting on a U.S. request, have arrested one of the alleged plotters, identified as Amir Andalousli, the other official said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said, "This is one instance where intelligence was on top of its game and discovered the plot when it was just in the talking phase."
The planning for the tunnel attacks was first reported by the New York Daily News in its Friday editions, the first anniversary of the attacks on the London transportation system that killed 52 people.
It was unclear how far along the planning was.
"At this time we have no indication of any imminent threat to the New York transportation system, or anywhere else in the U.S.," said Richard Kolko, Washington-based FBI special agent.
But the FBI, in a brief statement, said, "At this time, we have no indication of any imminent threat to the New York transportation system or anywhere else in the United States."
The Daily News reported that the plotters wanted to blow up the Holland Tunnel, the southernmost link between Manhattan and New Jersey, in the hopes of flooding New York's financial district. The desired effect would be akin to the flooding that ravaged New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the newspaper said.
The Daily News said, however, it was unlikely that any plan to flood the financial district would work because it is above river level.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-new-york-tunnels-plot,1,449992.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
(What was the purpose of repeating no indication of any imminent threat in this piece?)
Stories like this make we wonder just how bright some of these people are. Trying to flood Lower Manhattan by destroying the Holland Tunnel is about as realistic as trying to topple Mount Rushmore by getting every Muslim in the world to fart at the same time.
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