Posted on 08/22/2012 5:16:18 PM PDT by jazusamo
Federal authorities are urging law enforcement agencies across the country to watch out for signs that extremists might be planning to wreak havoc at the upcoming political conventions -- by blocking roads, shutting down transit systems and even employing what were described as acid-filled eggs.
The warning came in a joint FBI-Department of Homeland Security bulletin issued Wednesday.
The bulletin specifically warned about a group of anarchists from New York City who could be planning to travel to the convention sites to disrupt the events by blockading bridges.
Anarchists "see both parties as the problem," so both conventions are prime targets for them, a federal law enforcement official told Fox News.
The Republican National Convention is set to open Monday in Tampa, Fla., and the Democratic National Convention gets underway a week later in Charlotte, N.C.
The joint bulletin, titled "Potential For Violent or Criminal Action By Anarchist Extremists During The 2012 National Political Conventions," says anarchist extremists likely don't have the capability to overcome heightened security measures set up by the conventions themselves. In addition, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor said Tuesday that fences have been established around "some of the more attractive government targets."
Instead, extremists could target nearby infrastructure, including businesses and transit systems, according to Wednesday's bulletin.
The bulletin mentions possible violent tactics anarchist extremists could employ, including the use of molotov cocktails or acid-filled eggs.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F13FE3C5512738DDDAF0894DA415B868CF1D3
Apparently this was done in 1909.
One may hope the weather will insufficient to stop the convention, but sufficient to discourage the anarchists. A nice steady, cold rain to neutralize any fire or drug bombs and chill their ardor. Might provide their first baths in months. And it would also discourage the MSM from wanting to go out and cover them.
Outta state!
obviously they must be anarchists against both parties... yet only attacking the RNC
they could never be the occu-tards, commies, liberals, black panthers, or progressives...
naaaah... couldn’t be them.
quick... frisk that grandmother !!!
Ten bucks says that the violence is 20 times worse at the Republican Convention than anything seen at the Rat Convention.
I like the thought of that, maybe baths that last for 3 or 4 days.
Tampa can handle a Cat1 but the OWS tent camps are going to be a real mess, then after it all passes by, the heat and humidity will be tremendous. Welcome to the hayseed south kiddies!
BTW, you throw an acid filled “egg shell” at me and you will hate what comes out of my shells.
Indeed. Isaac will be in, done and gone in 48 hours as a minimal hurricane but serious rain dumper based on recent forecast. Those OWS losers will make full use of local shelters and leaves them ruined.
At least their tent cities will make Woodwork look like a report town.
Posting from mobile. Excuse rough prose
Maybe someone should tell the OWS Animals from NYC that FL has 100,000’s of CCW legally licensed individuals.
Those OWS Animals are from gunfree(?)Blumbergville and tend to forget about the rest of the real world.
The truth we may not name...
Well, we’ll see won’t we.
Don’t really know much more than that to so.
Well, we’ll see won’t we.
Don’t really know much more than that to say...
We don’t have nice steady cold rains in Tampa during August.
We have downpours of hot water that comes down so hard they’ll drown anyone in a tent. For storms like this one its not unusual to get 10 inches of rain a day. If its a serious storm they’ll warn of up to 20 inches of rain.
just today without a hurricane we had between 1 and 4 inches of rain depending on the location.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
Last I saw it was around 890K and growing fast. Just one gun store in Jax has 5 locations and each has a CCW classroom that has room for 100 and are filled or almost filled each week.
Where the heck do you folks put all that water?
Back in the ocean. We’re only 10 feet or so above it forsuch of the state.
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