[jerseygirl]

Dubious Source, I know, but some of the detailed information seems potentially accurate.

[SoggyBottomBoy]

suicide bombers and car bombs have been my biggest fear for our country since 9/11 happened. thank goodness we haven't been hit this way (yet?)

[Sir Charles]

Dubious or not, those are pretty reasonable security precautions. What I don't see are means of stopping a car crashing through the barriers. But what kind of weapon is available, in quantity, to react quickly enough to aim at and destroy a speeding auto, particularly if the security parameter is close in?

[verity]

Only safe place is in a shower. :~)

[pyx]

Gee ... Do you think if Americans are slaughtered in their own neighborhoods and blood runs through our streets there might be ANY potential negative reprocussions for local adherants of the Religion Of Piece[sic] ?< /sarcasm >

[John Valentine]

World Net Daily isn't half as dubious as some sources regularly found on FR...

re. DEBKA....

[_Jim]

Marked "For Official Use Only," the four-page memo was distributed Friday to federal departments and agencies, as well as state security managers and

WE had a term for this once upon a time where I worked: "Job Justification" (publish/issue memos to let the bosses/other departments know you were still alive, on the job and still IMPORTANT)

Of course, it may have beneficial side-effects, i.e., serve notice to terrorists that our first-lines of security are still active ...

[Alouette]

Last night as I was driving back into the U.S. from a weekend in Toronto, there were officers with bomb-sniffing dogs checking every vehicle as it came OUT of the Detroit/Windsor tunnel.

I thought to myself, idiots! They should be checking the cars before allowing them to go IN the tunnel. The logical place to detonate would be INSIDE THE TUNNEL, and our brilliant Homeland Security, INS, and of course our "Canadian allies" don't bother to inspect vehicles that are leaving the country.

[cake_crumb]

Well, it's not impossible, but it WOULD be a much more stupid act here than it would anywhere else on the planet.

Beginning homocide car bombings here in the United States would cause us, the bulk and mainstream of the population, to do exactly the things we have refrained from doing since 9/11/01: assault, breaking and entering and murder against Arab Muslims and their homes in this country. In many areas, what we would be looking for is bomb making material. In most areas, there wouldn't be the puclic lynchings Araba and other leftists drool for: there'd be quiet disappearances, and none of the neighbors would know anything about them.

In addition, the American military is STILL plenty strong enough to kick more @ss, and such a thing would probably land the eagle in Iran with all talons maiming.

Yeah, the terrorist are here, and bomb making materials are easy to get of you have the knowledge - I'm no slouch with fire or explosives, and I'm married to explosives and fire expert so I know whereof I speak. So homocide bombers have the two requisites for a terrorist attack of that type here.

It boils down to this though: homocide bomb and have a short candy binge resulting in sugar shock - and face the wrath of the American people AND the power of the American military, only a fraction of which any of them have ever met - or just not do it and stick to safer targets where they won't have to suffer the consequences??

[oceanview]

I don't know, the cells here would have to be operating with almost total autonomy. communications surveillance is likely extremely high amongst the target population. if anything, I expect "lone wolf" type attacks like the buy at El Al in the LA airport.

[genefromjersey]

Wonderful ! Thanks to WND ( and a few others publishing sensational news AND those of us who DEMAND sensationalism ),the fun-loving freaks at al-Qaeda score a "win" without lifting a finger !!

Why go to the trouble of planting bombs, etc., etc. , when all you have to do to create terror is talk about it ??
Since terror is the name of the game,every story that creates terror is a point for the bearded ones.

Naturally, all of us suave sophisticates here understand that.......

[JustPiper]

Ping!

[Gritty]

The USA is so target-rich, they don't need suicide bombers. Parked car or truck bombs will do nicely, as well as packages left in malls.

[Unknowing]

In terms of meeting this terrorist threat head-on, any possible Committees of Vigilance against the jihadist menace may require a kind of "Vigilance Handbook," containing tips on establishing and maintaining civilian awareness and alertness appropriate for heightened threat levels.

To counter the jihad propaganda of the internet terror-propagandist Daleel and others of his ilk, perhaps a "vigilantism" propaganda machine can be forthcoming with some kind of manual of anti-terrorist vigilance. The manifestation of a multi-redundant nationwide civilian intelligence network would be prudent, and could prove dispositive in daunting the jihadist menace here in the homeland.

Some pieces of information to consider publishing in such a manual might include:

1. Keeping watch on local jihadist suspects who fit the profile. The profile is established by the terrorists themselves in their own jihad manuals.

2. Keeping watch on local areas or specific buildings for possible patterns indicative of terrorist preparatory activities.

3. Basic reconnaissance operations.

4. How to profile, identify and locate possible terrorist suspects in your own area.

5. Legal considerations: "plain sight," public areas, etc. The scope of legally-permissible civilian conduct in observing, identifying and apprehending terrorist suspects.

6. Use of binoculars, night vision, and cameras.

7. Effective note-taking and information-gathering.

8. Coordination of local observations at a general level. Example: http://www.freerepublic.com

9. Use of GPS, maps, walkie-talkies, scanners, etc.

10. Radio communications and scanner frequencies. Example: http://www.cityfreq.com/

11. Electronic monitoring of various internet and radio sources for new information and leads.

12. Use of parabolic microphones and other electronic monitoring of conversations.

13. Use of Arabic-English/English-Arabic dictionaries in effective identification of suspects' topics of communication.

14. Patrol operations and urban camouflage.

15. Tailing suspects.

16. Other tactical operations, by type.

I do not advocate vigilantism or other illegal activity. Please check your local statutes and ordinances. Also, check your ordnance.

Number 16 is not necessarily my favorite.

[freeperfromnj]

This ties in with the worldwide alert for "cars of death" that came out on 11/21.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026833/posts

[spald]

Maybe the MiddleEasterners should be more concerned about the al Quida operative with Hepatitis doing his business in a vat of, let's say, green scallions or some such harmless food source.

[myprecious]

And watch out for donkey cars parallel parked in loading zones.....

[Travis McGee]

We're going to find out, sooner or later,

If Osama will pray, to a glowing crater.