Posted on 09/17/2005 10:43:14 PM PDT by milford421
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs broke this earlier. Possible SAM fired at passenger plane. Michelle Malkin followed up and has verified that there was an "incident" at JFK International Airport in NY.
America West Flight 17, 6:05p.m. flight involved.
Details still emerging....
Read stories: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/ http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003563.htm
Yer kidding, right?
I don't believe in rewarding lawbreakers either.
Good point about immigrants who have been patiently waiting to get in the U.S. legally.
Good idea, as much as I see the good in Mexican immigration, I still would rather see 1,000 more Polish engineers than a similar number of Mexican carpenters. Immigration has always been the cornerstone of this country, it is only logical that we secure the borders, blow out the leeches that have no SS#, abolish the Tax I.D. card program and be a little more selective about who we let in.
LRM: "If this is true, it would not happen if he borders were closed and illegals flushed out of the United States. This is Bush's fault along with the power elite."
How ignorant, since terrorism has and will occur from Americans. Oh, and it's Bush's fault...puleeze!
Staytrue: "Yes, we need to legalize the illegals so they can register and be screened. That way we can concentrate on the terrorists."
Legalize the illegals, yeah that's the plan. Not a good one.
More of the same. Don't alarm the public when attacked by the religion of peace. Hear no evil, see no evil.......
An earlier thread was relegated to chit-chat and conspiracy, but it looks like there may be something to it.
Breaking: Possible SAM Attack Against US Plane (right now this is completely unverified)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1486607/posts
"Michelle Malkin followed up and has verified that there was an 'incident' at JFK International Airport in NY."
Followed up with whom?
Another blogg? An FAA offical? Airport worker? Pilot?
Right you are.
You are correct. The thread you posted is being updated.
I apologize...I didn't catch it.
According to Michelle Malkin,
I just got off the phone with Phil Gee, associate manager of media relations at America West, who promptly returned my late evening call. Heres what he told me:
On Sept. 15 (Thursday), America West Flight 17 took off from JFK Airport at 6:05pm EDT. The captain took the initiative, says Gee, and reported an irregularity to air traffic control as the plane was ascending. The plane continued to Phoenix and landed safely at 8:55pm MST. FBI and other authorities met and interviewed all of the crew and passengers on the plane. The investigation is continuing.
Gee would not say whether the pilot or other crew or passengers reported witnessing a missile firing.
"Nothing is confirmed," Gee said.
Although one tipster says America West has informed its pilots of the incident, Gee denied that any company bulletin has been issued. Gee mentioned that he had heard that other airline pilots had posted about the incident on an online forum."
How long did it take for Able Danger to come to light?
Some things have been successfully covered up for very long times, and some things have been successfully covered up forever.
There are clearly times when it is in the best interest of the country to cover things like this up. If there was a real missile launched and it missed, the economic damage which would be done by widely publicising it would convert a failed terror operation into a highly successful one.
Also, the perps may not cover their tracks as thoroughly if they believe they are in the clear.
Consider the fact that most of the anti-terror operations since 9-11 have been highly classified.
While I don't like it one bit, I recognize that the civilian population does not need to know everything. "Freedom of the press" and "disclosure of all information" are not the same thing.
If it was a random attack this will not shed any light, but there could have been a specific target.
*sigh* Bingo.
Maybe it was an RPG fired from the end of the runway...........much easier to miss with one of those. I still think the Rockaway Bay crash was an RPG or an on-board shoebomber.
/mega-sarc
Thank you vry much for the info, conservative in nyc.
sp=very
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