Posted on 09/22/2001 3:08:14 PM PDT by Reagan Man
Sources tell TIME that U.S. officials suspect that bin Laden conspirators may have been planning to disperse biological or chemical agents from cropdusting planes
Saturday, Sep. 22, 2001
New York -- U.S. law enforcement officials have found a manual on the operation of cropdusting equipment while searching suspected terrorist hideouts, government sources tell TIME magazine in an issue out on Monday, Sept. 24th.
The discovery has added to concerns among government counterterrorism experts that the bin Laden conspirators may have been planning — or may still be planning —to disperse biological or chemical agents from a cropdusting plane normally used for agricultural purposes.
Among the belongings of suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, sources tell TIME, were manuals showing how to operate cropdusting equipment that could be used to spray fast-killing toxins into the air.
The discovery resulted in the grounding of all cropdusters nationwide on Sunday Sept. 16th. The dusters have been allowed back up, but are not allowed to take off or land from what traffic controllers refer to as Class B airspace, or the skies around major cities.
One senior official cautions that because corroborative evidence is lacking the FBI does not place "high credibility" in the notion that the hijackers were in fact exploring the idea of stealing or renting cropdusters. However, the FBI is advising members of a crop-dusters' group to report any suspicious buys of dangerous chemicals in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks.
Last week, the National Agricultural Aviation Association, a crop dusters trade group, posted a message from the FBI to its membership: "Members should be vigilant to any suspicious activity relative to the use, training in or acquisition of dangerous chemicals or airborne application of same including threats, unusual purchases, suspicious behavior by employees or customers, and unusual contacts with the public. Members should report any suspicious circumstances or information to local FBI offices."
I was at a conference in the Plaza Hotel in New York a couple of years ago, so I asked the bartender in the Oak Room whether the Oak Room scenes in the movie had been shot there. He didn't have the slightest idea what I was talking about. But I got a videotape of the movie recently, which includes a documentary of the shooting of the movie. Turns out the Oak Room scenes were shot in a facsimile of the bar built in Hollywood.
The cropduster scenes were shot outside Bakersfield in California.
I was being facetious, evident in following posts...gotcha! Now I know your paying attention.
Simple!
Will America strike first at the Taliban, or may be Hamas? Perhaps the Muslim Brotherhood, or may be the US will attack the National Islamic Front. Then again, may be our first strike will be aimed at Hizbullah in Lebanon.
The USA is throwing around its own "turds" in the Middle East right now. And its nice to see these anti-American haters get some of their own medicine thrown right back at them!
God Bless America
BTW, Geoff Metcalf, in his Saturday rerun from Thursday, had some critical words for the open-air memorials... and I agree. Not prudent at this time...
338 Win mag and up. As long as the ballistic coeff. is ~>3. Need wingshooting practice, know the ballistics and how to est. distance/airspeed.
LOL! We had one nazi here who was spiking livestock with disease as part of their bio-terrorism effort.
I am not discussing the students and scientists and such. I am talking about the people who come and open a restaurant, which costs at least $10,000 to get going. And they do not have credit established.
Now, on the Beltway Boys I just heard that a bunch of Chinese journalists were seen and heard laughing and cheering as the WTC came down. Thankfully, this is the Bush Administration, and Armitage had them thrown them out of the country immediately.
I do not think that the Chinese like us one bit. I also know they have been up to no good with many of the Islamic groups. This has made me think about a SECOND group of cells being here....non-Arabic.
Please tell me to remove my tinfoil hat. Please.
He's not listed with the Florida SOS offices under that name. Instead, he goes by the name of "Ed." In addition to his "Florida Sunny Summer Tour" business that he used to move people into/out/throughout the US, it looks like he also owns "Delta Gas Corp." What kind of hazardous permits do companies like this have?
COUNTY: 12095 ORANGE
POPULATION: 100,000 - 249,999 DD
CARRIER-CODE: C004
PRI-SIC: 472501 TOURS-OPERATORS & PROMOTERS
LOC-SALES: 1,000 - 499,999 AA
LOC-EMPLOYEES: 2
PAR-EMPLOYEES: UNKNOWN
BUSINESS-ORG: FIRM
EXECUTIVES: ED BADAWI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ("Ahmed" becomes Americanized to "Ed." Cute.)
AD-SIZE: REGULAR LISTING
CREDIT: SATISFACTORY
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
EXECUTIVES: ED BADAWI, MANAGER
CREDIT: GOOD
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
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