FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "PRACTICE MAKES TERROR" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the case of airline alerts, some of these may in fact be true alarms. The suspects may be abetting a terrorist plot--yet catching and punishing them is difficult, since they're only probing defenses, not trying to bring down the flight.") (September 25, 2006) (Read More...)
Saw this and though it was interesting...You have to be a member to click on the links (and I'm not) but the info looked concerning.
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=22476
"(REPOST) PUTS FORECAST OCT. SURPRISE?
Sunday, October 01, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com
INITIAL POST 09.30.06
A faithful reader and commentator, "A. Magnus" writes the following email, posted to FMNN General Feedback:
"Do you like October suprises? Is there a big bang coming to hit the markets? If you believe that those in the know use insider information before major events then you might be interested on the HUGE number of October 6th put options for the big indexes. Check out the concentrated puts on the Diamonds DOW Trust (DIA):
https://fastquote.fidelity.com/webxpress/ia_optionchain_frameset.phtml?priced=Y&SID_VALUE_ID=DIA
Ditto for the S&P Depository Receipts (SPY):
https://fastquote.fidelity.com/webxpress/ia_optionchain_frameset.phtml?priced=Y&SID_VALUE_ID=SPY
And the NASDAQ (QQQQ):
https://fastquote.fidelity.com/webxpress/ia_optionchain_frameset.phtml?priced=Y&SID_VALUE_ID=QQQQ
Even the Market Vectors Gold Miners has significant puts for October 6th:
https://fastquote.fidelity.com/webxpress/ia_optionchain_frameset.phtml?priced=Y&SID_VALUE_ID=GDX
Make no mistake - something wicked this way comes, and the smart money has already taken preventative steps."