Posted on 10/18/2006 1:07:44 PM PDT by Babsig
BREAKING ON CNN
It's Bush's fault.
If you've been paying attention, the reports have been that the chatter has been saying there will be a big attack before the end of Ramadan. I wouldn't be surprised.
It will be in the water.....something similar to the E-coli spinach scare, but much worse and harder to treat....It won't be detectible through common first line testing, and it won't be detected until a massive portion of the users come down with problems....it is the quickest way to do the most damage that causes the most trouble with the least awareness...I sure hope the water departments and DHS have already planned for this...
They've shut down the site and it was up as of 10/16/2006.
He did fire him, actually demoted him to a new position in the org.
The prob wasn't their Defense--it was great that night. All the Bears points were defensive or special teams--a few fumbles run in for TDs and a punt return.
The problem with the Cardinals was that they were not able to finish the game by eating up enough clock by driving down the field--not necessarily to score but to take up time. Also, they settled for FGs when they could have tried aggressively for TDs. Playcalling hurt them because they got too conservative by trying not to lose instead of playing to win.
One of the best lines ever spoken on television was when Roger Staubach had his short-lived stint as a football analyst on CBS in 1980.
In the Carter-Reagan debates a few days before, Carter had closed by mentioning his teenaged daughter Amy's greatest fear was a nuclear holocaust.
Early in the Dallas-St. Louis game, Staubach was asked by Frank Glieber what concerned the Cowboys on defense. "I spoke about this with my daughter Amy," Staubach replied, "and she said Dallas' biggest fear was the bomb."
Staubach was not renewed for the 1981 season.
This is the best they can do? Please.
If it were to happen, I wonder how we would react - like Spain in 2003 or like the USA in 1941?
Well, Houston's is open air...when it wants to be. It can also be closed if such a whim takes it. ;-)
You are welcome. Now that we hijacked this thread with that, better get back to the real news.
{Feeling very small and picked on...} :-)
That is the face of the modern Democrat party.. it is disturbing when you realize how many high profile politicans and DNC leaders are members and associate with them..
Go there and you'll see a few more links that give more details. Apparently the threat was more than just a casual mention of the possiblity (which was what I ddid), but was a detailed explanation and a real threat to do it. Here's just a little:
"The death toll will approach 100,000 from the initial blasts and countless other fatalities will later occur as result from radioactive fallout," according to a copy of the posting that was obtained by The Associated Press. The bombs, according to the posting, would be delivered to the stadiums in trucks. All but one of the stadiums -- Atlanta -- are open-air arenas, the posting noted, adding: "Due to the open air, the radiological fallout will destroy those not killed in the initial explosion." Explosions would be nearly simultaneous, the posting said, with the cities specifically chosen in different time zones. The posting said that al-Qaida would automatically be blamed for the attacks and predicted, "Later, through al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden will issue a video message claiming responsibility for what he dubbed 'America's Hiroshima."'
I don't know nw. Thanks for posting your link. I'll add an assortment of links as an fyi.
As an aside, nw, if I was invited to a game this weekend; I would go to it and may the best team win. (Big grin.)
TheNews.com.pk: "TALIBAN OFFICAIAL WARNS OF RAMAZAN ATTACK ON US" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PESHAWAR: The head of the Islamabad-based Al-Quds Media Centre has received an audio message from a senior Taliban leader in which he asked Muslims living in the US to leave the country as soon as possible "because God’s punishment would fall on America in the month of Ramazan." Jamal Ismail, a senior journalist who once worked for Al-Jazeera television channel and is now head of the Al-Quds Media Centre, told The News that he received a phone call Thursday from Taliban leader Mulla Masoom Afghani. "Afghani said he was speaking from somewhere in Kandahar province. He read out the message in Arabic, which I recorded. In it he advised Muslim residents of America to get out to escape harm because the US could face big attacks in the month of Ramazan," said Jamal Ismail.") (Sunday, October 08, 2006, Ramzan 14, 1427 A.H.") (Read More...) (Note: This url may expire.)
TIMES ONLINE.co.uk: "SEIZURES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS FUEL 'DIRTY BOMB' FEARS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Smugglers have been caught trying to traffick dangerous radioactive material more than 300 times since 2002, statistics from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) show. Most of the incidents are understood to have occurred in Europe. The disclosures come as al-Qaeda is known to be intensfiying its efforts to obtain a radoactive device.") (October 6, 2006) (Read More) (Note: This url may expire.)
JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Monitor: "ASSESSING SHUKRJUMAH'S NUCLEAR PLOT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES" by Robert Wesley (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Terrorist interest in radiological and nuclear weapons remains high. It is likely that as long as this remains the perceived truth, Hamid Mir will continue to report on novel plots. Even though many of these fears can be passed off as emotionalized rumors and fabrications, they serve as a reminder of the critical vulnerabilities that continue to exist.") (October 5, 2006) (Read More...)
FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (ALIASES: "Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar") (VIEW POSTER. Click Here.)
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Here is the other reference to that site.
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