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As Terror Alert Continues, NYPD Holds Drill To Prep For Mumbai Style Attack
ABC ^ | 10/15/10 | RICHARD ESPOSITO and ASA ESLOCKER

Posted on 10/15/2010 1:34:53 PM PDT by FromLori

As US officials proclaim an alleged European terror plot still active, New York City police conducted a drill Thursday that simulated a Mumbai-style attack on civilians on a crowded street in Manhattan's financial district.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly addressed the media before the drill, which began with two large explosions. "This is what we do," he explained. "We think the unthinkable." The drill simulated multiple bombs and shooters, including a bomb under a vehicle, and police responded with helicopters, dogs, automatic weapons and an armored car.

Earlier Thursday, the State Department's counterterror chief told reports in London that the travel alert issued last week that advised travelers in Europe to be careful was still in effect. "We don't view the conditions as warranting us rescinding the alert," said Daniel Benjamin. The alert was issued Oct. 3, when intelligence led authorities to believe a Mumbai-style assault on so-called "soft" civilian targets might be imminent in Europe.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: missinglink; terrorists

1 posted on 10/15/2010 1:35:00 PM PDT by FromLori
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To: FromLori

NYC needs to build more mosuqe and give ALL muslims rent controlled apts.


2 posted on 10/15/2010 1:40:26 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: FromLori

I doubt an assault of that nature will be planned to occur in a tightly controlled area with armed police & emergency infrastructure such as NY.

It will be somewhere a little more cut off - Atlantic City would be a prime example.


3 posted on 10/15/2010 1:41:29 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: bill1952

It will be somewhere a little more cut off - Atlantic City would be a prime example.


Or in a mall in small city in the mid west. A place where surrounding law enforcement would take a while to arrive on scene.


4 posted on 10/15/2010 1:48:54 PM PDT by unkus
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To: bill1952

But they would be wise to select an environment with strict gun control. They could do a lot of damage before the cops arrive in a place like NYC.


5 posted on 10/15/2010 1:50:10 PM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: bill1952

But they would be wise to select an environment with strict gun control. They could do a lot of damage before the cops arrive in a place like NYC.


6 posted on 10/15/2010 1:50:21 PM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Frantzie

I hope they don’t get wind of that idea I can see them thinking it was good and enacting it :)


7 posted on 10/15/2010 1:50:59 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: Frantzie

Don’t worry...sigh...we will.


8 posted on 10/15/2010 1:57:23 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: FromLori
They should be more worried about a Beslan style attack.
9 posted on 10/15/2010 2:10:12 PM PDT by Deaf Smith
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To: FromLori
I thought President Bohica said we would just absorb another terrorist attack....ooops....I mean an overseas contingency operation....uhhhh.....I guess that would make it a domestic overseas contingency operation.

Or is it a anthroprogenic inconvenience?

10 posted on 10/15/2010 2:13:22 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

I am often thankful for Jeb Bush’s gift to us Floridians in 2005. The Castle Doctrine sure brings peace of mind to me.


11 posted on 10/15/2010 2:25:35 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (toodamtall1@yahoo.com. From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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To: FromLori
Q. How to defend against a Bombay style terror attack?

A. Let every adult citizen* carry.

(*Excluding those with criminal records or histories of mental illness.)

12 posted on 10/15/2010 2:44:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: Frantzie
We are doomed if the war on terror is fought like the war on drugs. It means that terrorist can stream across our borders and make their way into any city or town they choose, just like drugs do. The governments refusal to secure our border is going to end up costing us a lot of innocent lives. It's only a matter of time before we get hit.
13 posted on 10/15/2010 4:17:10 PM PDT by peeps36 (America is being destroyed by filthy traitors in the political establishment)
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To: FromLori

Where’s the link?


14 posted on 10/15/2010 5:36:41 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: FromLori

Do you have a source link for this article? Thanks.


15 posted on 10/15/2010 7:07:53 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Sidebar Moderator

http://abcnews.go.com/ad/gmaintroad.html?goback=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/terror-alert-continues-nypd-holds-drill-prep-mumbai/story?id=11879452


16 posted on 10/15/2010 9:06:08 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

http://abcnews.go.com/ad/gmaintroad.html?goback=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/terror-alert-continues-nypd-holds-drill-prep-mumbai/story?id=11879452

Sorry all can’t believe I forgot that


17 posted on 10/15/2010 9:07:03 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori

Thank you.


18 posted on 10/15/2010 9:07:13 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Sidebar Moderator

Sure sorry about that


19 posted on 10/15/2010 9:14:46 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori

No problem, thanks again.


20 posted on 10/15/2010 9:18:42 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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