Posted on 09/11/2001 4:46:35 PM PDT by village idiot
Warning: More Attacks , Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Possible
NewsMax.com
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
NewsMax's national security expert, Col. Stanislav Lunev, is traveling abroad.
The highest-ranking military officer ever to defect from Russia, Col. Lunev has served as a consultant to the CIA, the FBI and the Defense Intelligence Agency
He called NewsMax and gave the following analysis:
1. Last year, Col. Lunev wrote that the U.S. had been the main target of terrorist groups and the nations that support them. The actions today against the U.S. should not be surprising.
2. The successful attack today by this well organized terrorist group is the result of almost ten years of a deterioration of America's national security appaparatus -- including the emascualtion of American intelligence gathering capabilities.
3. American officials and experts have been saying the threat of an attack like this or worse has been a real one. Little or nothing was done, though many knew the threat was real.
4. What countries are involved is difficult to say. It is Col. Lunev's belief that more than one country was involved in this operation -- and perhaps several.
5. Do not forget that Russia remains the number one sponsor of training for terrorist nations. You will find the countries behind this will have very close ties to Russia's military and intelligence agencies.
6. Simple logic cannot be applied to the behavior of these terrorist groups and states. I believe that the terrorist acts conducted could be the first wave of more significant acts that could take place -- even in the next few days. Perhaps for the next 3 days there will be quiet, and then another strike, perhaps more massive than those already delivered.
7. These people are not stupid. They'll use all weapons available to them. Do not underestimate the brutality of these people. The next time, even in the next several days, do not exclude the possibilty they will use chemical, nuclear and biological weapons against America.
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Attack the messenger when you dislike the message. I am in total disagreement with your comment and its tone.
Barbara Olsen was on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon, and she wrote the Book about Hillary titled "Hell To Pay"
It was Barbara's husbands birthday, and she was flying home to be with him. I already thought Hllary had something to do with it. Hillary problably knew what was going to happen, due to her underground connections, and she told someone about Barbara being a frequent flier. And well you can put the rest together.
Bless Barbara, what a great woman. What a patriot. She must have really loved the United States to expose the evil of Hillary Clinton so clearly!
There is no freedom without security. You named yourself appropriately.
Sword
What the he__ are you asking? These same flights occur every day over the same routes with the same type of aircraft. The flight plans are never released to the public per se. A hijacker doesn't have to know where the aircraft is going. All he needs to know is where it is at the time and where he wants it to go. As an aside..as to security..they probably gave him a sterilized knife with his breakfast so that he didn't have to go thru the trouble of lugging one aboard with him. Security?
I hate to admit it, but I have to agree. I caught the BBC footage on C-SPAN, and the sight of these people leaping 70 and 80 stories to their doom was one of the most horrible images I have ever seen. Camera followed them down most of the way before they mercifully cut away. Maybe these images would drive home the sheer horror that these people endured during their last moments of life. There seemed to be a h*ll of a lot of callers on C-SPAN, especially women, who were reluctant to retaliate against those responsible, because they were afraid we might hurt innocent people; especially children. I wanted to reach right into the television to throttle them.
Well, the points in this post are very sound, and if a car accident was all that happened today, then you'd have a point.
I happened to catch her when she was with the other NY Senator making comments about today's disaster. She makes my skin crawl and blood boil!
I've noticed that there has been NO speculation on casualties. It is now more than 12 hours later, and I have heard NO estimate as to the number of dead or missing. None. Seems weird.
The most calm and intellectual words spoken since this started that I have heard.
She was on earlier tonight. She's probably doing her job and consulting with the President and the Cabinet.
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