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FBI warns of terror threat at sporting events
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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."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antimuslim; fbi; hinrichs; ncaa; oubombing; ouhomicidebomber; ports; stadium; stadiums; terrorism; wot
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To: nwctwx

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?


81 posted on 03/10/2006 5:35:13 PM PST by texasbluebell
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To: NCjim
Why do I think of Woody Allen when that picture is posted?

I have no idea...


82 posted on 03/10/2006 5:38:12 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Bullish
It's high time for some good ole' profiling.

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.

83 posted on 03/10/2006 5:39:17 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: sarasota

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.


84 posted on 03/10/2006 5:40:26 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: RightWhale
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)

85 posted on 03/10/2006 5:45:21 PM PST by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever
I have been called: Racist, Islamophobe, Bigot, Arab-hater, Anti-semite, Xenophobe, Hegemonist, Isolationist, Bad conservative (WTF?)....

I've been there, man.

Consider the source and wear it as a badge of honor.

86 posted on 03/10/2006 5:46:10 PM PST by Bullish ( The pig headed monkeys of Islam can kiss my grits!)
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To: demkicker
I'm still convinced this was a terrorist attack that was, thank God, accidentally thwarted.

Exactly!

87 posted on 03/10/2006 5:49:09 PM PST by fanfan ( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)
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To: RightWhale
It will be several generations before anyone dares ululate in public.

I'm not sure if that is good or bad... Is it proper for one to "ululate" in public?

88 posted on 03/10/2006 5:49:13 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup

No. It is not. It is worse than the end zone dance and should receive double penalty on kickoff.


89 posted on 03/10/2006 5:52:11 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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To: nwctwx

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!


90 posted on 03/10/2006 5:52:59 PM PST by LK44-40
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To: PhiKapMom; hispanarepublicana

Ping


91 posted on 03/10/2006 5:58:44 PM PST by indcons (The MSM - Mainstream Slime Merchants)
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To: operation clinton cleanup

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.


92 posted on 03/10/2006 6:01:26 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: SUSSA
Mohammedanism is a religion of peace.

No, with its fixation on homicide bombings and beheadings, it is a relgion of pieces: one body piece here, one body piece there.

93 posted on 03/10/2006 6:04:56 PM PST by lightman (The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)
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To: lightman

No, with its fixation on homicide bombings and beheadings, it is a relgion of pieces: one body piece here, one body piece there.

###

Call the White House. Nobody there knows that.


94 posted on 03/10/2006 6:07:03 PM PST by SUSSA
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To: Supernatural

You have FReepmail


95 posted on 03/10/2006 6:08:42 PM PST by indcons (The MSM - Mainstream Slime Merchants)
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To: indcons

So do you.


96 posted on 03/10/2006 6:12:13 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: Supernatural
You never know... A local strip joint flys a banner plane around downtown Cincinnati before every Bengals game.
97 posted on 03/10/2006 6:12:58 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

"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?


98 posted on 03/10/2006 6:16:32 PM PST by Canedawg (And then?)
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To: operation clinton cleanup

It would be soooo easy. And we know terrorists were training in this country to fly cropdusters. Biplanes.

2+2=4


99 posted on 03/10/2006 6:16:52 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
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To: nwctwx

"March Madness"?


100 posted on 03/10/2006 6:19:31 PM PST by Rte66
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