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There is a site- called "nuclear terrorism". You can create maps of what a nuke strike would do in your particular location. I don't have the url- will look.
Re- nuke plants.
Indian Point Nuclear would be a tempting terror target- and there WAS that bizarre incident last winter of the dead diver found in the Hudson near that area.
and Amen.
Gardening and more on the 'net...
http://internet-haganah.us/harchives/002805.html
INTERNET-HAGANAH: "SPECIES: RCINUS COMMON NAME: CASTOR BEAN"
September 23, 2004
Interesting link...
They show San Francisco, NYC, another city I'm not sure of, and then that area of water.
Any idea what is depicted by the picture of water?
Curious
The USCG has been patrolling the Long Island sound for as long as I can remember. There are something like ten Coast Guard Units scattered across the south shore of CT and the north shore of Long Island, plus the academy in New London, CT.
We recently got a new coast guard boat:
Rell Tours New Haven Harbor For Homeland Security Readiness
http://www.nbc30.com/politics/3740370/detail.html
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- About 600 foreign ships visit Connecticut's three major ports each year, and they now come in under new maritime security rules that are designed to find contraband, catch stowaways and detect threats to the nation's security
One such ship, the Greek tanker Samaria, loomed large in New Haven Harbor Friday, slowly pumping its hazardous cargo -- 225,000 barrels of gasoline -- into storage tanks along the shore.
Two painted signs onboard demanded: "NO SMOKING."
Gov. M. Jodi Rell got a close-up look Friday at the state's latest asset to harbor security, a $190,000, 25-foot Coast Guard security boat that is fast and maneuverable to patrol Long Island Sound and to respond to emergencies.
The Coast Guard took Rell out on the new boat and up alongside the Samaria so she could get an idea of the enormity of the security task.
The governor said the tour gave her a new appreciation for the work the Coast Guard does.
"It's neat to have a different vantage point, to be able to see the harbor from that side," Rell said.
The Coast Guard will deploy such security boats in New Haven, Bridgeport and New London harbors in the coming year, said Lt. Mark Shepard.
The harbors together handle about 1,200 commercial vessels a year, half of them flying under foreign flags.
Enough fuel to fill half a million tanker trucks arrives by water to Connecticut each year.
The money for the new security boats come from the Department of Homeland Security, which now oversees the Coast Guard.
Since July, new regulations have mandated changes in the way the Coast Guard handles port security, said Adm. David Pekoske, district commander.
The strategy is to manage as many security details as the Coast Guard can while the ship is offshore.
A vessel gives four days notice before it plans to come into a port, which gives the Coast Guard time to study the ship's travels, cargo, crew and history.
The Coast Guard then can determine if it needs to board a ship at sea or in port, Pekoske said.
Each ship must have a security plan before it can come into port, and each port has a maritime security committee, made up of state and local leaders and industry leaders, to plan and prepare for any emergencies, said Capt. Peter Boynton, captain of the port for the Connecticut and Long Island, N.Y. ports on Long Island Sound.
Rell said homeland security remains the state's and the nation's top priority.
She said her meeting with Coast Guard leaders will help her make the case to the state's congressional delegation and to the Bush administration that more staff and aid is needed.
Yes, and they will pull you over, for drunk-sailing :)
OPINION: I agree.
OPINION: Yep. I agree.
Yep.
Those clouds are beautiful and common and come in awesome shapes.
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Special Dispatch Series No. 785: "AL-ZARQAWI'S MESSAGE TO THE FIGHTERS OF JIHAD IN IRAQ ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2004" (September 15, 2004) (Read More...)
"fayrouz.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_fayrouz_archive.html#109415983198622045" - "IRAN AND AL-ZARQAWI" - "posted by Fayrouz 9/2/2004" (ARTICLE - TRANSLATION - SNIPPET: "A former corps chief said Abu-Mosaab Al-Zarqawi escaped to Turkey last year, after being in Iran and entered Iraq more than a year ago. He confirmed to the newspaper that a meeting was held last June between Al-Zarqawi and a Lebanese fugitive, Emad Mughania, at one of Al-Quds corps centers in Kermanshah providence in western Iran. The source said Mughania played an influential role in forming the Al-Mahdi Army. Al-Mahdi Army belongs to the strict Shia religious cleric, Muqtada Al-Sadr, and trains its members in camps inside Iran. He also mentioned the entrance of Shia fighters from Lebanon to Iraq dressed as religious studies students. These fighters then join Al-Madi Army under the supervision of Emad Mughania. Mughania underwent a cosmetic surgery recently in a sanitarium for the revolutionary guards in northern Iran to change his face. This is the 5th surgery for Mughania, who's been chased by Western and Arabic intelligence organizations for a number of years now. The source said Mughania kept his relationships with Aymen Al-Thawahiri, the number-two man in Al-Qaida organization despite the difficulty of contacting him lately. He added that Mughania submitted a report early this year to chief of the revolutionary guards intelligence after a visit to Iraq. The report outlined the importance of expanding a framework of collaboration between Al-Mahdi Army and Al-Zarqawi's group. Muqtada has lost his standing among the Iraqi shia, especially Al-Najaf, while gaining more supporters in the Sunni triangle.") (Read More...)
That's a good thing.
The Bible is all over popular culture (if only the atheists really knew!).
Thank you, texasbluebell. We know where they obtained the pics now.
I see that one of the pics is the Golden Gate Bridge. So, we have 2 NYC pics and 1 California pic. I could not find a copy of that first pic on the Dan Heller photo site though. I tried a quick search (that site is loading so slow). I still wonder what that pic represents.
Homeland Security official Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said the United States was on heightened alert for terrorist threats, particularly involving aircraft, ahead of the Nov 2 presidential elections.
http://www.dawn.com/2004/09/24/top15.htm
Hmmm-
Just a thought:
"terrorist threats involving aircraft"
plus
"nuclear plants being secured"
That sure does seem to fit with OBL's original plan of flying planes into nuke plants. Interestingly, over at this site called "cryptome" is a recently released gov. requirement to upgrade security at nuclear facilities.
You're welcome - anytime my freeperfriend.
I don't know much about the "cryptome" site; it looks like they attempt to capture government memos and the like.
This was also posted over there today:
"A journalist writes, 5:45 PM, EST:
FYI, just spoke with a Justice Dept. spokesperson about this, who said, the [Ashcroft call to 93 US Attorneys] "was more of a pep talk, to remind them that we are sort of in the last quarter of the game and you have to keep your intensity up and your focus."
As for the reports that Ashcroft said an attack on the scale of 9/11 was imminent within the next six weeks - "none of that was said," according the spokesperson, who compared it to Joe Torre walking into the clubhouse and telling players, "'we're definitely going to lose.'"
When I asked the spokesperson if the attorney general had communicated an increased risk of a terrorist attack in the U.S. within the next six weeks, I got a flat denial. "No, he did not communicate increased risk in next six weeks," were the exact words.
http://cryptome.org/oct-surprise.htm "
What do you make of that wording- "last quarter of the game...?"
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