Posted on 11/06/2010 5:38:04 PM PDT by 1curiousmind
I hesitate to write this because I don't want to come off as paranoid. But I figured its worth it to share info just in case there really is something in the planning stages.
Especially after the church masacre last week in Baghdad, I believe that it is highly possible that a similar attack could take place in the US.
Tonight 4 middle-eastern men were seen down our childrens' wing at our church. They were walking briskly and talking in Arabic.
A woman spotted them at the other end of the hall. She tried to catch up to them but they exited into the lobby and by the time she got to it they had disappeared. A few people looked but no one saw them leave the building.
There was no reason for anyone to be down that hallway. There were no children's programs going. It's possible that they could have taken a wrong turn. But it just doesn't feel right.
This is the 3rd incident since last March involving young middle-eastern men. The first one involved them asking odd questions about the size of our services, questions about the children's area, even requesting a layout of the building.
The FBI has been alerted and its been discovered that at least one other church in the area has had a similar incident take place.
I'm writing this here because I think there are alot of FReepers who attend church. I would ask you to inquire whether anything unusual has happened in recent months in your church. Especially if you are a large church. And especially if you are located in the Detroit area.
We must be willing to think about these things (not obsess over them) but reasonably consider the possibility. Thank you.
I didn’t even read all the way through your post because thousands or hundreds of thousands of “scoping out” incidents were reported after 9-11, many of them on the stupid threat matrix threads here. Nothing ever came of any of them. Of course, something will come of one some day, but you will become crazy expecting it to happen in your town.
All adult members of the congregation should be trained and armed.
Yikes, I’d be thinking shades of the Beslan Massacre.
Call the F.B.I.
Call the police.
Let your Pastor know
Make sure your Pastor tells the ADULTS in the congregation.
If you don’t have middle eastern types going to your church - this is very odd.
Ping. I think you might want to see this one.
Do you normally ask for this is you are a visiting quest?
“This is the 3rd incident since last March involving young middle-eastern men. The first one involved them asking odd questions about the size of our services, questions about the children’s area, even requesting a layout of the building. “
I wouldn’t.
Do you normally ask for this is you are a visiting quest?
“This is the 3rd incident since last March involving young middle-eastern men. The first one involved them asking odd questions about the size of our services, questions about the children’s area, even requesting a layout of the building. “
I wouldn’t.
BTW, did anyone ASK them WHY they wanted this?
I would have because it is so “unusual”.
tmi.....Tipoffs like this help the terrorists...Contact FBI
sounds like the 9/11 terrorists who only wanted to learn to fly a plane and not learn to land it
with zer0 out of country I would go somewhere else
We are located in SE Michgan. Yes, we’re reasonably close to Dearborn.
Like I said, the FBI has been officially alerted in the past two instances. This latest one has not been officially reported yet. You can read my past posts if you want to read more on the first incident.
My reason for posting was not to be alarmist, but to see if there is any pattern out there that might indicate that this is happening at other churches.
Report this.
Also to your pastor and congregation.
God be with you and stay vigilant.
Ping
I think it might be worth passing to other church attending people on our ping lists.
And who asks for the layout of a building?
TCBE.
Unfortunately it's illegal to carry in a church in Michigan, even when you have a permit. I'm not sure whether the pastor can authorize it. That would be worth checking.
Ping
Thought you might have a ping list of people that attend church and/or religious ceremonies....
Thanks Froggie
We have caught them in downtown Houston taking pictures of exit doors; etc.
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