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TERROR ALERT RAISED

Posted on 08/01/2004 9:47:10 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe

Just breaking on CNN


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dhs; ernie; orangealert; orangealert5
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To: Palladin

They didn't need one on 9/11. Think European airline security is up to code?


341 posted on 08/01/2004 11:48:18 AM PDT by xkaydet65 (" You have never tasted freedom my friend, else you would know, it is purchased not with gold, but w)
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To: CharlotteVRWC

It will stay at orange, at least from the fed govt. standpoint.

Ridge said it is up to Bloomberg to decide whether to go to red.


342 posted on 08/01/2004 11:48:33 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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To: MeekOneGOP

BWHAHAH! thats hilarious!


343 posted on 08/01/2004 11:48:57 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: w1andsodidwe
When an alert goes out, we should do three things:

1. Keep your eyes open.

2. Be ready for an emergency

3.Pray for strength and each other.

344 posted on 08/01/2004 11:50:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Dallas59
If the NYSE is hit, do they have an alternate place to trade?

After 9/11, every corporation in Lower Manhattan has backup plans in case something bad happens again. I'm sure the NYSE is no exception. IIRC, they sad they had 2 or 3 backup sites.
345 posted on 08/01/2004 11:50:43 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: rwfromkansas
Ridge said it is up to Bloomberg to decide whether to go to red.

Translation: If Mikey comes out for the press conference screaming "We're all gonna die!", it's going to red.

346 posted on 08/01/2004 11:51:26 AM PDT by mhking (John Kerry & Al Gore: Cut from the same tree.)
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To: Dallas59
If the NYSE is hit, do they have an alternate place to trade?

Yes

347 posted on 08/01/2004 11:51:55 AM PDT by gilliam (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-01-poll-kerry_x.htm)
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To: Dallas59
If the NYSE is hit, do they have an alternate place to trade?

They are supposed to have a separate location in New Jersey, as well as an "undisclosed location" for them to go to, if necessary. From what I recall, this was established after 9/11.

348 posted on 08/01/2004 11:52:37 AM PDT by mhking (John Kerry & Al Gore: Cut from the same tree.)
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To: MeekOneGOP

ROFL! I hadn't seen that one before. It's GREAT!


349 posted on 08/01/2004 11:52:42 AM PDT by lonevoice (Some things have to be believed to be seen)
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To: xkaydet65

Most European airport security is tighter than Terayza's ass.


350 posted on 08/01/2004 11:52:50 AM PDT by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Sacajaweau

And check your Emergency Preparedness plan and kits. See:

http://www.ready.gov


351 posted on 08/01/2004 11:53:08 AM PDT by gilliam (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-01-poll-kerry_x.htm)
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To: Palladin

Ah, you made it over here -g-


352 posted on 08/01/2004 11:53:19 AM PDT by JustPiper (God's truth may offend some - but NOT the righteous !!!)
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To: rwfromkansas
It was posted here yesterday. The link to it is invalid right now, but I posted the content on the Threat Matrix thread yesterday.
353 posted on 08/01/2004 11:55:53 AM PDT by LayoutGuru2 (Triskaidekaphobia ? Never heard of it !)
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To: Neenah
THAT made me mad. I know some people just forge ahead..but..THIS is Sunday. How odd is that? Followed up by the Mayor of NYC in a couple hours, and the people should just go into these buildings?

Am I the only one that finds this ODD ??????

Odd, maybe, but human. We DON'T want to give them a victory. Hey, I went up the Empire State Building with my kids the first day allowed after 9/11. This doesn't make me a daredevil, which I most certainly am not, I'm not even a veteran. However, allowing mere threats to stop us would be the first step towards our psychological defeat.

So should Tom Ridge just shut up and keep the chatter to himself. No! We are all in this together. If and when there are more domestic attacks, Americans will understand that everything can't be prevented, but we would find it unacceptable that our government hadn't leveled with us, at least in general terms, about what it knew. The color alert system is simultanuously silly and approximately what is needed to make clear they we and our government are on the same side, as, most of the time, they are.

354 posted on 08/01/2004 11:56:09 AM PDT by Steve Eisenberg
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To: JustPiper

355 posted on 08/01/2004 11:56:54 AM PDT by mhking (John Kerry & Al Gore: Cut from the same tree.)
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To: zencat

This is just a general question. I really hate to ask it, but I truly would appreciate others' opinions.

Here's the question: Is is truly safe now for the President to return to Washington at this time? The World Bank is only 5-6 blocks northwest on Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, and I believe that the IMF building is also close by.


356 posted on 08/01/2004 11:57:17 AM PDT by oceanagirl
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To: mylife; All

Watch PMSNBC because they had Emerson on today and hopefully they will have him on often!


357 posted on 08/01/2004 11:57:32 AM PDT by JustPiper (God's truth may offend some - but NOT the righteous !!!)
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To: savedbygrace

"Christmas Vacation"


358 posted on 08/01/2004 11:57:55 AM PDT by Bobby777
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To: mhking
LOL!

You "Quack" me up!

359 posted on 08/01/2004 11:58:03 AM PDT by Pippin (Support EJ Pipkin for US Senate......GOP Maryland)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

More info here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182956/posts


WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government warned Sunday of possible terrorist attacks against "iconic" financial institutions in New York City, Washington and Newark, N.J., saying a confluence of intelligence over the weekend pointed to a car or truck bomb.

Specifically, the government named these buildings as potential targets:

_The Citicorp building and the New York Stock Exchange in New York City.

_The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank buildings in Washington.

_The Prudential building in Newark.

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The government provided a wealth of detail that it had picked up in the past 36 hours, but a senior intelligence official described it only on condition of anonymity. The official described "excruciating detail" and meticulous planning "indicative of al-Qaida."

The official said the intelligence included security in and around these buildings; the flow of pedestrians; the best places for reconnaissance; how to make contact with employees who work in the buildings; the construction of the buildings; traffic patterns; locations of hospitals and police departments; and which days of the week present less security at these buildings.

To illustrate the level of detail obtained, the official cited these examples: midweek pedestrian traffic of 14 people per minute on each side of the street for a total of 28 people; that some explosives might not be hot enough to melt steel; and that the construction of some buildings might prevent them from falling down.

The official said he had not seen such extraordinary detail in his 24 years in intelligence work.

A White House spokeswoman, Erin Healy, said the intelligence on the threat is "very new, coming in during the last 72 hours."

< snip >


360 posted on 08/01/2004 11:58:09 AM PDT by XHogPilot
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