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Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles - Daily Terror Threat
Debka ^
| 11-3-2003
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Posted on 11/03/2003 9:17:27 AM PST by tubavil
Edited on 01/26/2004 3:58:09 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator.
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7,441
posted on
01/06/2004 9:35:28 PM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: Mossad1967
to scour five major U.S. cities for radiological, or "dirty," bombs
Well, Mossad my 1-2 dozen of suitcase nukes is not to far-fetched I guess ;(
7,442
posted on
01/06/2004 9:37:47 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Register Independent and Write-In Tancredo for March !!!!)
To: liz44040
Praying that everything will be fine with you, Liz.
To: JustPiper
Jeepers! Thank you so much for the encouragement, JustPiper! Hugs!!!
To: Mossad1967; All
To naysayers and thinking lowering the threat level is more than 'financial':
"It was conducted in secrecy"
U.S. officials said they remain worried today -- in many cases, more concerned than much of the American public realizes -- that their countermeasures would fall short.
Even now, hundreds of nuclear and bioweapons scientists remain on high alert at several military bases around the country, ready to fly to any trouble spot. Pharmaceutical stockpiles for responding to biological attacks are on transportable trucks at key U.S. military bases.
In recent days, intelligence has become even more difficult to sort through, officials said yesterday, because of what one described as "circular" repeating of information that has been made public.
{{{They 'are' aware of the duping by the EOS etc}}}
The attention to a potential dirty bomb, for example, resulted not from specific recent information indicating such an attack but from the belief among officials that al Qaeda is sparing no effort to try to detonate one.
outdoor celebrations are much more vulnerable
One of the U.S. officials' main fears was of a dirty bomb, in which a conventional bomb is detonated and spews radioactive material and radiation across a small area. Security specialists say such a weapon is unlikely to cause mass casualties but could cause panic and devastate a local economy.
7,445
posted on
01/06/2004 9:43:36 PM PST
by
JustPiper
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To: Mossad1967
More thoughts for Naysayers to chew on:
On the same day that Ridge raised the national threat level to orange ("high") from yellow ("elevated"), the Homeland Security Department sent out large fixed radiation detectors and hundreds of pager-size radiation monitors for use by police in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Houston, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Detroit.
Homeland Security also ordered the dispatch of scores of Energy Department radiation experts to cities planning large public events. One of them was Baltimore, where Coast Guard and Energy Department personnel patrolled the waterfront with sophisticated radiation detectors in preparation for a New Year's Eve party at the Inner Harbor.
Dozens of others fanned out in Manhattan, where, on New Year's Eve, up to 1 million people were scheduled to gather in Times Square. Still others converged on Las Vegas, home of a huge yearly New Year's Eve party on the Strip, and on Los Angeles, where the Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day draws as many as 1 million people.
The Energy Department scientists proceeded to their assigned locations to take covert readings with their disguised radiological equipment in a variety of settings.
"Our guys can fit in a sports stadium, a construction site or on Fifth Avenue," one Energy Department official said. "Their equipment is configured to look like anybody else's luggage or briefcase."
Starting on Dec. 22, the teams crisscrossed those cities, taking measurements 24 hours a day. FBI agents persuaded businesses in some cities -- including hotels and truck-rental firms in Las Vegas -- to voluntarily turn over lists of guests or customers for comparison with terrorism watch lists.
On Dec. 29 in Las Vegas, the searchers got their first and only radiation "spike," at a rented storage facility near downtown. The finding sent a jolt of tension through the nation's security apparatus; the White House was notified. The experts rechecked the reading with a more precise machine that told them that inside the cinderblock storage
unit was radium, a radioactive material used in medical equipment and on watch dials.
{{{AND?!?}}}
As rare snow fell on the city that early morning, FBI agents secured the industrial neighborhood around the site, and a small army of agents and scientists converged on the business. Soon the renter of the storage closet in question, a homeless man, happened on the odd scene and asked the officers not to cut his padlock. He supplied the key.
The scientists sent in a robot to snag a duffel bag in which the man had been storing a cigar-size radium pellet -- which is used to treat uterine cancer -- since he found the shiny stainless-steel object three years before. Not knowing what the object was, he had wrapped it in his nighttime pillow. Officials said he has not exhibited any signs of ill health, yet. The man, whose name could not be obtained, was released.
Five tense hours after their radiation detectors had spiked, officials concluded there was no security crisis in the storage locker.
Right Alice, the government is telling us everything!
7,446
posted on
01/06/2004 9:46:52 PM PST
by
JustPiper
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To: TexKat
Thats OK I'll take your word for it ;)
7,447
posted on
01/06/2004 9:48:14 PM PST
by
JustPiper
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To: All
It is being stated that certain terrorist organizations have been given the keys to these facilities in order to expedite their destruction. Hospitals have been notified across the country to prepare for massive influx of patients and to go to "red alert" immediately Well there are those 200 missing keys!!!
7,448
posted on
01/06/2004 9:54:47 PM PST
by
JustPiper
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To: Alamo-Girl
AG with your new venture you will become the Queen as you have so earned! Hugs back atchya!!!
7,449
posted on
01/06/2004 9:56:13 PM PST
by
JustPiper
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To: JustPiper
Your at # 7449! Now go to Sleep!
7,450
posted on
01/06/2004 9:57:05 PM PST
by
JustPiper
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To: All
BA flight 223 may have been canceled because intelligence "heard" terrorist chatter about UN Resolution 223, which criticizes Israeli treatment of Palestinians.
7,451
posted on
01/06/2004 9:57:24 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: Mossad1967
"Starting on Dec. 22, the teams crisscrossed those cities, taking measurements 24 hours a day. FBI agents persuaded businesses in some cities -- including hotels and truck-rental firms in Las Vegas -- to voluntarily turn over lists of guests or customers for comparison with terrorism watch lists."
Of course we all know that some of those hotels did not do so voluntarily.
7,452
posted on
01/06/2004 10:06:56 PM PST
by
Revel
To: tubavil
?
To: Mossad1967
All this thanks to our inane immigration policies.
About not letting these enemies of America in in the first place?
America, wake up and remember: demographics is destiny.
To: All
Washington identified six members of Al Qaeda on Air France Flight 68 on Christmas.
Authorities at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris detained some of the 200 passengers and crew from Flight 68 for questioning.
Was anyone arrested?
7,455
posted on
01/06/2004 10:18:10 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: Mossad1967
"There has been a distinct amount of communication intercepts to indicate there are good reasons to raise the alert," added former CIA operations officer Mike Baker. To raise to RED? He's talking in the present. So, he's not alluding to December 21.
To: JustPiper
7,457
posted on
01/06/2004 10:33:56 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: All
7,458
posted on
01/06/2004 10:49:35 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Pro-Bush
"Was anyone arrested?"
Authorities at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris detained some of the 200 passengers and crew from Flight 68 for questioning.
To: Oorang
Does anyone know where these "cities" are being built?
--Something to think about--
loudspeaker begins to blare
Civil disobedience will not be tolerated.
Leave all your belongings in your dwellings, and enter the buses in an immediate and orderly fashion.
You will be provided with food, water, clothes, and shelter.
Civil disobedience will not be tolerated...
7,460
posted on
01/06/2004 10:56:40 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
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