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To: Joe Hadenuf

but the attack will not come from thousands of terrorists, it will come from a small team. 5 teams of 4 men with nerve gas in NY, DC, Dallas, LA for example. are you really saying that you expect an army of 5000 AQ guys to hit the streets with small arms, that the attack will take that form? I don't think so - its too hard to coordinate and communicate with a large group of people like that.

yes, we have millions entering illegally. 99.9% of them are not terrorists. so what is your point?

don't let your desire to close the border cloud your judgement on the real issue with regards to the possibility of a terror attack.


211 posted on 05/25/2004 6:14:51 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: oceanview
but the attack will not come from thousands of terrorists, it will come from a small team.

LOL! How in hell do you know that? A hundred could converge on one small town of 10,000 and kill everyone in the town or hold them hostage.

Hello?? Anything is possible with these fanatics. They could bring in 200 teams of 5 each, and literally cripple this country. Remember the havoc wrecked by the two idiots in the DC area sniper case? Multiple that 200 freaking times!

221 posted on 05/25/2004 6:18:37 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: oceanview
A guess - and it's just a guess - I don't think that given recent events, al-Qaeda has the logistics necessary to conduct a particularly sophisticated attack on American soil, say, a large chemical or radiological attack. Could be wrong, but I don't see it.

What I do see, and it would be quite effective, is a series of suicide bombs in random, populated areas. Their best shot at a real, high-value, relatively unprotected target was 11 September 2001, and it hasn't gotten better since. Random time bombs isn't going to cut it (heck, we used a few of those on ourselves in the 60's and 70's.)

Whoever posted "a cellphone, a digital camera, and a concealed weapon" got it. That's the way to cut the odds that all they have to do is get lucky once and we have to be lucky all the time. If we're ready all the time, the luck will take care of itself.

239 posted on 05/25/2004 6:27:33 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: oceanview
but the attack will not come from thousands of terrorists, it will come from a small team. 5 teams of 4 men with nerve gas in NY, DC, Dallas, LA

No terrorist will attack LA or any population center in California. An attack on LA, San Francisco or Sacramento would simply not create terror.

Can you imagine the terror that wouldn't result from the following headline:
"LA Attacked: Thousands of Hollywood Liberals and Illegal Aliens Killed"

249 posted on 05/25/2004 6:30:37 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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