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Overcoming lapses to win the war
The Washington Times ^ | 6/23/2002 | Hugh C. Newton

Posted on 06/23/2002 4:44:26 AM PDT by xsysmgr

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

On Jan. 6, 1995, Philippine police, responding to an apartment fire of suspicious origin, recovered a laptop computer belonging to al Qaeda bomb expert Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, who was involved in plotting the first bombing attack on the World Trade Center in 1993. The computer contained detailed plans, code named Operation Bojinka, to bomb 11 U.S. airlines over the Pacific Ocean. Bojinka also included using airborne suicide attacks with hijacked passenger airliners onto key targets such as the White House, the U.S. Capitol Building, and CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va.


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1 posted on 06/23/2002 4:44:26 AM PDT by xsysmgr
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To: xsysmgr

Please wake me and let me know when we get serious about stopping nuclear terrorism.

We will be serious about stopping nuclear terrorism when:

  • Immigration from the terrorist nations stops (55,000 since 9-11)
  • We seize control of our borders and take charge of who enters
  • Political correctness dies and all the ridiculous talk of profiling ends

/yawn

2 posted on 06/23/2002 4:54:42 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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