17yrs old and up, no upper age limit. Something for everyone to do
Posted on 01/30/2002 3:41:41 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
SEATTLE - NBC News is reporting that the Space Needle in Seattle - a high-profile landmark in America's Pacific Northwest - was apparently a target for al-Qaida terrorists.
U.S. officials tell NBC News evidence found in Afghanistan uncovered plans to attack the high-profile Space Needle along with other monuments in Washington State, including massive hydroelectric dams, like the Grand Coulee.
According to the NBC News report, plans were also found that targeted the Los Angeles International Airport for a second time. An earlier plot to bomb the airport was foiled two years ago when convicted terrorist Ahmed Ressam was arrested crossing the border into the U.S. at Port Angeles, Washington.
NBC News added U.S. officials report American troops in Afghanistan have recovered designs and diagrams that target U.S. nuclear power plants and water facilities and surveillance photos of U.S. monuments and landmarks.
One plot apparently included an attack on the U.S. mint in Philadelphia.
President Bush revealed the deadly terrorist plots during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
The Grand Coulee Dam holds back 421 billion cubic feet of water "We have seen the depth of our enemies' hatred in video where they laugh about the loss of innocent life. And the depth of their hatred is equaled by the madness of the destruction they design,” said Bush.
Algerian Ahmed Ressam, 34, was arrested in December of 1999 when he tried to cross the U.S-Canadian border at Port Angeles, Washington, with explosives in the trunk of his car. An investigation into his arrest uncovered a terrorist plot that targeted Los Angeles International Airport and implicated that the Space Needle as a potential target.
The incident incited a terrorism scare that prompted then Seattle Mayor Paul Schell to cancel the Space Needle New Years millennium celebrations at the Seattle Center, which drew as many as 40,000 people to its New Year's Eve party - one of the best turnouts ever.
After Ressam’s arrest, many questioned whether the Space Needle was a bonafide terrorist target. The evidence uncovered in Afghanistan now lends to some credence that the Space Needle was indeed a target.
Ressam was brought to trial and convicted in April of 2001. In an effort to reduce his 130-year prison term for his part in the terrorist plot, Ressam cooperated with authorities by providing crucial information about Zacarias Massaoui, the only person indicted in the September 11th attacks.
Ressam has told the FBI that he saw Moussaoui at a training camp they both attended a few years ago, the law enforcement official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan descent, is charged with conspiracy to murder thousands in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.
are you serious?
you mean that i have no right to my opinions?
hmmmmmmmm.
So, profiling works in SOME cases. But that nice little granny that people feel sorry for may be carrying a bomb, unknowingly. What if her granddaughter married a guy from Yemen? What if her grandson is looking both to collect an inheritance and blow up a plane?
All I'm saying is that your attempt to draw a moral equivalency displays your willingness to use your appalling ignorance of history as a weapon to attack Christianity. You can't lump the Church in with Islam based on the Crusades any more than you can lump the USA in with the taliban based on the war on terror.
Slamming Christianity for responding to Islamic aggression/atrocities is no different that slamming the USA for doing the same with a smarmy "aren't governments fun?"
You mean I can't express my opinion? Waaaah.
I'm back, for a bit. I checked your profile page. You, sir, need someone to pray for your soul. (I'm starting, right now)
WHY are you so ANGRY???????????????????
i'm a happy camper!
not everyone has to believe what you believe in order to be happy.
good night.
bye.
Have a nice day, y'all!
No problem. Wasn't my idea though to check the profile...it was his! Makes a person shudder...
I'm 48. I've never been to the EMP either, I'll bet my wife and kids (17, 16 and 7) would love the 'experience'.
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