[all4one]

For those TM'ers who recall AQ images of boats and water from, I believe, last year. This article has it all and reminded me of these TM discussions regarding boats and explosives.

Israeli Cruise Attack Plot Exposed (8/11/05)

Suspected Of Plotting To Use Slam Boat With Explosives Into Cruise Ship

Aug 11, 2005 12:16 pm US/Eastern ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) A Syrian believed linked to al Qaeda was taken before a Turkish court Thursday on suspicion he was plotting to slam a speedboat packed with a ton of explosives into cruise ships carrying Israeli tourists.

Turkish police were frantically searching for other suspects linked to the man, who had undergone plastic surgery apparently to help conceal his identity. Authorities were also hunting for two squads of possible suicide bombers, reports said.

Meanwhile, Israel lifted a travel warning against visiting southern Turkey that was in place because the apparent al Qaeda threat was against Israeli tourists.

A statement from Israel's counterterrorism center said that due to efforts from Turkey's security forces, the threat level had dropped.

Defense lawyer Osman Karahan said his client, who was identified in the Turkish press as Lu'ai Sakra, was found with 1,650 pounds of explosives.

"He was planning to hit Israeli ships in international waters with these explosives," CNN-Turk quoted Karahan as saying. Sakra shouted that he had no regrets after he was led handcuffed by police into the courthouse.

"I was going to attack Israeli ships," he said. And then in an ominous threat, he added: "If they come, my friends will attack them."

Link to Article

[SlowBoat407]

Welcome back, All4one.

I'm actually replaying alot of the threats, messages and codes that were discussed late last year to see if recent events have given them more meaning.

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[freeperfromnj]

A very intersting thread from 9/11/00 was just re-posted.

9/11 Y2K; the 9/11 attack that happened BEFORE 2001 (Free Republic Exclusive)

Posted on 08/11/2005 11:57:19 AM PDT by Southack

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461454/posts

[Cindy]

Thank you all4one.
This is more details and I do appreciate it.

[Cindy]

Thanks to all4one for pointing to this updated article:
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http://kyw.com/news/mideast_story_223141806.html
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"Suspected al Qaeda militant Lu'ai Sakra, center, shouts "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is great," as he leaves courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday."

"Israeli Cruise Attack Plot Exposed
Suspected Of Plotting To Use Slam Boat With Explosives Into Cruise Ship"

Aug 11, 2005 12:16 pm US/Eastern

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) A Syrian believed linked to al Qaeda was taken before a Turkish court Thursday on suspicion he was plotting to slam a speedboat packed with a ton of explosives into cruise ships carrying Israeli tourists.

Turkish police were frantically searching for other suspects linked to the man, who had undergone plastic surgery apparently to help conceal his identity. Authorities were also hunting for two squads of possible suicide bombers, reports said."

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for the ping all4one. I'm just catching up.

It seems to me the warning they mentioned about Turkey was not that long ago and now they have an arrest already. I wonder who else he was working with? I hope they didn't drop their threat level too far.

[nw_arizona_granny]

all4one, your post about the attack on the Israel ships, using a speedboat, reminds me of about a year ago, in Seattle, a man in his fishing boat in the Seattle harbor, saw a boat drifting, he snagged it and as my memory goes it contained an ice chest full of explosives.

I am thinking it was along the line of a 12' alumunium boat.

This report was in that Seattle paper that always makes me think twice about the name, but has the best reports and will have ongoing investigations......the name is not like the 'times' etc.

Do you also recall last year, all the warnings about floating ice chests, that were rigged to explode and the floating black trash bags that were set to explode when bumped.

In one Louisiana lake, there was about 5 of the trash bag bombs found.

I remember warning my family to not touch the bags and ice chests if found.

Of course, every time I talk to them, there is something to warn them about. LOL