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Analysis: Was this meant as next 9/11?
Associated Press ^ | PAUL HAVEN

Posted on 08/10/2006 9:30:55 AM PDT by 300magnum

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To: Cobra64
March 11, 2004 - Madrid bombings
July 11, 2006 - India bombings (My mistake on June).

Lando

61 posted on 08/10/2006 10:49:49 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln (For what cause would a liberal go to war? (Revolutions don't count))
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To: 300magnum

I think it would a mistake to label this as the "Big One." It could give too many people the idea that we won this battle, therefore the war is over.

Well, after a couple of months and memories fade people are going to be thinking that anyway.


62 posted on 08/10/2006 10:53:33 AM PDT by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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To: Allegra
I just checked 8/10 on Wiki...

610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammed began to receive the Qur'an.

63 posted on 08/10/2006 11:11:29 AM PDT by 300magnum (We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
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To: Lando Lincoln

And then you have Aug 22--2 x 11. Silly observation, I know but interesting. I just mentioned all the dates to my husband on Tues. night. A lot of prime numbers but who knows if that could mean anything.


64 posted on 08/10/2006 11:23:14 AM PDT by Albertafriend
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To: Lando Lincoln
Thanks Lando. It is very intriguing about the number 11 isn't it.
65 posted on 08/10/2006 11:27:59 AM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: MinuteGal
"...These hideous plotters must be executed immediately to set an example..."

Yeah-yeah-yeah... Now tell us how you really feel...

Smootches, babe.............FRegards

66 posted on 08/10/2006 11:36:11 AM PDT by gonzo (I'm as confused as a hungry baby in a topless club...)
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To: AbeKrieger
I am not undermining the severity, but how would this have exceeded or even compared in scope to 9/11 in terms of lives lost or economic damage ???

We don't know the details of what was planned, yet. Latest reports suggest perhaps 10 aeroplanes were to be blown out of the sky.

747's can carry about 400 passengers each; do the math.

67 posted on 08/10/2006 11:39:00 AM PDT by ToryHeartland (English Football -- no discernable planning whatsoever.)
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To: gonzo
Winkies back atcha, Gonz!

Still up in Illinois and hope they get the latest Indiana highway snipers before I head back to Floriday.

Egrets Up!

Leni

68 posted on 08/10/2006 11:42:10 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Israel Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Somebody better pop that nutcase before it's too late.


69 posted on 08/10/2006 3:05:35 PM PDT by Buford T. Justice (What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law.)
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To: roadcat
I say we nuke Mecca on 11/11, and pick another Muslim target to bomb every 11/11 each year.

Interesting, since 11/11 is/was the original "Veteran's Day" (originally named Armistice Day). It was the date on which WWI was ended (the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month...)

the infowarrior

70 posted on 08/10/2006 3:19:32 PM PDT by infowarrior (The GOP runs the US, the Dems run their mouths... Freeper HardStarboard)
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To: roadcat

That is my sister's and granma's birthday. Good day to nuke Mecca. Commence with the bombing.


71 posted on 08/11/2006 12:08:54 AM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside
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To: Alberta's Child
For all the danger they pose, al-Qaeda must be a marginal terrorist group if they are using the same tactics today that they tried to use 11 years ago.

Tried to use and failed 11 years ago. If Clinton had been more than a frat boy playing at being president, we might have wiped AQ off the planet back then. But such is life.

What really surpises me is that AQ and the Islamofacists do repeat the same tactics over and over and over again, but never exhibit a true overarching strategy. I suspect many of us could think up more efficient and successful ways to wage jihad than constantly going for that one big spectacular.

72 posted on 08/11/2006 12:28:12 AM PDT by Wolfstar (Suffer the little children to come unto Me...for of such is the kingdom of God. [Mark 10:13-14])
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To: ModelBreaker; frogjerk

>>Or even worse, those scary Evangelicals. You know, they're no different than Islamic Fundamentalists.

I'm still amazed by how much of that I see from Lefties, on a neutral political forum I'm on. It came out again, in the wake of this latest event. You ask for specifics, and they trot out the killing of James Byrd and Eric Robert Rudolph's bombings, and act like their actions are condoned and supported by most Christians.


73 posted on 08/11/2006 1:18:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: johnny7

'Don't let Lamont's deer-in-the-headlights look fool'ya... he's got a cable TV background.'

well, that's good enuf for me....he obviously knows more about Foreign Issues and security for our country and should be placed on all the best committees when he is elected... /s

I don't mind this guy suggesting alternate ways to run a war, but he is extremely offensive in his suggestions that the small bit of knowledge he has (when has HE ever been briefed on anything?) is the answer to global terror....


74 posted on 08/12/2006 6:33:50 AM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: bitt
...when has HE ever been briefed on anything?

A few less times than... Cindy Sheehan.

75 posted on 08/12/2006 6:45:51 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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