[Dallas59]

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[mhking]

Oh, $#it!

[Mo1]

FNC just reported on this

[New Horizon]

Uh, oh.

[NautiNurse]

You are quick!

FNC reporting (Reuters)--nothing in the detail department

[prairiebreeze]

No reason stated yet. Per Reuters.

[CedarDave]

Fox reporting from Reuters report. Possible credible terrorist threat.

[mhking]

MSNBC: The "situation" has been resolved. Apparently a plane had been in restricted airspace.

[Principled]

ehhhh?

Is this the day for the mother of all terrorist attacks? ...moon/ramadan/eclipse/et al?

[snopercod]

Probably another hysterical knee-jerk reaction to a pilot in a small plane passing within 20 miles.

[witnesstothefall]

I'm pretty sure they scrambled fighters. I heard one over my head a few minutes ago in Fairfax County.

[TomGuy]

One report said something about a small aircraft in the vicinity, but unconfirmed.

[primeval patriot]

Secret Service: "an emergency situation"

[BunnySlippers]

CNN is covering live the pulling down of the Bush statue in London. What jerks!

[BillF]

All clear now. People returning to WH after private pilot entered secure airspace, apparently erroneously. Per MSNBC and local DC channel 4.

[Blue Screen of Death]

Michael Jackson's private jet flying low and fast enroute out of the country?

[TBall]

A 9:49 wire story says the plane got within 5 miles of the WH. The plane is still in the air heading southeast and the FAA is attempting to communicate.

[petercooper]

Wacko Jacko was seen in the area.

[aynrandfreak]

From Al-Muhajiroun: (radical Islamist group in UK)

PRESS RELEASE DATED 14TH NOVEMBER 2003 - It is entirely understandable why Muslims and non-Muslims will be demonstrating on the 20th of November 2003 when the Pharaoh of today, George Bush, comes to London in his state visit to Tony Blair, his partner in crime. The list of reasons to demonstrate includes atrocities committed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and Palestine, the call to stop further aggression in Iraq, the call to stop the funding of the pirate State of Israel and the call for the punishment of Bush and Blair for their many and continuing crimes. However, this time around many Islamic Movements will not be demonstrating due to the overriding grave and very real threat of an operation, similar to 9/11, against the US President in light of the various specific warnings and threats which have been made by Sheikh Usama Bin laden and Al-Qaa'eda in their press releases against the US and UK. With this in mind we, Al-Muhajiroun, urge those within the Muslim community to be responsible and not to encourage Muslims to demonstrate on the 20th of November 2003, which might thereby make Muslims part of a target if any operation does take place. It is a responsibility upon the heads of all Islamic Movements to warn Muslims of this danger and the wise people among non-Muslims will no doubt do the same. In particulúar we remind those secular bodies such as the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and the Islamic Society of Britain (ISB) not to demonstrate and not to ask any Muslims to demonstrate in light of the risks recognised by all responsible bodies. The UK government's security measures are therefore wise considering the hatred held for George Bush across the world for the heinous crimes committed by his fascist regime (together with the dictator Blair) in Afghanistan and now in Iraq. Although Muslims in Britain have a covenant of Security and are therefore not allowed to target anyone in the UK, the same evidently does not apply for Muslims from abroad or who do not have such a covenant, as was transparent on 9/11. In addition we must ensure that Muslims stay away from any high risk targets in general, such as the Israeli and US embassies, which would appear to be higher on the list of potential targets. Finally, we would like to emphasise that regardless of the high and real risks involved, it is not allowed (i.e. Prohibited) for any Muslims to participate in any demonstrations organised by non-Muslims, be they MP's, communists, anarchists or socialists, such as those demonstrations which are in fact due to take place on the day in question.

[Quix]

Kind of leaves one feeling that this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1025329/posts?page=16

IS VERY TIMELY.