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Airport Lobbies Possible Terror Targets in European Plot, Official Says
abcnews.com ^ | RICHARD ESPOSITO, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and MEGAN CHUCHMACH

Posted on 10/04/2010 5:32:30 AM PDT by facedodge

Airport Lobbies Possible Terror Targets in European Plot, Official Says

Mounting 'Chatter' by Jihadi Extremists Has Law Enforcement Nervous

Among the possible targets in the suspected European terror plot are pre-security areas in at least five major European airports, a law enforcement official told ABC News. Authorities believe terror teams are preparing to mount a commando like attack featuring small units and small firearms modeled after the Mumbai attack two years ago.

The State Department issued a highly unusual "Travel Alert" Sunday for "potential terrorist attacks in Europe," saying U.S. citizens are "reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure."

One scenario authorities fear is a repeat of the 1985 attack on the Rome and Vienna airports, when Palestinian extremists threw grenades and opened fire on travelers waiting at ticket counters injuring 140 and killing 19, including a small child.

European and U.S. officials first learned of the current terror threat over the summer following the capture of a suspected German terrorist who had been training in Pakistan.

The plot's leaders have been identified and targeted, Pakistan's Ambassador Husain Haqqani told ABC News in an interview late Sunday.

"I think that several people who were involved in the plotting have been targeted, and the others are certainly on the radar of U.S., Pakistani and European intelligence services," Haqqani said.

A curfew was ordered this weekend at Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Germany, with soldiers told to remain at home and not to wear uniforms off base "in response to a threat condition," a Ramstein spokesperson said....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airports; attack; europe; european; islam; lobbies; muslims; plot; targets; terror
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To: facedodge

Obummer Impossible Terror Target in Plot, Official Says


41 posted on 10/04/2010 7:08:23 AM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: facedodge

LAX, DCA, ATL,LGA, BOS, ORD, JFK. Simultaneous assaults, much news coverage.


42 posted on 10/04/2010 7:10:30 AM PDT by wrench
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To: facedodge

I want to know which five airports they’re talking about. We’re going to Europe in 2 weeks.


43 posted on 10/04/2010 7:17:41 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: Le Chien Rouge

“This might be disinformation.

The real terror attacks might directed elsewhere.”

Absolutely. Airports are hard targets for these cowards. Airports are the one place that has cops with heavy ordnance to deal swifty with these punks. More likely they will hit hospitals, schools, hotels, etc.


44 posted on 10/04/2010 7:38:09 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Le Chien Rouge
The real terror attacks might directed eleswhere.

You may be right. The real targets in the 1985 attacks were not the airports themselves. I was in the Rome airport in the attack. I was getting my luggage and focused on the bags coming down the very noisy conveyor and finally grabbed my bag. When I looked up all heck had broken lose, people were running like mad and police were dragging a lady drenched in blood. I quickly escaped the area and went on my way. A few years later I was speaking to a government terrorist expert and recounted the story. He then identified the flight I was own and proceeded to tell me that we were the actual target. The Italians had been tipped off something was planned and had extra security in place. They were able to pin the terrorist down in the lobby. The real plan had been for them to shoot their way through the lobby and take the plane just as it landed.

45 posted on 10/04/2010 7:39:39 AM PDT by Armando Guerra
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To: facedodge
The highest density victim-rich environment in an airport is the line waiting to get through security. For example, the funnel and maze at Atlanta, can easily have 500 or more people waiting to reach the lazy power-hungry gate keepers. Very little opportunity for escape from a gunman.

But the more likely scenario would be a suicide muzzie or two with a briefcase full of C4. There is no screening prior to getting in line.

46 posted on 10/04/2010 7:43:44 AM PDT by Never on my watch (Why does the Left think Muslims are going to behave as Christians?)
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To: mmanager
Obama said the USA can take a hit.

Maybe he was representing the feelings his home country when he said that.

47 posted on 10/04/2010 7:49:20 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: EnquiringMind

I want to know which five airports they’re talking about. We’re going to Europe in 2 weeks.


Remember that these terror tards are not omnipotent nor omnipresent. Just be aware of your surroundings, tone down the “American “ look, and don’t hang out too long in airport lobbies.
Enjoy your time in Europe. Especially do your best to eat what the locals eat.


48 posted on 10/04/2010 7:57:40 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Entirely possible. Of course one has to question the wisdom of activiating sleepers in the most heavily armed country on the planet.


49 posted on 10/04/2010 7:59:28 AM PDT by east1234 (Cut, Kill, Dig and Drill!)
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To: hampdenkid
Obama’s personal apology tour for the USA ended in 2009.

Maybe they were offended? It is confusing. The whole world loved Obama. Where did it go wrong? Why do they hate us now?

50 posted on 10/04/2010 8:08:02 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: PA-RIVER

Didn’t the liberals used to SCREAM that it was an election trick when President Bush and his administration would come out RIGHT before the elections and talk up the terrorist threat????

Are they going to say Obama is doing the same thing???


51 posted on 10/04/2010 8:09:47 AM PDT by silentknight
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To: facedodge

I went through Frankurt and Munich in July, and believe me, I was on alert, “watching”, the entire time I was in those terminals.


52 posted on 10/04/2010 8:29:26 AM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: cornfedcowboy

Thanks, Cowboy. Looking forward to the locals’ food!

We’ve been planning to tone down our “American” wardrobe, anyway, to deter Pickpockets.


53 posted on 10/04/2010 8:35:37 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: lodi90
.."hospitals, schools, hotels, etc." and Shopping Malls.
54 posted on 10/04/2010 9:05:54 AM PDT by goodnesswins (f you don't support Obama, and the deconstruction of America: YOU are a RACIST.)
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To: facedodge

For those of you who’ve played Modern Warfare 2, consider the airport scene in that.


55 posted on 10/04/2010 10:10:55 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: facedodge
Good thing for the Terrorists that the ‘Only Ones' allowed to carry in those places are readily identifiable and are easily taken out with first volley.

But it does mean those practitioners of the Religion of Peace will have to violate the “Gun-Free Zone” rules. tsk, tsk, tsk

The down side to this type of attack is that the Muslim Supremacists will have to build a bunch of Victory mosques instead of just one.

/sarc {That should be readily apparent, but just in case}

56 posted on 10/04/2010 10:20:54 AM PDT by BerserkPatriot (There are no 1st Amendment rights without 2nd Amendment Rights)
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To: facedodge

...”NATO to the rescue?”

Better yet: Let’s ask the UN to intervene!


57 posted on 10/04/2010 10:31:31 AM PDT by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: goodnesswins

..”hospitals, schools, hotels, etc.” and Shopping Malls.

I’m wondering why these subhumans haven’t yet focused on attacking churches? You’d think they would or does that make it a direct attack on Christians and would invoke another Crusade that they fear?


58 posted on 10/04/2010 10:37:28 AM PDT by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: AlanGreenSpam
You forget that a lot of churches aren't stupid enough to deprive the people of the right of self defense.

It would make them look weak and impotent if did all this planning and preparation only to be stopped by a couple of citizens with CCW’s.

[It would also make the gun grabbers look stupid, but that's a different story]

Better for them to select a target where the people have already been disarmed by kind and benevolent government. /sarc.

59 posted on 10/04/2010 10:48:24 AM PDT by BerserkPatriot (There are no 1st Amendment rights without 2nd Amendment Rights)
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To: facedodge

Hamburg cell at heart of terrorist plot against Europe

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/04/europe.terror.plot/index.html?hpt=T2

“German officials say the Hamburg group were all recruited from the Taiba mosque in Hamburg. In the 1990s. The same mosque — then called Al Quds - was attended by the lead hijacker in the 9/11 attacks, Mohammed Atta.

The Imam of the Taiba mosque in Hamburg is Mamoun Darkazanli, a German businessman originally from Syria. The 9/11 Commission identified him as having links to al Qaeda financiers.

In the years after 9/11 the Taiba mosque became a magnet for al Qaeda sympathizers across Europe.

“They all wanted to come and pray where Mohammed Atta prayed,” a German intelligence official told CNN.”

Guess what will happen at the Ground Zero Mosque, if it actually gets built?


60 posted on 10/04/2010 11:12:57 AM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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