Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892876/posts
Lifesaving Surveillance
IBD ^ | September 7, 2007
Posted on 09/07/2007 5:38:07 PM PDT by Kaslin
War On Terror: U.S. interceptions of suspicious communications between Pakistan and Germany prevented car bombings that could have killed hundreds of Americans. Yet some are still worried about terrorists’ privacy
Yet another dazzling victory for law enforcement and intelligence officers over Islamists, thanks to aggressive surveillance tools: The Los Angeles Times reported that last week’s arrest by German police of three suspected Muslim terrorist plotters based in Stuttgart and Saarland, near the French border, was due to U.S. intelligence detecting e-mails between publicly accessible computers in Germany and contacts in Pakistan last year.
The leader of the militants, who were associated with al-Qaida breakaway organization Islamic Jihad Union, received explosives training at a Pakistan camp last year. Their plan was to car-bomb crowded bars, restaurants serving U.S. bases and German airports with what amounted to over 1,000 pounds of TNT.
“It’s not just the military, but Americans in general,” a law enforcement official commented of their intended targets. “If they could have wiped out 1,000 American tourists, they would have been happy.”
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Off Topic, but interesting.
Around the ‘Net looking at events on SEPTEMBER 9, 2007:
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=73093
you are here: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
“Warden Message: Afghanistan’s National Martyr’s Day”
Consular Affairs Bulletins
South / Central Asia - Afghanistan
6 Sep 2007
SNIPPET: “The U.S. Embassy wishes to inform American citizens in Afghanistan that Sunday, September 9, 2007 is observed as National Martyr’s Day in honor of Ahmad Shah Massoud. Memorial ceremonies are scheduled to take place country-wide. Road closures and limits on vehicle traffic are expected.”
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=CA2E5C41-AD9A-4A79-8C35-54C4A34D73FA
“New York Islamist Day Parade”
By Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, August 17, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On September 9, 2007, a pre-9/11 celebration of sorts will be taking place in New York City, as Islamists from across the Tri-State area will congregate there for the 22nd Annual Muslim Day Parade. If past parades are any indication, law enforcement will need to be on high alert, as the participants have been amongst the most radical in the nation.”
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stepping back in time and looking at September 9th on THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=09/09&categoryId=leadstory
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Dates that caught my eye (from the link above):
“1971 : Riot at Attica prison”
“1901 : Stock exchange gets new home”
“1981 : Blackout at the Exchange”
“1942 : Japanese bomb U.S. mainland”