Ridge to raise Terror Alert, news conf. 1:30 pm Eastern

Fox News-TV

[putupon]

announcement, nothing furthur

[FairOpinion]

I found it. Feb. 2, 2003 is the start of Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice.

"Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is an important feast in the Muslim calendar. It concludes the Pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid al-Adha lasts for three days and commemorates Ibraham's (Abraham) willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son. Muslims believe the son to be Ishmael rather than Isaac as told in the Old Testament. Ishmael is considered the forefather of the Arabs. According to the Koran, Ibrahim had a dream in which he was told to sacrifice his most valued possession, he sacrificed his favourite goat and his favourite sheep but the dream reoccurred. He realised the dream meant his son. His son said he must do as Allah commanded. He blind folded himself and sacrificed his son, a voice from heaven told him to look down and he realised he had sacrificed a ram instead. Allah told him it had been a test to see how much Ibrahim and Ishmael loved Allah.

The feast re-enacts Ibrahim's obedience by sacrificing a cow or ram. The family eats a third of the meal, a third is given to family and friends and the remaining third is given to the poor. There are prayers and sermons, mutual visiting of friends, lavish meals, and especially for children the giving of presents and the wearing of new clothes."

I personally think the bull in the NY/Bin Laden picture represents the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha, not Wall Street -- but that's just my opinion.

[JustPiper]

Made me wonder, if, Rudy beat Hillary in 2006, would that set him up for a Presidential run in 2008?

God willing with his health, Condi/Rudy ;)

[JustPiper]

At midnight tonight we went to this VietNamese place that doesn't open until 10pm and what do I see/hear? Of only about 6 tables in the place, four of them filled with cabbies speaking Arabic!!!

[JustPiper]

Weird story

[cardinal4]

Got it thanks. I showed some people at work some of the posts on this thread. I have sparred with these lefties before, they claimed it was all scare tactics by SHRUB, thats what they call Bush, to make America accept the Patriot Act. They really live in some kind of delusional fantasy world. I hope nothing happens, but if it does, useful idiots like these might realize the world according to Gore and Clinton died on the morning of Sept 11..

[JustPiper]

I find the series Threat Matrix riveting and frightening, particularly one episode where they profiled stolen Cargo planes from Africa, loaded with nuke material stolen or sold from Russia, flying into a barge in Boston Harbor loaded with fuel.

[JustPiper]

Joe Scarborough ;)Seriously though (I am) we would like to see Tom Tancredo head of DHS

[LayoutGuru2]

What's the significance of 2-2-04, do you know? A Monday.

Not sure of any real significance other than it is near the end of the year based on the Islamic calendar. Here are a couple threads in which we discussed this.

Al-Qaeda radicals (terrorists!!!) split over terror strategy

Al Quds: Al Queda is planning a terror attack "that will shake the Middle East" in 2 months

[JustPiper]

I heard this also and how Bush hesitated strongly issuing in this alert due to the "Cry Wolf" syndrome we went through. Idiot George Tenet suggested raising it two weeks ago (for once I agreed with him) and we all know it would not be raised without substantial proof to the President and his Threat Matrix advisors.

[JustPiper]

I'm sorry your stuck working with liberals ;)

[JustPiper]

I watched Joe too. Joe and Lou Dobbs the only things worth while on MSNBC and CNN ;)

[JustPiper]

Well how about the cleaning crew placing a remote device on a plane?

[cardinal4]

I work at the airport here in STL. There is a main road, US 67, that goes right by it. The runways are within 200 ft of the road in plain view. It would be so easy to fire a missile at one of my birds and just drive away on to 67, no one would even think to look at the van or truck driving away, they'd all be looking at the plane. BWI has a road the brings you right next to the runway as well. I have always worried about the stinger missile scenario..

[JustPiper]

Do you think that info is credible

I do simply because of what we've been following for months and things rvealed later by our government is 'always' on quayle's site first. Also, for a year now, we've been dealing with Arabic translations and the meanings of warnings and also jihad websites, combining all this, Quayle is always on target with his sources

[JustPiper]

Of course I am also sure that our intel services and law enforcement are pulling out all the stops to prevent it, I hope they succeed.

This is where I find my own personal reassurance for all the fears...these alerts are good things in that it does avert and deter the attacks IMO.

[JustPiper]

The name Padilla strikes fear knowing our chicago boy may be released soon

[LayoutGuru2]

Arggghhh... That map really irks me! When is someone going to get around to adding PDX?

[Cousin Eddie]

Agreed. Next to impossible (let's hope).

[JustPiper]

Does anyone know what this could mean - plutoinic/megatn(a)/((-)(-))

[JustPiper]

You are correct and welcome to FR ;)