Posted on 08/21/2006 11:18:07 AM PDT by pissant
While no extra safeguards are in place, U.S. law enforcement are not ignoring the possible significance of tomorrow's date, August 22, a date that marks an important historic event on the Islamic calendar.
Internet websites have been full of speculation that it could be a target date for terrorists in commemoration of the return of the 12th imam, a supposed day of reckoning for Shiites.
August 22 was rumored by intelligence experts to be a possible date that the London plotters would blow-up passenger planes headed towards the United States, though it is not known if the suspects were Shiite extremists.
This year, August 22 marks the holy day on the Islamic calendar that is the day of reckoning for Shiites. Some Shiite sects believe that August 22 could correspond to the end of the world. And just today, after much hype, Iran has announced that it will continue to develop its nuclear program. To followers of Iranian President Ahmadinejad, this is a well-timed affront to Israel, the United States and the world. The United Nations had given Iran until the end of the month to respond, but Ahmadinejad had made it clear to all Iranians and the world that he intended to respond on the eve of August 22.
Whether or not this announcement is the end of Ahmadinejad's plans for August 22, one expert says we will have to wait and watch.
"The only thing we can know is that the date was not chosen by accident," said Robert Spencer, Director of Jihadwatch.org and an adjunct fellow at the Free Congress Foundation, a conservative think tank. "It does seem very likely, very probable, that he has something major in mind, whether only a major announcement or a major attack, we will soon see."
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Depends on who's time one uses .. their's or ours
If it's ours ... then we have another day for the world to end
ACK............remind me to NEVER eat at you house and should you come to eat at mine, I'll slather your portion with South African Peri-Peri sauce, which is hotter than ANYTHING you've EVER eaten. :-)
Same to you.
The Mahdi or 12th Imam or whatever he is will probably appear on Greta's show on Fox News tomorrow to announce that it was actually Ahmadinejad that killed JonBenet Ramsey, not that John Mark Karr dude.
Good night, Chena.
Hey, bud... I got some scratch-built lasagna that I cooked this evening. My wife lets me near the stove every once in awhile. A six-layer monster guaran-damn-teed to clog your arteries in three bites. And I got a nice bottle of red to go with it.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I don't like lasagna, but I hope that you enjoyed your dinner. :-)
Hell, Pissant. I'd bet twenty to one that Oprah would book him, service him, and push his memoirs on live TV. Wearing a Merry Widow. And a leprechaun hat. Guaranteed she'd try to turn a profit from the end of the world.
is there a 8/22 Live Thread?
Didn't Ted Turner once say that CNN had pre-recorded an end-of -the-world news article to put on in case it looked like the balloon was going up for real? They did it as a half-serious thing, because they wanted to be able to beat the competition with the scoop.
BEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLCH.
Yup. I did. I'll enjoy a slice for ya.
End of the world, pah! Bring Ahmarahmalahmadingdong on! I'll drill him in the butt with a Louisville slugger greased with bacon fat!
Can't say one way or another. But I bet they reference Ronald Reagan as the President.
Ted Turner is an inbred buttwipe who wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the ass.
The tiny terror of Tehran isn't going to be doing anything, but bloviating.
Welllll, I have to get to bed. I have a busy day tomorrow saving humanity, one life at a time. Or triaging Tent City dwellers who have run out of their psych meds. AGAIN.
I'll let you know if the world ends in Seattle. Not that it wouldn't HELP or anything...
Yes, I just went to the kitchen to look: Nando's Original and Nando's marinade and Galito's HOT.
LOL.............good night and pleasant dreams!
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