[Calpernia]

If you are right with the idea of a parade and Times Square, then I think this was an old plan/map. My first thought would have been the Thanksgiving Day parade.

Unless, maybe News Years Eve?

[mhking]

Pasadena? Tournament of Roses?

[txhurl]

ball drops......... remember references to balls/football? How many gather at TS for the ball drop? A million?

'Fires, cutting of heads'...

[oceanview]

its not possible to get anywhere near times square with a truck bomb on new years eve. even a huy with a suicide belt would be hard, as the police "herd" everyone into gated pens constructed on the street. everyone who enters must pass by the police.

[LayoutGuru2]

LA Times: Al Qaeda To Attack Major Cities and Remote Areas (excerpted)
			Posted by My Favorite Headache On 12/22/2003 10:14:28 PM PST with 52 comments LA Times via azcentral.com ^ | 12-23-03 <p>WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida operatives may be plotting several unrelated attacks in the United States, targeting not only major cities but also remote bulwarks of the “critical infrastructure” in an effort to cause mass casualties and major economic damage throughout the nation, U.S. officials said Monday.</p>