Just an old Keyboard Cowboy...gating back out, into Cyberspace and the Dreamtime
Posted on 01/05/2009 4:12:38 PM PST by RaceBannon
UPDATED - ALERT - Frightening Text Messages Being Forwarded Around NY Jews January 2, 2009 3:00PM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] With the situation in Gaza deteriorating by the day, and anti-semitism rampant around the world, thousands of NY Jews were frightened upon receiving the following text message which has been going around on Friday afternoon:
“A Jewish woman gave a tip to a Muslim taxi driver and out of appreciation he warned her not to go to Manhattan next week Wednesday.”
YWN has reached out to high-ranking members of the NYPD, and have stated that although they received the same text message, “there are no credible threats to be concerned about - and don’t even know where this text message originated from”.
The only message that they do have for the public is the same message that they have been saying since 9/11. That message is “always be aware of your surroundings, be vigilant, and if you see anything suspicious contact the police department immediately to report what you have seen”.
UPDATE 3:50PM EST: YWN has just spoken with NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind who tells us that he has received various reports regarding this ‘threat’ and has personally contacted the FBI who is currently investigating them.
He thanked YWN for our alert to calm the public, and echoed the call for calm and vigilance at anytime and any location. “If you see something, say something,” Hikind said.
“The FBI and the NYPD take these types of threats very seriously, and investigate them thoroughly to ensure the safety of the public.”
May Hashem protect us from no harm - no matter where in the world we are located.
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(Yehuda Drudgestein - YWN)
..divide and conquer!!
Don't let them do it...
..nothing they want MORE than to marginalize Free Republic!
Many believe you....
..ignore the naysayers.
Al Qaeda No. 2 Urges Strikes on Western, Israeli Targets
Maybe be a general threat, but it’s the latest Fox headline
you might hqave missed or forgot how this thread started
I received the intel
I sat on it for about 8 hours, making phone calls, waiting for others to make more comments
Someone who I sent this to in an e-mail, sent me the text message website warning
So, knowing what I knew so far, and finally having some written evidence and a source I can use without blowing someone’s anonymity, I posted the text message story and under it I posted the new, personal information that my friend received as the leader of an ant-terrorism awareness group
I work for him on occasion, fundraising, internet research, whatever
we shoot guns for fun, too
so, if people want to reference the text messenging as a hox, well, fine, I dont know the source and I wouldn’t have posted it due to it just didnt sound too credible to me, either
but, when I got the call yesterday about the cabbies, and I knew the people involved, I knew what we were told was not from liars
maybe from cabbies pulling a hoax, but the people they hoaxed were important in the terrorism awareness groups in the US
we took it serious
I have no idea. I just stopped there for a second on my way to FOX. But they never even mention prayer on MSNBC.
Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens- 5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth [b] and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth [c] and there was no man to work the ground, 6 but streams [d] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground- 7 the LORD God formed the man [e] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Not in Israel. In the NY studio.
Wish I could think of her name. A brunette with a pointy chin.
...(yes we've heard this before, but they're extra angry with the conflict happening right now)
FReepaholic ~ Dude?? How old are you?
I thought it was a reasonable play on your screen name.
Oops. Sorry for the duplication. Old Man beat me to it.
#402...per this post is what I was referencing...Al Qaeda #2
I read your info RB, and I appreciate you posting it. It’s all very interesting. I don’t live in NYC, but if I did, I would probably use alot more caution than normal. I think I’ll be cautious tomorrow anyway.
Ewwww.
Sorry to hear that.
We have to cover our cultures from room light because some of them are so sensitive. Bacteria don’t like sunlight.
But pretty much all bacteria will thrive in water.
Best to boil it before drinking.
The headline is gone from foxnews.com. THat’s strange, it was there a few moments ago.
Interesting. Very interesting.
Just an old Keyboard Cowboy...gating back out, into Cyberspace and the Dreamtime
He is in Iraq, along with Gregoire and Perry; according to the Seattle newspapers...
It might be wise to stay out ofthe subways and use surface transportation tomorrow.
Avoid the financial district.
Stay awayfrom the Israeli Embassy.
Little precautions like that.
This entire thread is interesting....thanks to RaceBannon.
Check out the website that STARWISE posted in #365.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2159281/posts?page=365#365
Until I see an affidavit on The Smoking Gun, I shall treat this as the urban legend it almost surely is.
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