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DHS THREAT LEVEL: ORANGE
Specific Threat Information
homelandsecurityus.com ^
| 12/21/03
Posted on 12/22/2003 10:07:56 AM PST by DannyTN
Edited on 07/27/2004 2:55:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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21 December 2003-- A somber Tom Ridge, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security announced the increase of the color coded alert to "Orange" today, stating: "The strategic [intelligence] indicators, including al Qaeda's continued desire to carry out attacks against our homeland, are perhaps greater now than at any point since September 11th. Information indicates that extremists abroad are anticipating near-term attacks that they believe will rival, or exceed, the attacks in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania."
(Excerpt) Read more at homelandsecurityus.com ...
TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: homelandsecurity; orangealert4; security; terror; terrorist; threat
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To: flashbunny
"If you're a terrorist, are you going to be putting your plans on a publicly accessible web site?"
Exactly--of course not. I mean, think of all the people here at FR (or at Little Green Footballs, or any other site of that sort) who post that we should "nuke Mecca" after the next big attack. I bet there are 50 some of those posts just in the past two days here, if not more. Does it mean that those people have the capability to nuke mecca, or know people who are planning to do so? No--it just means that's what they'd like to see happen. Similiarly, there are all these Jihadist websites where people want to see the US nuked. But because they attach a lot of "In Allah's name" and "Thanks to the creator, Allah" language to everything, it sounds a lot more ominous.
That's what I think these sites exploit--that we will read the posts and think that they actually have the capability to do so.
I think the day they get WMD here, they'll use them--none of this building up the perfect plan, waiting for the big Christmas rush, etc. WMDs are hard to acquire, hard to transport, hard to maintain. I don't think they'd blow their chance by getting all James-Bond-Villain on us and waiting for the perfect moment.
To: flashbunny
Go ahead and stick to your filtered down milk-toast news sources. Freeper's are quite capable of determining what is credible and what is not credible.
...to ignore alternative news sources is just plain stupid on your part.
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:35:17 AM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: Pro-Bush
"Go ahead and stick to your filtered down milk-toast news sources. Freeper's are quite capable of determining what is credible and what is not credible."
Ok. Show me they are credible. Have they ever been proven right??
Once?
Any time?
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:36:24 AM PST
by
flashbunny
(The constitution doesn't protect only the things you approve of.)
To: diamondjoe
To: DannyTN; AntiJen; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Bumping this important thread!
A Freeper Prayer Warrior has requested that the Troop Prayer Thread Warriors place this issue in their prayers, because this is what our troops are fighting for: our Homeland.
For those who may wish to pray with us on this topic, we invite you to join us in prayer at our posts 214 and 219 on our Troop Prayer Thread 9:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1031704/posts?page=214
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:46:52 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(Hold fast what thou hast received!)
To: TurtleTrap
HEY!!!!
That's my flux capacitor!!!!
I lost it in Newark a few months ago!!!!
46
posted on
12/22/2003 11:48:23 AM PST
by
baltodog
(When you're hanging from a hook, you gotta' get a bigger boat, or something like that.)
To: Eva
Bumping your post 17.
47
posted on
12/22/2003 11:48:37 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(Hold fast what thou hast received!)
To: DannyTN
Bumping your post 26.
48
posted on
12/22/2003 11:50:29 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(Hold fast what thou hast received!)
To: txflake
bumping your post 33.
49
posted on
12/22/2003 11:51:38 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(Hold fast what thou hast received!)
To: flashbunny
What city you live in there, kid
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:51:48 AM PST
by
txhurl
To: baltodog
Isn't that the briefcase from "Pulp Fiction"?
51
posted on
12/22/2003 11:52:07 AM PST
by
flashbunny
(The constitution doesn't protect only the things you approve of.)
To: Dallas59
I bet they know more than they're publicly saying.
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:53:12 AM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Born in California 1958 - Fled to Washington 2002)
To: flashbunny
You do your own research if you want more. Here is one example:
Debka had the most extensive reports on the deaths of Uday and Qusay whom they say were fingered by Talabani Kurdish tribesmen going in and out of the home of a distant cousin of Saddam's:
That cousin, Marwan Zeidan of the Abu Nasser tribe, is one of Mosul's richest and most colorful figures. He owns the biggest clay brick factory in town and the largest used car agency in the region. Unlike other Iraqi towns, where the different communities live in separate neighborhoods, Mosul is mixed; Sunnis, Arabs, Kurds and Turkemen live cheek by jowl on the same streets as neighbors. This population admixture was the cause of the downfall of Udai and Qusai Hussein.
Did Tom Brokejaw or Dan Blabber have anything to say about that?
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:55:09 AM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: Pro-Bush
Did I say anything about debka?
Strange that when I asked about this website being correct about anything, you post another source to show they were correct...
So the question again: Homelandsecurityus.com - any alerts they put out ever pan out as true? Specific details resulting in actual events? Any time????
Ever?
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:57:46 AM PST
by
flashbunny
(The constitution doesn't protect only the things you approve of.)
To: DannyTN
I heard a similar thought voiced along that line; saying Libya (& China) wants to distance themselves now from something that could be about to happen! So, you could be on the right track.
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posted on
12/22/2003 11:58:31 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(Happy Holidays to our deployed military - may your memories comfort you til you are home.)
To: flashbunny
I looked through the archives and all their stories, and I can't find ONE prediction or alert that actually panned out. The DHS isn't into fortune telling. If they put the pieces together and think something is going to happen, then there's a chance it will happen. There's also a chance it won't. Why does everybody want to keep a scorecard? Personally I'm happy if they warn us about something and nothing happens. I prefer it to the alternative.
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posted on
12/22/2003 12:00:09 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Born in California 1958 - Fled to Washington 2002)
To: SandyInSeattle
"The DHS isn't into fortune telling. If they put the pieces together and think something is going to happen, then there's a chance it will happen. There's also a chance it won't. Why does everybody want to keep a scorecard? Personally I'm happy if they warn us about something and nothing happens. I prefer it to the alternative."
I'm not talking about DHS. I'm talking about the website listed as the source -homelandsecurityus.com - which isn't part of the government - just some guys issuing alerts that have never been proven as true.
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posted on
12/22/2003 12:02:08 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(The constitution doesn't protect only the things you approve of.)
To: Pro-Bush
That cousin, Marwan Zeidan of the Abu Nasser tribe, is one of Mosul's richest and most colorful figures. He owns the biggest clay brick factory in town and the largest used car agency in the region. Unlike other Iraqi towns, where the different communities live in separate neighborhoods, Mosul is mixed; Sunnis, Arabs, Kurds and Turkemen live cheek by jowl on the same streets as neighbors. This population admixture was the cause of the downfall of Udai and Qusai Hussein.
BTW, I was talking about alerts and predictions before the fact. You provide a story written after the fact. Of course, you were quoting debkaka, which may do good reporting on past events, but has an abysmal track record when it comes to predictions.
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posted on
12/22/2003 12:04:09 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(The constitution doesn't protect only the things you approve of.)
To: StatesEnemy
At which time Puxatawny Phil will come out of his hole On the "National Lampoon Radio Hour" last Sunday, they reported that when Saddam was brought out of his hole, he saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of Jihad.
To: flashbunny
Okay, thanks... I got confused. Sorry.
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posted on
12/22/2003 12:07:03 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Born in California 1958 - Fled to Washington 2002)
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