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This caught my attention, also. We have had long period of
'one shot' type operations, probes, recons, disinfo, etc. Now, coordinated operations are common in Iraq and appearing in other places in the world. My inference is that they(AQ) have
gotten their command, control and communication up and running. They may be vulnerable in the communications area with such increased activity, but my inclination is to 'follow the money', as more money must be spent in combined operations. My hunch points to Saudi Arabia, not ruling out other nation/states. The House of Saud may be at a critical(fatal?) decision point.

Snippets from Fox article

FBI WARNS OF FLOATING BOMB DEVICES

Thursday, June 24, 2004

NEW YORK — The FBI (search) warned law enforcement agencies of the potential for floating explosive devices — otherwise known as terrorist improvised mines — according to the weekly bulletin issued by the agency and obtained by FOX News.

"Although large-scale, military-style mining operations against the U.S. are assessed to be beyond the capabilities oftransnational terrorists, the technological sophistication demonstrated in evolving improvised explosive device (IED) construction raises the possibility of limited, geographically dispersed waterborned IED attacks," the FBI said.

The FBI also included a list of potential indicators relating to planning a floating bomb or terrorist mine attacks:

— Reports of launching or retrieving boats from unusually remote areas

— Reports involve aircraft dropping objects at night near harbors, ports or commercial airways

— Reports of abandoned small boats found adrift near sensitive sights

— Reports or incidents of unusual or unidentified floating objects near vessels or in harbors, ports or commercial waterways

— Evidence suggesting trends or patterns in terrorist-related hoaxes or threat reporting dealing with mines or floating IEDds

— Reports of suspicious requests for hydrographic charts associated with naval or commercial port facilities

— Reports of attempts to purchase or steal large magnets, large styrofoam blocks, large diameter PVC pipe, empty compressed gas cylinders or watertight storage drums.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123701,00.html