Iraqi Drones May Target U.S. Cities

FoxNews ^ | Feb. 24, 2003 | FoxNews

[FairOpinion]

WASHINGTON

[ErnBatavia]

The way I see it, Bush should have the missiles in the air as of this minute.....and be able to back up the intelligence. One of the "real" few reasons for a centralized Federal gubmint is national defense.

Get 'em up and flying, Dubya...

[Let's Roll]

"Nothing will convince them. If terrorists attack they will argue that we deserved it."

Followed by "Bush should have stopped it somehow."

When the next terrorist attack happens here remember that not even the Israelis with their legendary security and intelligence operations are able to completely stop terrorists. Be prepared to trumpet that bit of common sense everywhere because the left will be shrieking for Dubya's scalp. The only reason we haven't had another 9/11 already is because Dubya has been in their faces from the beginning.

[JustPiper]

That is so awesome but thank God only 20 minutes and cannot disperse bio weapons right?

[sport]

The experts said that the waters of Pearl Harbor were too shallow for a torpedo attack, therefore we do not have to be concerned or take precautions.

Do you know what happened on December 7,1941?

Personally, I believe that there is a good chance of it hapening.

It could be a radio controlled model airplane.

[FairOpinion]

Exactly. It's way too easy to do, if they have the nasty chemical and/or biological weapons to use, and virtually impossible to prevent.

That's why we have to try to keep WMD out of the hands of terrorists.

[Teacher317]

Drones in the weather we've been having? LOL, Russia won't be the only nation that got a big helping hand from a rough winter! ;^)

[FairOpinion]

We are having lovely weather in LA.
Looks like a couple of days of rain right now, but otherwise it's perfect, both "in general" and for dispersing che & bio agents.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I don't buy this as this would make the wackos cowards and suddenly not willing to die for allah and virgins. I thought their rock stupid appeal was killing themselves.

[FairOpinion]

Here is a relevant thread:

"Bioterror Bible"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/850879/posts

[Travis McGee]

Forget silly comparisons to the 100,000 killed in medical mistakes.

The real target is out economy, which can easily be brought to a screeching halt whether 1,000 die or 100,000 in a WMD attack.

[FairOpinion]

Drudge must have read your post.

Now it says: "U.S Officials: Iraqi Drones May Target American Cities" at Drudge.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Drones?

Like Borg:

[harpseal]

It is possible to create a UAV with off the shelf components. The simplest are the standard radio controlled model airplanes. Upscaling just slightly and one has an effective bioweapons delivery system. all one needs are the plans and one can assemble such a UAV here in the US with hardly any smuggled parts needed.

[Poohbah]

Personally, I believe that there is a good chance of it hapening.

It could be a radio controlled model airplane.

My estimate is that they need something significantly bigger, because chem/bio agent lethality is proportionate to the dose received. One R/C model airplane can hold a very small amount of agent, which means its lethal footprint is going to be very small. A larger plane (such as a cropduster) can hold much more agent, nmaking the lethal footprint much larger.

[Poohbah]

Is that 7 of 9, or 36 of DD?

[Henrietta]

Personally, I hope that New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles (you know, where all the anti-US folks live) are on the short list.

Maybe then they'd wake up to the necessity of bombing Iraq back to the stone age.

[fifteendogs]

I am sorry if what I am about to say offends you. Am I to understand that the terrorists are about to strike the blue zones?. If so, go for it.

[MississippiMan]

Even easier - those radio controlled hobbyist planes.

Yup, totally workable. We seriously need to stop talking and start killing these monsters.

MM

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Both.

She just spices up the millionth terrorism/Iraq thread.

[pfflier]

Yes because if I didn't joke right now I'd be crying over the lost two months of opportunity that we had to rid the world if this scum.