Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Seven

The Washington Times ^ | 4-26-04 | Bill Gertz

[freeperfromnj]

PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY

The Associated Press
4/27/2004, 9:40 a.m. ET

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — A single-engine plane carrying FedEx cargo made an emergency landing on a highway early Tuesday, and a passing truck knocked off a wing but no one was hurt, officials said.

The single-engine turboprop Cessna was on a flight from Memphis, Tenn., to Monroe, La., said Sandra Munoz, a spokeswoman for FedEx in Memphis, Tenn. It landed on a four-lane stretch of U.S. 61, where the truck hit it.

Munoz said the two-person crew was unharmed, and the Tunica County sheriff's department said there were no reports of injuries on the ground.

The cargo will be sent by truck to Memphis and will be flown to Monroe later Tuesday, Munoz said.

The plane experienced engine trouble about 35 miles south of Memphis, but the cause of the problem wasn't immediately known, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Christopher White said.

It was operated by Baron Aviation under contract with FedEx, Munoz said. The plane is what the shipping giant refers to as a feeder plane, which is used to make short deliveries to areas that might not be serviced by a full-size jet.

A person answering the phone at Baron said officials were not immediately available for comment.

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-22/1083074047182581.xml

[Domestic Church]

I used to have the most wild dreams (not nightmares though) after drinking rootbeer before bed.

[Velveeta]

12 indicted in credit card plot

Charges: They maxed out, ran up $1.7 million, paid in fake checks



Twelve Dearborn residents were indicted Monday in a credit card "bust out" scheme that allegedly defrauded banks and credit card companies of $1.7 million on 236 credit cards since 1999.(snip)

The indictment said two Dearborn businessmen -- Ali Abdul Karim Farhat, 40, and Abdulamir Berro, 36 -- operated as collusive merchants. Farhat owns Sigma Distribution Inc., a perfume importation and wholesale business. Berro owns Byblous Distribution Investment Inc., a cigarette wholesale business that operates as Budget Tele-Com, the government said. Both companies are in Dearborn and allegedly processed many fictitious credit card transactions. Farhat allegedly was sometimes assisted by his brother, Hassan Abdul Karim Farhat, 28, who was also indicted.

The Farhats are no strangers to federal authorities. (snip)

***The case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cathleen Corken, who is assigned to the office's counterterrorism unit. Officials declined to say if the alleged scheme is linked to terrorism.***

http://www.freep.com/news/locway/raid27_20040427.htm

[freeperfromnj]

Good bust. Guess they won't be hearing prayer calls over the loud speaker any time soon.

[null and void]

Perfume? Isn't that their code word for nerve gas?

[bored at work]

I think they might be infectious...bioterror incubation.

For some reason that never crossed my mind. NAIVE or what! I have a whole new perspective on this and now I'm scared.

[Velveeta]

"Baron Aviation"

Isn't that where some of the terrorists of 9/11 trained?

[Velveeta]

LOL!

[Domestic Church]

" Wonder if this trend is typical around the country due to the terrorism threat or just coincidental?"

Certainly happening here;) Developers are a mile away now right across from an Amish farm.

[Velveeta]

Oh, WOW! Good catch. I had forgotten that.

[Domestic Church]

Here's an ebola update for you:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/865868/posts?page=57

[Domestic Church]

The timing of this SARs outbreak is interesting given the genetic targeting for which it might be used...the last time it "surfaced" as we were about to begin a major battle campaign...while the US cat is away the mice will play and perhaps the favorite playground is Taiwan.

[WestCoastGal]

Also, almost every person in the Administration has now said we will probably be attacked between now and the end of summer. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, George Tenet, Robert Mueller, John Ashcroft. Did I miss anyone? I don't remember Colin Powell saying this, but I may have missed it.

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On another subject,
Here is a great article I just found re: our liberal media and President Bush....

Washington Diary
Skinny-dipping With Alligators
Posted April 26, 2004
By James P. Lucier


Bush stymied attempts by the press corps to make him look bad to the public on Iraq.


Everybody in this town knows that President George W. Bush would rather go skinny-dipping in the bayou with alligators than submit to the indignities of a White House press conference. His problem is not with the questions but with the questioners. Andy Warhol famously said that everyone is entitled to 15 minutes of fame. But the journalists in the White House press corps have only 15 seconds each to perpetrate a question that will impress their employers and uphold the pose of a fiercely independent and probing press.


http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/05/11/Politics/Washington.DiaryskinnyDipping.With.Alligators-670124.shtml

[freeperfromnj]

AL-QAEDA SAYS AMERICANS TARGETED IN `YEAR OF ATTACKS,' SKY SAYS

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda's leader in Saudi Arabia today said 2004 will be a ``year of attacks'' on American interests, from which Saudi rulers can't protect their U.S. allies, the U.K.'s Sky News said, citing Reuters.

The unidentified al-Qaeda leader made the comments on a Web site belonging to an unspecified Islamic militant group, Sky said. Sky said the man may be Abdulaziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al- Moqrin, who is being sought by Saudi authorities outside the capital, Riyadh, in connection with bombings in the kingdom last year.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aWvvkhBX59mg&refer=home

[WestCoastGal]

Thank you for your work on this blight on our country. If something isn't done noone will be getting votes from the southwest or anything else because it will be too full of gangs, shootings, robberies, car chases, stolen cars, graffitti, garbage, probably all out war and on and on it goes. This has been growing and festering here for years, no one wanted to tackle the issue while it could be taken care of. There are days I feel it is too late.

The good people are leaving in droves.

[WestCoastGal]

PRAYERS FOR OUR TROOPS IN FALLUJAH,

IS ANYONE WATCHING FOX?

New video from there shows a lot of gunfire and the fight hasn't even started yet. Still a ceasefire.(??)It does end today sometime.

I thank each and every one of those wonderful young men for fighting for our country. I wish I could help them more. God bless them and keep them safe.

[freeperfromnj]

Amen to your thoughtful words.

[Pegita]

Heavenly Father, we return to give You thanks that despite the intensity of battle, our bravest sons and daughters continue in their quest for the liberty and freedom of an oppressed people. Protect them, O God, for many are rising up against them ... give the greatest wisdom to their commanders, for the enemy must be crushed. Confound and confuse those who lay their traps and snares ... may our defenders be enabled to walk around them in safety, for You are with them in battle, for our cause is noble and just.

Unite our hearts, that we not give aid and comfort to the enemy with idle words. Let the voices of truth and justice rise above the din of appeasement, for we must not give sway to the seduction of surrender in any form. Work in those who control the media, that they print and say only what is accurate and honest and that which advances the cause of safety and security. Continue to guide this administration with Godly wisdom, for this battle is seen for what it is ... the forces of evil seek to overcome the forces of good. Protect our beloved homeland ... bring to light the heinous crimes that are plotted against the innocent, wherever they are ... give victory to the battle, O Lord, for we pray in the Name of Jesus, Amen ...

[WestCoastGal]

"Protect our beloved homeland ... bring to light the heinous crimes that are plotted against the innocent, wherever they are ... give victory to the battle, O Lord, for we pray in the Name of Jesus, Amen ..."

Amen

[jerseygirl]

re: black wind- gulp :(