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Agreed. I will ignore him.

I also think this is serious. I don't like the thought that there are so many possibilities. Ugh.

It's an especially bad time of year with all the festivities planned around Christmas and New Year. Very difficult time for law enforcement, who want to be with family, but it's likely leave/vacations have been cancelled.

I'm not that concerned over the non-conventional weapons as some appear to be.

Look at the caliber of terrorists that have been sent to this country before. We had the World Trade Center people who used a simple but effective bomb (ineffectively placed) then went back to the rental dealership to get their refund.

We had the terrorist who tried to smuggle a car full of explosives into the U.S. from Canada and was so nervous he tipped his hand to a Customs Agent...again, bringing in relatively simple to use (not necessarily effectively) explosives.

The hijacks used box knives and had just enough flight ability to steer three of the four planes into their targets. Only one of those hijackers appeared to have the ability to coordinate this type of operation AND be a willing martyr.

With very few exceptions, the caliber of individuals used in these kind of attacks are such that they have the greatest potential for success with realitively simple weapons.

Biological, chemical and radiological weapons require a higher degree of training and ability to deploy, regardless of whether the terrorist is willing to kill themselves at the same time of not. These types of weapons often leave trace elements that make them easier to detect as well...particularly when dealing with the radiological.

Have any such weapons ever been used in Israel?

My guess, as suggested on other threads, is something not that far different then the original 9/11 attack. We know that at the same time those terrorists were learning how to steer a plane into a building, there were other's from the middle east learning how to drive semi trucks...and unlike airplanes, buying and concealing a truck isn't that difficult.

I am far more concerned with a tanker carrying 20,000 lbs (whatever the payload) of material...simple, easy for the typical martyr level person to operate, easy to hide within the hundreds of thousands of other semi's on the highway.

Imagine a tanker of gasoline exploded in a downtown interstate underpass beneath a city block. Or a tanker of material that releases toxic fumes.

I'm more of the opinion that this is where the threat lies.