I have no idea...
Posted on 03/10/2006 3:56:14 PM PST by nwctwx
(3/10/06) - With college basketball championships underway around the country, the FBI has warned stadium operators of a possible suicide bomb attack at sporting events.
In a directive issued today, obtained by ABC News, the FBI says a posting on an extremist message board "advocated suicide attacks against sporting events as a cost-effective means of killing thousands of Americans."
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security say they cannot confirm the credibility of the threat or whether the message is affiliated with al Qaeda.
The FBI says the Internet posting said the suicide attacks would be justified because the United States refused a truce offered by Osama bin Laden in his last videotaped statement, Jan. 19, 2006.
Posting Suggests Using American Suicide Bombers
According to the FBI bulletin, the author of the posting recommended using "three to five blond or black American Muslim suicide bombers." The FBI says the author suggested homemade explosives be hidden under their winter clothing.
The posting recommended, according to the FBI, that one suicide bomber detonate inside the stadium and the others detonate at exit gates as spectators were fleeing.
"The combined explosions would create a panic that would kill far more spectators than the bombing alone," the FBI quotes the message as saying.
The FBI says it is unaware of any specific or credible plans to attack any sporting event but notes that terrorist groups have mounted attacks against sporting events in the past.
The FBI recommends that sports leagues and stadium operators review and coordinate security practices and emergency response procedures "to address this potential threat."
They tell us to watch out, something might happen.
Then, when something happens -- like the idiot in OK who blew himself up, or the idiot at UNC who rammed a vehicle into people -- then they tell us it's not really what it looks like.
Do they really think we're that stupid?
I have no idea...
You had better have tough hide. Just today I have been called: Racist, Islamophobe, Bigot, Arab-hater, Anti-semite, Xenophobe, Hegemonist, Isolationist, Bad conservative (WTF?), and a non-supporter of our troops. All for saying that American interests are more important than appeasing our newfound best friends and "staunch" allies in the middle east. Good luck, and fight the good fight.
Anybody who ululates in public. Soon no one on earth will be allowed to ululate in public--his own family will gangtackle him. It will be several generations before anyone dares ululate in public.
Darn right! It gets on peoples' shoes and stinks to high heaven :0)
I've been there, man.
Consider the source and wear it as a badge of honor.
Exactly!
I'm not sure if that is good or bad... Is it proper for one to "ululate" in public?
No. It is not. It is worse than the end zone dance and should receive double penalty on kickoff.
If they are serious about preventing terrorism in the NCAA, somebody but come up with a plan to keep my man Tyler Hansbrough from getting the ball in the paint!
Ping
How about one of those biplanes that is towing a banner suddenly swoops down on the stadium and sprays the place with a chemical or biological agent? That would be pretty simple.
No, with its fixation on homicide bombings and beheadings, it is a relgion of pieces: one body piece here, one body piece there.
No, with its fixation on homicide bombings and beheadings, it is a relgion of pieces: one body piece here, one body piece there.
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Call the White House. Nobody there knows that.
You have FReepmail
So do you.
"I have been called: Racist, Islamophobe, Bigot, Arab-hater, Anti-semite, Xenophobe, Hegemonist, Isolationist, Bad conservative (WTF?), and a non-supporter of our troops."
Ventured a post on a port thread, did ya?
It would be soooo easy. And we know terrorists were training in this country to fly cropdusters. Biplanes.
2+2=4
"March Madness"?
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