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

Fox News-TV

[putupon]

announcement, nothing furthur

[oceanview]

all very good points, except for the anthrax. they know how to use that.

[hummingbird]

She must have been quite remarkable and what a terrific daughter you are to appreciate her memory so deeply.

[JIM O]

Maybe I am naive but I think sometimes we give these guys too much credit. If they had those weapons wouldn't they have tested them out in Afghanistan or Iraq?

[JustPiper]

Originally in general the targets were NY, DC, LA

[Ciexyz]

Damn, I used up all my duck tape in wrapping Christmas packages.

[angkor]

It's in the next sentence:

"This supersedes the Worldwide Caution dated November 21, 2003. The text of that Caution is being reiterated below to remind U.S. citizens of the continuing threat that they may be targets of terrorist actions and to alert them to the raising of the Homeland Security threat level from Yellow (Elevated) to Orange (High). This Worldwide Caution expires on June 21, 2004."

[JustPiper]

Jim they sure didn't pretest 911 and we have no way of knowing what they do in the remote desert, look what our own government did in the desert -g-

[camas]

eno you are a cop RIGHT????

[oceanperch]

Pegita would you say a prayer for us you have a special blessing with words that so many of us find peace and solice in.


cajungirl, sometimes in scary or stressfull situations some people find strength in humor.

I see some are posting in a way that is obvious disrespect to what you stated and I agree they need to go bug some other thread.

But I for one use humor as a coping mechanism. To think of what may lay in wait is just to God awful to think about. Might I suggest Prayer for all of us Americans right now that however we cope we do it united and that all threats from those who hate Christian and Jewish Americans fail miseribly.

[jimbo123]

Another take on today's warning. Debkaesque, but also scary.

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com

http://www.stevequayle.com/

ISSUE
DATE * LOCATION ATTACK
TYPE TARGET INTEL
SOURCE ATTACK
PROBABILITY*

12-21 ongoing New York City;
Los Angeles; Washington, DC.; Chicago Stolen cargo planes loaded with WMD. Concern for radio controlled, large model aircraft containing biologicals. Additionally, female suicide bombers in cities previously noted, targeting large gatherings like sports events, malls, etc. New York City;
Los Angeles; Washington, DC.; Chicago DoD sources, massive Internet chatter, al-Qaeda detainees under interrogation and pronouncements from high-ranking Jihad officials Extremely High

National Terror Alert Threat Level Raised to Orange

COMMENT: DoD sources have indicated FOUR 5-man teams in possession of cargo aircraft headed for previously noted targets: the White House, the Pentagon and speculation of the NY Stock Exchange. Additionally, US counter-terrorism units are specifically concerned with radio-controlled model aircraft being used as a platform to disperse biologicals over target cities. Several U.S. military gunships were spotted chasing RC aircraft on Dec. 20. In the last 48 hours, actual photographs of suitcase nukes have shown up on "disappearing" Jihad websites. Developing. . .

[oceanview]

no, why waste them. don't get me wrong, I don't think they have them either. if they did, and that's what this alert was about, someone in the media would notice alot of folks in the administration and congress headed for the shelters all of a sudden. no way are all the people "in the know" going to just sit idly by and let their families die.

[Letitring]

Sounds as if you have some specific gripes and feel you are in an impossible situation. If that IS the case, tough thing to deal with. Wish you the best, dealing with it.

[hummingbird]

I find it strange how Libya is disclosing it's WMD program

Pure unadulterated speculation, of course, but I had a similar suspicion. Also perhaps Saddam has spilled the beans.

I keep thinking these two events are pivotal. Did the thread earlier up have a comment that the HS, etc. folks have been meeting for 72 hours plus/minus before making today's change in threat level? When was the announcement of Libya cooperation made? I'll see if I can find that.

[JustPiper]

Yes in relation to what "Orange" means in general it goes on to say:

Terrorist actions may include, but are not limited to, suicide operations, hijackings, bombings or kidnappings. These may also involve commercial aircraft and maritime interests, and threats to include conventional weapons, such as explosive devices.

Ridge: Possible attacks could rival 9/11"

[angkor]

Sorry for the "yelling," that anti-police zealot was making too much noise and also we've enough excitement today with the DHS warning.

[hummingbird]

Wow...you have a lot of great pics on your freeper page! I just added your page to my fav FREEREPUBLIC Home Pages for when I need to be uplifted. Hope you don't mind. (I will remove, if so...)

[oceanperch]

Oh boy the meth labs sigh I left the East Bay in Cali 14yrs ago to get away from that evil and now it is rampant in my area on the Oregon coast.

If a bomb does go off do to poor timing here you can kiss Corvallis Oregon goodbye.

[JustPiper]

We often use these links on the ongoing thread Jimbo, thanx, they are invaluable -g-
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com
http://www.stevequayle.com/

Please join us at that thread we could use all the help Freeper's can give:

Long ongoing thread

[oceanview]

but they have been working on this Libya thing for a long time, it all didn't just happen in the last week.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Someone I know is active USAF, and was just called in to base, which is unusual. He called us and warned us all to be extra vigilant (not his exact wording)