Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Two Men Questioned Near Scene of Deadly California Wildfire
Fox News via Blog ^ | 10-30-2006

Posted on 10/30/2006 3:31:31 PM PST by Types_with_Fist

Edited on 11/03/2006 9:35:49 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-36 last
To: taxesareforever; penelopesire; Asclepius
As to the commentary of skinheads vs jihadists vs skinhead sympathy with jihadists, all possible. And our home grown jihadists of whatever persuasion can pick up on the ideas of Islamic terror. As the palestinians did with Cuban airjacking. This was widely reported, but it's not worth looking for the NYT or LAT links, since they can't be posted in their entireity here.

Also at jihadwatch

Terrorist suspects plot to set wildfire in California, says paper

Terrorist suspects, who plotted to bomb train tunnels in New York, also planned to set a wildfire in California, a newspaper report said on Monday.

The mastermind, Assem Hammoud, who is now in custody, discussed the idea with a number of co-conspirators, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The report said U.S. and Lebanese officials discovered the plot by monitoring the conspirators' e-mail traffic on a website used by Islamic militants, and by scouring Hammoud's computer and his Beirut home and office after his arrest April 27.

"There have been suggestions that this was a lot further along than it was," the paper quoted one U.S. intelligence official as saying, referring to earlier reports that the suspects only plotted to bomb New York tunnels.

No evidence, however, indicated that the alleged co- conspirators were about to enter an operational phase - as some U. S. and Lebanese authorities have said in recent days - or that they had even decided to go forward with the plot, U.S. intelligence officials were quoted as saying.

Hammoud and as many as seven other accomplices were only on the stage of still searching for ways to strike the United States when the plot was disrupted, the report said.

Hammoud, 31, has been charged in Lebanon with being mastermind of the plot. He has reportedly confessed to the plot and to pledging an oath of allegiance to Al Qaida.

Two other men are being held in undisclosed locations overseas, and authorities have linked five others to the alleged plot.

Source: Xinhua


21 posted on 10/30/2006 4:46:17 PM PST by SJackson (A vote is like a rifle, its usefulness depends upon the character of the user, T. Roosevelt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: SJackson

thanks for the ping. I remember the threat of the jihadi's to start wildfires in the USA a while back. Not very 'imaginative' if you ask me....(grin)


22 posted on 10/30/2006 4:51:39 PM PST by penelopesire
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: BurbankKarl
I want to see these responding.....Evergreen 747.


23 posted on 10/30/2006 5:03:21 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: penelopesire
thanks for the ping. I remember the threat of the jihadi's to start wildfires in the USA a while back. Not very 'imaginative' if you ask me....(grin)

Think about it, it would be very effective. On a larger scale, multiple fires. Were they to take credit for it, of course, claiming responsibility is the key to engendering fear. Small attacks on transportation or commerce, think malls, same thing. It disrupts the normal social fabric, which is at the core of terrorism.

24 posted on 10/30/2006 5:11:22 PM PST by SJackson (A vote is like a rifle, its usefulness depends upon the character of the user, T. Roosevelt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Names Ash Housewares

Will probably have to wait til next year for that one.


25 posted on 10/30/2006 5:18:29 PM PST by BurbankKarl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: SJackson

So. The lefty environmentalist and their buddy Dem legislators merely set the stage for a possible terrorist arsoning.


26 posted on 10/30/2006 5:33:34 PM PST by Alia
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: SJackson

".....claiming responsibility is the key to engendering fear."

That is the 'rub' though to the 'plan'. I agree that it could be effective as a 'terror tactic' of sorts, but it is a far cry from the kind of spectacular 'event' they are seeking.
Most people are able to be evacuated from fire zones, so they would not get the kill ratio they seek. Just some thoughts....


27 posted on 10/30/2006 5:36:50 PM PST by penelopesire
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Types_with_Fist

Got rope?


28 posted on 10/30/2006 5:38:56 PM PST by GVnana (Former Alias: GVgirl)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BurbankKarl

Good thing those firefighters are right there to put out the fire that that plane wreck is going to cause.

JEEEZZ!


29 posted on 10/30/2006 5:47:00 PM PST by 2111USMC
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: penelopesire

I remember hearing about them suing. I didn't follow after that.


30 posted on 10/30/2006 6:23:16 PM PST by CaliGirl-R (Democrats are outraged.............Muslims are outraged............Always OUTRAGED!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: BurbankKarl; b4its2late

What an incredible photo!!!


31 posted on 10/30/2006 7:21:19 PM PST by kayak (Praying for MozartLover's son, Jemian's son, all our military, and our President every day!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: BurbankKarl

I don`t know about that..I`m pretty certain right after he won the fires broke out. I know it did because I remember Arnold telling the press what he was doing about it.


32 posted on 10/30/2006 9:26:38 PM PST by Screamname (Islam: born 610 A.D Judiasm: Born 3700 B.C.Tell me again about the demands of Islam over Israel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Asclepius

the fire scorched off all his hair. that's the ticket.


33 posted on 10/30/2006 9:28:03 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: SJackson

This certainly had to have been a planned event. I mean, what was it, one or two days after the announcement that the Santa Ana winds had started? I may be wrong but it seems that this is becoming an annual event. Maybe Homeland Security needs to gets its head into the act before the winds arrive.


34 posted on 10/30/2006 10:48:03 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Names Ash Housewares

Here is the biggest and best and the U.S. has exactly zero of them. The U.S. Forest Service turned down their use in the 2000 Los Alamos fire even though FEMA recommended their use.

http://go.to/waterbomber


35 posted on 10/30/2006 11:03:51 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Squidpup

The plane is flying VERY low rpm - check out the props or else this is a REAL fast camera


36 posted on 10/31/2006 2:37:28 PM PST by Republicus2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-36 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson