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State Department alerts Americans to potential terror attacks
Associated Press ^
| 4-24-02
Posted on 04/24/2002 3:07:07 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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"There is growing concern," the department said in a statement. It cautioned Americans to be careful and said "softer targets" may be selected by terrorists because security at U.S. installations has been strengthened.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attacks; statedepartment; terroralert
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Similar to what we heard last August when the 5th fleet put out to sea from Bahrain.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Say there, OEB, can you put each of them there frames in the high alert color codes of Homeland Security?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: AmericanInTokyo
I'm not sure if Hitchcocks 'Psycho' shower scene can fit into our Homeland Security color-coded threat warning system, but ... try...
Psycho Murder (
) for some fun!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well President Bush wanted a world wide war against terrorism maybe he will get it. Perhaps it would help if Bush bombed Korea or Germany first. This might convince the Arabs that the war on terrorism is not just aimed at bombing their ancestral land into the stone age. (/sarcasm)
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posted on
04/24/2002 3:33:57 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I just saw on the Fox News 'crawler,' at the bottom of the screen, that we should be alert in the shopping malls. (I can't even remember the last time I went to a shopping mall)
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posted on
04/24/2002 3:52:26 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Forget about being alert in the shopping malls, it just isn't worth it. So I just deleted all the shopping bookmarks from my browser. Well, everything except for Amazon.com, but I figure they must have some pretty good security.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Americans traveling to the middle east these days must have rocks for brains.
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posted on
04/24/2002 5:05:52 PM PDT
by
paul51
To: paul51
Pretty much two kinds of Americans: spit for brains, and trained professionals who are there occupationally. The first isn't worth worrying about. For the second, it's a calculated risk that they've chosen to accept.
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posted on
04/24/2002 5:21:34 PM PDT
by
pttttt
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: pttttt
For the second, it's a calculated risk that they've chosen to acceptLike I said.....
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posted on
04/24/2002 5:27:29 PM PDT
by
paul51
To: Lazarus Long
We're fast approaching the "boy who cried" wolf syndrome, and I'm afraid that after countless false alarms Americans will dismiss legitimate warnings with a "been there, done that" shrug, and may not take the necessary procautions as a consequence.So then you want the American government to filter the information it receives and you want the American government to decide for us what is a legitimate threat and what is a hoax.
I prefer to make that descision on my own.
To: Lazarus Long
It's the same with the media. It used to be that when they broke in with an alert something serious had occurred. I don't pay much attention when I hear it any more. Seems like everything is breaking news now.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Don't worry. Be Happy! (These are all accidents lately anyway, or suicides, or lone homicidal bombers, not terrorism.)
Right?
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posted on
04/24/2002 7:07:23 PM PDT
by
Osinski
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Lotta good this "alert" is without going into any detail as to what "softer targets" are. That may mean something to the diplomatic or military people, but to us civilians?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, DUH!
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