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Here is what alarmed me (and one of the posters checks FR, so I don't feel so guilty about "borrowing"- we need all the insights we can get.

Gadsden
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Posts: 83
(2/27/04 9:09)
Reply re: PT replies to Gadsden question

Thanks for the response, PT. I agree that the time is drawing close.

I just read this morning over on the FR Threat Matrix thread that:
1) Chinese troops in the Fujian province have gone on high alert.
2) Nato is conducting an anti-submarine exercise in the Mediteranean.
3) The Navy is conducting an exercise with three carrier strike groups.
4) Some sort of nationwide exercise called Unified Defense 04 'which will involve hundreds of people from more than 60 federal, state and local agencies nationwide'.
5) Bush signed an EO authorizing the interdiction of ships in Cuban territorial waters.

Add to this list the recent Russian exercises, Putin dismissing his government prior to the elections, Al Zawahiri threatening new attacks, and the rumor of Norad on high alert and it feels like we are, as Kerodin suggested, moving into a tactical phase.

P.S. 5) is incorrect. The EO authorizes interdiction of ships in US territorial waters that might be going into Cuban territorial waters. Still interesting.

Gulp.

Edited by: Gadsden at: 2/27/04 12:03

Noswad22
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Posts: 1636
(2/27/04 10:16)
Reply Bush EO

I've got some inside scoop that is quite interesting on the president's EO about Cuba...

I have to scoot so I'll post it in an hour or so. Stay tuned...

Noswad22
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Posts: 1637
(2/27/04 11:21)
Reply short range missiles

this might be a false alarm on my part after having read the EO. I thought the EO had different wording on boat travel.

A couple of years ago there was a report leaked about an unidentified "rogue" nation that was discovered to be equiping small ocean-going vessels with short range ballistic missiles. The country went unidentified but a certain congressman stated very plainly that US citizens would be very concerned to learn who was doing this.

I learned by accident that the country in question might be Castro's

LOL...Now he is saying we are a waist of time.

did you know that yesterday 10 americans were killed in iraq!!? no you didnt how would you know that!!

the problem is not with you as people the problem is with your goverments that are treating you like cheap!! if they say right you say right and if they say left you sayd left, if they say peace you say peace, and if they say war you say war, and if they say terrorists (mojahideen) are bad people , you say yah they are bad people!! lets wait till bush and his gang says we were stuped so that you can say yes we were stuped too!!!.

most of you here on IH dont have a life and dont have anything you can fight for or call your own, although i hate dajjal and i know hes going to hell but atleast hes fighting hard for what he belives in and the guy is reading soo much to try and figure out whats going on, but the rest of you not all , but most of you are not even worth talking with you are really a waist of time!!

keep speaking about the mojahideen and just cussing them right and left i am sure when you sleep you will have a better sleep !!!

get a life!!

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