2007
2006
In 2006 there was at least one fire of some size in Mexico. This time, only a very small one, somewhat farther south.
Posted on 10/23/2007 2:44:10 PM PDT by NorthernRight
Edited on 10/23/2007 5:40:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
October 22, 2007
Fire officials are now stating that the Orange County Santiago fire was purposely set and there is speculation that other fires may have also been deliberate. See Interactive Map
Fire officials found three separate “points of origin,” all near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road. Two were on one side of the road, and the third was on the other. “Whoever did this knew what they were doing,” said Kris Concepcion, a fire authority battalion chief. Also, the fire traveled 3 miles in its first 20 minutes when it was ignited about 6 p.m. Sunday, he said.
We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism however; the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and in Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call.
In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaeda terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.
It was reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country.
“The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies,” the memo said.
How Can So Many Fires Be By Natural Causes ?
A Local News Radio talk show host in San Diego asked, “how can so many fires, in so many places, in such a short period of time, all be caused by natural causes”.
From USA Today in July of 2003
USA Today/Gannett publication article removed.
al-Qaeda Detainee Spoke of Fire Plot
As we have stated before. If you see anything suspicious, report it to law enforcement immediately.
UPDATE: Video - Officials say arson now suspected in Orange County Fire
UPDATE: From Los Angeles Fox News
“I’m sad to report this is an arson fire,” OCFA Chief Chip Prather announced at an early morning briefing. “There were three separate starts: two on one side of the road and one on the other, and obviously we are actively investigating that.”
Links - A number of blogs and websites have sprung up to report on the fires. We will provide links to a couple we’ve found.
National Interagency Fire Center
Live Local News Coverage Channel 10 San Diego
Written by News Admin · Filed Under Incident Reports
ANyhow...I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that they are related. There is a continuous "casing" and checking of infrastructure that is going on around the country IMHO. From those recon missions (if you will) our enemies will pick targets and will one day act on them. All the more reason to continue aggressively taking the fight to them.
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“Its the Rich “white” Californians who employ the illegals. “
And now demolition companies, masons, framers, roofers, and landscapers. This is a boon for Mexico.
Speaking of idiots...
Why do people falsely claim that environmentalists stopped brush clearing in CA?
Yes, having lived in SoCal all my life, we have a documented history of fire-bug "copycats".
That aside, this season of gale force winds, single digit humidity, and a record drought has brought a "perfect storm" scenario. You need only to look at the brush sideways for it to ignite.
We'll know later, but some were cause by arson; some were caused by a downed power line due to the winds; one was caused by a weilder; and others are probably due to cigarettes thrown out cars or camping. We'll see. The fire department investigative divisions are very good at determining the origin.
Terrorism from the islamos or illegals is worth considering of course but my suspicion would look first to a pyro maniac or an anti developement eco-terrorist.
“This will raise your eyebrows...
Yes it did and thank you for that post.
“The men were reportedly in their 20s or early 30s, and one was using a sophisticated news media-style camera.”
Very interesting. To me that points more towrds Mecca than Mexico.
Eco terrorism, laraza terrorism, standard islamic terrorism. Somebody will take credit for it, just wait.
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A good chunk of it was. The Harris fire, east and south of Chula Vista appears to have straddled the border. The evacuation zone for that one stretched from a few miles inland east along border for about 30 miles. The actual fire area was the eastern 15 or so miles of that, although farther north the fire stretched almost as far west as the evacuation zone.
I doubt if many were interested in border jumping in the San Diego area this week... except those looking to loot the evacuated areas.
2007
2006
In 2006 there was at least one fire of some size in Mexico. This time, only a very small one, somewhat farther south.
Most of the houses I have seen in that area, are already stucco with tile roofs. Many if not most are built with concrete block exterior walls. The stuff inside will burn of course. But how much more fire resistant can they get? Maybe poured concrete furniture, including beds, with nomex covered fiberglass for padding and mattresses?
Perhaps these fires were set to signal a nationwide bioterror event...
They evacuated their families and whatever they could move, yesterday, after having been alerted even earlier.
IOW, they were prepared.
That just means it will cost money that the military doesn't have to replace it. No insurance you know, the government is self insured, which means by the taxpayers.
We saw activity like this when we lived in GE. Strange folks photographing army housing, etc. We were lucky and nothing ever came of it. I have no idea if this was the actions of Muzzies, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was.
Thank *you* for making that into a proper link! (I hate HTML! LOL!)
lol
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