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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life - goes - freaking - on.
If they want to get it on , tommorrow is as good a day as any.
It's like the joke Rush tells about the headlines describing the end of the world.
USA Today: WE'RE GONE
WSJ: WORLD ENDS TOMORROW. MARKETS CLOSE EARLY
NY Times: WORLD ENDS TOMORROW. WOMEN AND MINORITIES HIT HARDEST
Shall we FReep?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I truly hope they do something..."
You do, eh? Sounds like you're wishing ill on people, there. Not a good thing.
I hope the day passes with nothing out of the ordinary happening. I hope that crazy people will not do stupid things that harm others.
You hope for whatever you want. I'm going to hope for the best.
Yep. Nobody cares about you until you miss a payment!
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Looks like sundown right now in Italy. I haven't had this much fun since Y2K!
These Yahoos can't end the world. They can sure try though. I pray that all in uneventful and that evil is stopped in it's tracks and no one is harmed. I can't worry about this though. As the old gospel song says...I must tell Jesus.
Another MSM Chicken Little moment. The sun will indeed come up tomorrow.
Trouble is, for those jihad cats...
EVERY day is a good day to blow something up.
I guess August 22 could be their "extra special" , blow-it-up-real-good day?
Is there an Islamo-fascist version of the church lady?
jw
Happy birthday, Son of Quilla. Sailor Son of Cindydawg's was on the 15th:')
I still have my Y2K coffee pot. It will make coffee no mater what year it is.
In the morning I'll sip some coffee while I read the news of the day.
Thanks for posting that one. ALWAYS makes me laugh.
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