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New U.N. Tower Could Sit Atop Another Target
New York Sun ^
| 1/19/05
| MEGHAN CLYNE
Posted on 01/19/2005 6:02:29 PM PST by wagglebee
The plan to upgrade the United Nations complex at Turtle Bay involves putting a 35-story building on top of what is listed as a major terrorist target: the Queens Midtown Tunnel.
That raised concerns that the tunnel would become an even more appealing target for terrorists, who might bomb the tunnel to collapse it, bringing down with it the U.N. building - perhaps while it housed the offices of the secretary-general and other high-profile U.N. figures during the renovation of the Secretariat.
The proposed edifice is a 900,000-square-foot "swing space" that would accommodate Secretariat offices during the renovation of the main headquarters building and would be used later as consolidation space for U.N. staff currently spread across the city.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: terroristseverywhere; terrortargets; un; unbuilding; unitednations
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Under the right circumstances, I think bringing down the UN building would be a pretty good idea.
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:02:30 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
They need to take out the current monstrosity that invades New York now.
2
posted on
01/19/2005 6:05:48 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitus)
To: Dallas59
Maybe by that time Slick Willy Clinton will be Secretary-General!
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:07:52 PM PST
by
pkp1184
To: wagglebee
Just how much of NYC is infested with UN property? And it is all tax free, right?
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:08:41 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
To: wagglebee
Terrorists will never destroy the headquarters of one of their major beneficiaries.
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:12:12 PM PST
by
w6ai5q37b
To: wagglebee
NO foreign terrorist would bomb their BEST friend and compatriot - the U.N.!
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:13:04 PM PST
by
steplock
(http://www.outoftimeradio.org)
To: wagglebee
the United Nations complex at Turtle Bay
I thought Turtle Bay was up on the North Shore of Oahu...where those big winter surfing waves do their thing.
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:16:17 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(ErnBatavia, Boxer, Pelosi, Thomas...the ultimate nightmare Menage a Quatro)
To: wagglebee
I'm just surprised they didn't want to build it on the
site of the WTC.
US out of the UN, UN out of the US!
8
posted on
01/19/2005 6:20:02 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: wagglebee
Nah, the terrorists would never bomb their spiritual home.
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:22:35 PM PST
by
dljordan
To: wagglebee
US out of the UN, UN out of the US!
10
posted on
01/19/2005 6:23:11 PM PST
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: wagglebee
More fitting for such a fine establishment....
To: wagglebee
I agree. Hopefully someone may possibly place the charges during the construction.
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:26:29 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: wagglebee
They should pick a safer location... like Geneva or Brussels.
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:27:41 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(No, I haven't been drinking.)
To: pkp1184
You want to know the really sad part about your comment?
I believe that the Impeached One would drop his US citizenship, in a heart beat, to get that position.
The sad part is, there are just a whole lot of people in this country that think that would be a good thing.
The Clintoon Scourge.....the world needs a virus fix - stat!
LVM
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:29:08 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(Political head butting is nothing compared to tectonic plate head butting.)
To: wagglebee
Say... this could be a good thing!
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:44:18 PM PST
by
wizardoz
To: wagglebee
Why don't we just build em a brand new UN headquarters in Uganda and leave the rest of this land for law abiding tax payin New Yorkers ?
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posted on
01/19/2005 6:53:23 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: wagglebee
US out of the UN, UN out of the US.
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posted on
01/19/2005 7:34:43 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: wagglebee
Does the UN really need more banquet and cocktail lounge space?...
Now if the expansion was proposed in order to create a HUMUNGOUS TOILET BOWL of which to flush its reptilian denizens, then count me in for a sizable donation.
To: Dallas59
They need to take out the current monstrosity that invades New York now.DITTO!
Tear it down and send it to Vichy - er - FRANCE, where it belongs!
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posted on
01/19/2005 7:44:34 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("SO SAY WE ALL!")
To: wagglebee
I saw a story about the fact that the UN building has crumbling walls, no fire sprinklers, and the big meeting chamber has a ceiling that is so crumbly that nets have been placed to catch debris before it hits deligates.
In the end, the USA will end up paying for all of this stuff.
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