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September 29, 2004
Propane tank attached to washing machine left on train tracks
GALT, Calif. - A Galt police officer was able to stop a train before it hit a rudimentary explosive device left on the railroad tracks, officials said.
The officer, Christopher Smith, saw the device - a washing machine with a propane tank attached - on the Union Pacific tracks around 11 p.m. Monday, said Sgt. Charles Dedriksen. There was a lighted flare in front of the device, he said.
Smith lit a flare of his own and ran toward an approaching freight train, stopping it before it hit the washing machine, Dedriksen said.
Officials said the device is unusual, but fire officials said the explosion probably would have little to moderate impact on the train.
Galt police, local fire officials and Union Pacific are investigating the device and the FBI has been notified, Dedriksen said.
Officer Andrea Young with Union Pacific police said she has not seen a similar device, but railroad officials occasionally find stolen cars, couches and water heaters left on tracks. http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71464
Terrorists could bring down U.S. jets with hidden bombs
By Alan Levin, USA TODAY
Suicide attackers armed with hidden explosives that can weigh as little as a cell phone pose a serious threat to the nation's aviation system despite billions being spent on new efforts to tighten security, according to more than a dozen members of Congress and security consultants.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-09-28-cover-explosives_x.htm
Well, that's a new tactic.
Why have the tank attached to the washing machine?
Here is the onlu URL posted that works.
http://www.acsa.net
However it is the URL to the home page which doesn't
have the whole article on it. You have to subscribe
to get to complete article. Kind of like some other
people I know.
Been done my friend ;)
I wondered the same thing...then I thought maybe they wanted a way to anchor the propane tank? Bizarre.
But that is why we have friends in high places right? -g-
Uh oh.
Israel Threatens Iran Over Nuclear Program
September 29, 2004
Fox News
JERUSALEM — Israel will consider "all options" to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said in an interview published Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of Israeli threats against Iran's nuclear program.
Concern about Iranian nuclear development intensified last week when Iranian Vice President Reza Aghazadeh said the country had started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, an important step in making a nuclear bomb.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133899,00.html
I was out with my son the other night at the mall getting our fav ice-cream DOTS! Yum!
Anyway I saw a soldier sitting down in the food mall where we were. I went up to him and told him (young man) As an American I'd like to thank you for your service to our country protecting me and my children/grandchildren. My son said as I was walking away that youngin' kept a smile on his face.
Sending it along
Courtesy of TerrorWArning:
Laser injures Delta pilot's eye
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published September 29, 2004
A pilot flying a Delta Air Lines jet was injured by a laser that illuminated the cockpit of the aircraft as it approached Salt Lake City International Airport last week, U.S. officials said.
The plane's two pilots reported that the Boeing 737 had been five miles from the airport when they saw a laser beam inside the cockpit, said officials familiar with government reports of the Sept. 22 incident. The flight, which originated in Dallas, landed without further incident at about 9:30 p.m. local time.
A short while later, however, the first officer felt a stinging sensation in one eye. A doctor who examined the pilot determined that he had suffered a burned retina from exposure to a laser device, the officials said.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokeswoman Yolanda Clark confirmed the incident, but declined to provide details.
"TSA is aware of the incident, and we are working with the airline in conducting an investigation to try and determine the cause of the incident," Miss Clark said.
She would not say whether TSA considers the incident a possible security threat to commercial aircraft. Other officials said the incident was serious enough that the pilot will be unable to fly for at least a week.
"So far, it doesn't sound like there will be permanent [eye] damage," one official said.
The identity of the pilot could not be learned, and Delta spokesman Anthony Black declined to comment.
Officials were unsure of the source of the laser and could not determine whether the exposure was deliberate or accidental.
John Mazor, a spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association, said commercial pilots have been exposed to laser illumination.
"The Air Line Pilots Association has received reports in the past of incidents where lasers penetrated cockpits and, in at least one case, caused injury," Mr. Mazor said.
Several years ago, a pilot flying into a Western airport was hit by a light from a laser light show. The causes of the other incidents are not known, he said.
Asked whether a laser aimed at pilots could cause a plane to crash, Mr. Mazor said: "I think that's highly improbable. In every case in the past, the flights landed safely."
Military personnel also have suffered eye damage from laser illumination.
In one case, Naval Lt. Cmdr. Jack Daly and Canadian helicopter pilot Capt. Pat Barnes suffered eye injuries hours after an aerial surveillance mission to photograph a Russian merchant ship that had been shadowing the ballistic-missile submarine USS Ohio in Washington state's Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The Navy recently turned down an appeal from the Defense Department inspector general to award Cmdr. Daly a Purple Heart for the incident. Cmdr. Daly, who retired from the service last year, continues to suffer eye pain and deteriorating vision.
During congressional testimony in 1999, he warned of laser threats to pilots.
"Numerous documented cases regarding the use of lasers against aircraft, civilians and military personnel exist, as well as does an all-too-lengthy list of the injuries that have resulted from the accidental and intentional misuse of these devices," Cmdr. Daly told a House Armed Services subcommittee.
He noted that incidents of lasers being directed at commercial airliners during takeoff and landings have raised fears that "this in fact may be a new form of terrorism."
"Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and leave virtually no detectable evidence," he said.
Source: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040928-111356-3924r.htm
Scary scenario Piper, very easy to do.
Did a few searches couldn't find this article you posted and the url you posted at the end was not a link, do you have the link for this JG?
Long been my contention all their materials have to be hidden here
And I cannot find the story Mossad posted anywhere, can you?
LOL...you talkin about...
Me personally, would have sat on that privy info until it could be confirmed , as well as the site
Nope I can't find either.
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