Islamic Terrorists Targeting Hospitals? (The Unreported Story in Chicago)

Christ Hospital Confidential Sources ^ | 6/2/2002 | USConservative

[usconservative]

Heard this last night and confirmed it today while @ church.

Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) was recently under "surveillance" by several Muslim appearing men. It seems that these Muslim appearing-men were taping the parking garages, emergency room entrances, and indeed the Trauma Center of Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn just last week. When they were noticed by a Trauma Center Nurse (my contact) she immediately contacted Hospital Security.

Hospital Security pursued the Muslim appearing men can caught them with video records and digital cameras. A fight ensued, and the Muslim appearing men escaped. Hospital security cameras caught the incidence on tape.

The FBI was called and was on hospital premises within an hour. Tapes from security systems were seized for review, and an ongoing investigation has been occuring at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL over the past week. Witnesses report seeing Muslim appearing men walking hospital grounds and filming over the past several weeks.

The investigation is ongoing.

[usconservative]

Ok, I have to admit, I found this hard to believe when my wife told me last night - but she has no reason to lie. The story was confirmed by the trauma center nurse, and her mother, whom I attend church with regularly.

This story has *not* been in the news in the Chicago area at all. What makes this case particularly interesting is that Christ Hospital is the *only* major trauma center located in the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago.

Additionally, Christ Hospital is surrounded by pre-dominantly Muslim communities of Bridgeview, Burbank, Palos Hills and parts of Chicago Ridge. The hospital serves these communities, but who really thinks that's gonna stop a bunch of muzzie extremist nuts from trying to blow the place up?

I'm very familiar with Christ Hospital myself as it's only 25 minutes from my home, and my last two eye surgeries were performed there. The garage on the West side of the hospital is right next to the trauma center. Very easy access with little to no security.

Give Al Qaeda's new warnings today, I'm wondering if hospitals have become targets for these terrorist scum?

Anyone else find it peculiar that this story isn't in the media?

[usconservative]

Redwing, you live in that immediate area, have you heard anything about this, seen anything in the news, or noticed an increased FBI presence?

[usconservative]

Where's that terror list index thing?

[MarMema]

I caught some guy going out to where we store oxygen tanks the other morning, very early, and he had no badge. I said good morning and tried to talk to him and he hung his head and quickly left the building. I told our security about it but no one thought anything of it.
I go in at 4 am. This guy went out to the storage area with a large cooler, then returned with the cooler empty. The lid was slightly ajar.
I guess we all need to be on alert. Our hospital is a trauma center, level 3, though not large.

[cmsgop]

Thanks for the info....BUMP!

[willieroe]

With the lame job the TV and print news media does in covering breaking news on weekends, I suspect that a terrorist strike on a weekend would create even more mass confusion and hysteria. Office buildings, though, empty on weekends. Hospitals do not.

[Vermont Lt]

Not meaning to be a PC weanie here, but what does a "Muslem" look like?

Its like saying they saw a Catholic, or a Baptist....

[cmsgop]

I think the nearest one to me is Overlake in Bellvue.

[Mitchell]

Ping. I know nothing about the accuracy of this story; I just read in FR and thought it might be of interest.

[AAABEST]

I had a personal "incident" myself a last week with Islamic video tapers.

I can't for the life of me understand why we just don't throw all of these freaks the hell out of our country NOW. That would immediately solve the whole problem.

Instead our government is choosing to drive the rest of us nuts, trample the constitution, create huge, useless, smothering bureaucracies and cost us billions upon billions of dollars.

Mean while the flat earth Islamists laugh their asses off.

[old-ager]

A few self-proclaimed muslims
Some Baptists, presumably
And finally, some Catholics

[MarMema]

That's ok. We'll get something out here but my money is still on Whidbey. Somehow I just think it's the place to be targeted if they're going to hit us out here. And I still wish I knew what the heck that truck thing was all about, cause it was sure about something and they weren't reporting it. If you check the Whidbey news they are reporting all kinds of incidents to the police there on a regular basis, arabs seen videotaping, etc. Course no one ever thinks it is meaningful, but how many Arabs have you seen videotaping? Me, none. Oak Harbor is not the place to be living right now, and I have dear friends who live there. Keep them in your prayers.
Anyway, second choice is Bremerton. Third is West Seattle. All those Little Somalia peoples out there. Stay over here and we should be ok. That's my feeling.

[Libertina]

oxygen tanks/ he hung his head and quickly left the building
Hi MarMema, it sounds important to me. You might want to write a letter and deliver it to the hospital administrator. I wouldn't let one goofball's nonchalance stop your report. That's how disasters occur - lots of people knew about the initial steps, but no one spoke up. You didn't mention what the man looked like, but if he belonged to a group statiscally more relevant (see how nicely I phrased that?) I'd really be concerned. Of course, it could just be your typical Seattle nutcase.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

With the lame job the TV and print news media does in covering breaking news on weekends, I suspect that a terrorist strike on a weekend would create even more mass confusion and hysteria.

The usual effect of journalism is precisely to spread, not extinguish, "mass confusion and hysteria."

Journalism is nonfiction entertainment, and it's most successful as entertainment when they have something scary to report. Just as arsonists sometimes turn out to be firemen, we ought to consider journalists to be at least potential suspects in any major disaster. The Rodney King riot was, for example, given "air cover" by broadcasts of the video of King's arrest, edited to show only the side unfavorable to the police. "News," doncha know . . .

[Savage Beast]

"muzzie extremist nuts "

LOL! You know how to call 'em, Usco.

[Savage Beast]

Terrorist attacks on a hospital! These people are beneath contempt.

[AmericaUnited]

Terrorists just don't know how incredibly frenzied the response from America will be if they blowup a hospital here. It would be the worst miscalculation they will ever make!

[FITZ]

Terrorists just don't know how incredibly frenzied the response from America will be if they blowup a hospital here.

They blew up the WTC and they're still roaming about the US very freely.

[FITZ]

Not meaning to be a PC weanie here, but what does a "Muslem" look like?

If you saw Middle Eastern foreigners acting suspiciously, your wouldn't say they were "Catholic or Baptist appearing". Christian Arabs don't act much like Muslim Arabs.

[Aria]

What was your incident? In October I saw two likely suspects taking photos of a tall bank building in Portland, Oregon. I told the head of security for the bank who passed it on to the FBI. I can't believe the audicity of these people - wandering around a hospital videotaping when anyone with a brain should be alarmed by what they are doing. They certainly must be real familiar with our PC baloney.