Posted on 08/16/2006 1:55:20 PM PDT by HAL9000
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Bomb squads are responding to Terminal 18 on Seattle's waterfront after a canine bomb team found possible explosives in a container, the Coast Guard said this afternoon.~ snip ~
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
Dang!!!
Just saw it!! Very Nice....
I'm telling you. Get yourself some Tracphones also. They will still be on when everything else is off.
This is some real interesting stuff. Wonder what 2000 sleeping bags were for. I dont think they were trying to set up a Al-Qadapoluza.
Thanks for these posts piasa. Very eyeopening.
I agree! They may not be releasing info about the ship or orignating port, cuz this should trigger a full investigation *there*. IMO, the dang thing should have been put back on to the ship for this investigation.
Always trust the dogs.
Any idea which country is running the terminal?
Hey Man, you can see this from your house right ?
More than anything else I've read- that's alarming. The dogs are pretty amazing at detecting "stuff"...
king5.com - No radiation detected in the container.
"This is one of our most popular kids toys - Johnny Human Torch."
I always liked the Bag of Glass, every kid needs one.
Surely not terrorism, our ports being so secure and all. /sarc
ROTFLMAO!
Oh Goody
"More than anything else I've read- that's alarming. The dogs are pretty amazing at detecting "stuff"..."
Mostly other dogs, if you know what I mean.
MARCH 2002 : (PADILLA TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN, MEETINGS ON PLOTS TO ATTACK "GAS STATIONS" & HOTELS) At Abu Zubaydah's request, Padilla traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, in March to meet several senior al-Qaida officials and discuss bombings of U.S. gas stations and hotels, officials said. U.S. Nabs 'Dirty Bomb' Suspect, AP
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In 2002, [Padilla] he and al-Qaida officials discussed the possibility of blowing up gas stations or hotels in a series of coordinated attacks on the United States, the memo states. Some of that information has been corroborated, the memo says, but some "confidential sources have not been completely candid.
... Some information provided by the sources remains uncorroborated and may be part of an effort to mislead or confuse U.S. officials The memo states that one of the sources recanted much of the information he provided and one source was being treated with "various types of drugs to treat medical conditions."
." Hobbs Memo, - AP, by Christopher Newton, 8/27/02 via NJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/740362/posts
Seems there is a lot of confusing misinfo around the whole group.
2002 early (April or earlier) : (OHIO TRUCKER/BROOKLYN BRIDGE CASE : FARIS VISITS PAKISTAN & MEETS BIN LADEN'S NO. 3 MAN; THEY TELL HIM AL QAEDA WAS INTERESTED IN CARGO PLANES, PLANNING SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON NY & DC, BRIDGES AND TRAINS) Faris visited Karachi in early 2002 and was introduced to a man identified by his friend as the “number three man” to bin Laden - in fact, a senior operational leader in al Qaeda. ... at a meeting a few weeks later, the operational leader asked what he could do for al Qaeda. ....Faris... discussed his work as a truck driver in the United States, his trucking routes and deliveries for airport cargo planes. The al Qaeda leader told Faris he was interested in cargo planes because they would hold “more weight and more fuel.”
... the operational leader then told Faris that al Qaeda was planning two simultaneous attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The senior al Qaeda leader spoke with Faris about destroying a bridge in New York City by severing its suspension cables, and tasked Faris with obtaining the equipment needed for that operation - described as “gas cutters” but to be referred to as “gas stations” in future coded communications. The leader also explained that al Qaeda was planning to derail trains, and asked Faris to procure the tools for that plot as well. - according to later admissions by Faris - "OHIO TRUCK DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY TO PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO AL QAEDA," Dept. of Justice press release, WWW.USDOJ.GOV , THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2003
So..what sent the dogs nuts? what other materials might be there?
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