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Ashcroft's Warning: Dirty Bomb

Posted on 10/30/2001 4:17:08 PM PST by DrCarl

Am I the only one who heard Sean Hannity, at about 5:40PM EST, stop while on the air and say: "So that's what Ashcroft's warning is. It's a dirty bomb."


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To: FUSSBALL
Almost any place in the US would be a strategic hit for one of these. I-35 up to Kansas City would wipe out Millions

Actually that's not true. The dispersal area probably would not be very large, so it would best be used in a high value area such as a city. You might get a couple of square miles of serious contamination, but probably not much more.

61 posted on 10/30/2001 4:54:31 PM PST by 6ppc
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To: DrCarl
Didn't Schippers mention OKC being a target again?
62 posted on 10/30/2001 4:54:35 PM PST by marbren
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To: classygreeneyedblonde
>Wonder if that's why we dropped that big bomb today ....like a warning don't mess wif us....

I had not heard reports about that big bomb we dropped today but a friend called me earlier and filled me in. I'll have to catch some news before I hit the sack tonight.

I knew it by 11AM on September 11th. This thing is going to get huge. Let's just hope we move big when we have to and end it fast, before too many of us are hurt.

63 posted on 10/30/2001 4:55:59 PM PST by DrCarl
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To: DrCarl
If this occurs, I wonder what our response would be:

A) Retaliate in kind?

or

B) Pass more legislation restricting our civil liberties and being even more careful not to anger members of the 'coalition'?

64 posted on 10/30/2001 4:56:11 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: FUSSBALL
...where can one find potassium iodide?

check out this link for everything you wanted to know about KI but were afraid to ask. We bought the granules to mix with water, cheaper than the tablets, but the tablets are more convenient (and supposedly taste better!). The KI fills the thyroid so that when the radioactive fallout approaches, the thyroid will be too saturated to absorb much. Tests amongst Russian schoolchildren immediately after Chernobyl showed that those given KI had no health problems, unlike counterparts who were unable to receive the medication (radiation sickness, cancers later in life, etc.). Check out the link for some pretty detailed info.

65 posted on 10/30/2001 4:56:12 PM PST by shezza
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To: TrappedInLiberalHell
"(I'm no Houston expert, but I believe it's the third or fourth most populous city in the U.S.)"

Fourth. I spent 20 years there before moving here. I keep thinking about the USS Cole. Two attempts on the WTC, two attempts on the USS Cole. The USS Cole is in Pascagoula, Mississippi, about 20 miles from me. See how our minds work, lol.

66 posted on 10/30/2001 4:56:17 PM PST by blam
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To: In mourning for six years
When or where?

My thoughts have been a shopping mall. Think of how the PLO attacks Israel and thats how we'll be attacked.....populated public places that are or seem safe.

I also think it will happen on election day, the 6th. The WTC attacks were on an election primary day. They might like stopping our Freedom in process.....voting......

I will avoid all major shopping areas the day after Thanksgiving (the busiest shopping day of the year). It rattles my nerves a whole lot!

I pray nothing happens again, my heart is still weeping.....

67 posted on 10/30/2001 4:57:30 PM PST by Wild Game
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To: arete
As I have heard it, a dirty bomb is a nuke that leaves a lot of radioactive material laying around.

Technically you are correct, but that implies either a crude device or one engineered to do this. I'm pretty sure what Fox is talking about is a radiological bomb. Sure hope they are wrong, or better yet that we catch it before it goes off...it would be nice to have a real success in this war.

68 posted on 10/30/2001 4:57:57 PM PST by 6ppc
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To: FUSSBALL
"where can one find potassium iodide? "

Potassium Iodide Supplier/Info

69 posted on 10/30/2001 4:58:21 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: NewLand
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70 posted on 10/30/2001 4:58:52 PM PST by mathurine
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To: PJ-Comix
So look at the upside. Even if a dirty bomb is set off on the West Coast as early as tonight, that still gives all the folks East of the Mississippi River more than enough time to celebrate Halloween tomorrow night before the radioactivity reaches us.

You're a total f'ing idiot! That's not even remotely funny, since I live on the West coast.

71 posted on 10/30/2001 5:00:28 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: mgc1122
Son: Momma I can't go to sleep, there's a bright light outside my window.

Momma:Go to bed, it's only Afghanistan

They go through with this and all bets are off, this will be over in a manner of hours instead of years. Tell the rest of those pukes hiding these cowards they have 24 hours to turn them over or face a similar fate.

72 posted on 10/30/2001 5:00:30 PM PST by SCHROLL
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To: imperator2
There is not time for that now. It is too late.

If there is credible evidence or intel. that suggests a small nuclear device is going to be used against the US populace, the US already knows the few countries that have this technology and who gave it to the terrorist agents. Therefore the US should then through diplomatic channels threaten a full nuclear retaliatory strike upon the capital city of any or actually all of these select few nations if there is a nuclear attack against the United States. No questions asked. Kennedy, Cuban missile crisis. They must be forced to blink. If they know their imminent evaporation is in the works, they will work through their overseas communication network to alert their agents to stand down.

74 posted on 10/30/2001 5:00:34 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
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To: imperator2
in relation to an Arab Radiology Resident who was temporarily arrested in Texas and then released.

This man gladly too a polygraph test - worked with the FBI and it was apparent that the Bin Laden gang used his identification. Then he got on TV and said he understood why he was arrested and had no problem, etc.

Not EVERYONE is a terrorist.

75 posted on 10/30/2001 5:00:35 PM PST by Gracey
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To: PJ-Comix
Why am I not surprised that a comment like that comes out of Florida.
76 posted on 10/30/2001 5:00:38 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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To: DrCarl
This is frightening. I agree with several other posters that if anybody detonates a nuke or dirty bomb on US soil or against US interests anywhere, it will result in massive thermonuclear retaliation. Goodby Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, etc. Bomb the mosques first, please.
77 posted on 10/30/2001 5:01:45 PM PST by clintonh8r
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To: blam
Any idea where one could learn more about PI. Im searching but the surfin isnt so great
79 posted on 10/30/2001 5:02:34 PM PST by FUSSBALL
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To: 6ppc
Actually that's not true. The dispersal area probably would not be very large, so it would best be used in a high value area such as a city. You might get a couple of square miles of serious contamination, but probably not much more.

True,... unless they go after the Central California farming area. California grows 50% of this nations produce last I checked. If they blew up a few dirty bombs there, people would refuse to eat anything to come from that area, even though most of it would be safe. That would be devastating economically. All produce in the nation would instantly double in price, there would be shortages that we would have to augment by using more produce from places like Chile and Mexico with laxer enforcement standards.

They go after say a major water way like the Colorado River or the Mighty Mississippi, even though the danger would be miniscule, people would avoid any activity involving them.

We could go into the second great depression if we don't stop these guys before they act again.

80 posted on 10/30/2001 5:03:27 PM PST by dogbyte12
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