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Senior U.S. officials say intelligence "chatter" suggests terrorists plotting major US attack
CNN ^ | 5-20-03

Posted on 05/20/2003 10:33:07 AM PDT by dogbyte12

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To: maestro
My family is all over Texas! Prayers ARE needed!!
121 posted on 05/20/2003 9:02:12 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: maestro
Thanks for the heads up!
122 posted on 05/20/2003 9:02:43 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: MizSterious
There is only so much President Bush or anyone can do to fully protect everyone in the U.S.

Hundreds of Mexicans with very little or no education have managed to make it over the border just last week. Dozens were caught in a holding house in El Paso, almost 200 in semi-trailers caught in East Texas and about 100 in a train car in Alamogordo. Not much homeland security being done at all.

123 posted on 05/20/2003 9:15:16 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: freedomson

124 posted on 05/20/2003 9:19:27 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death)
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To: joebuck
The Indianapolis 500 is this Sunday. That means 300,000 Americans in the same place at the same time. I would think this would be a suicide bomber's wet dream.

I thought the same thing when I saw the title to the thread. The largest single day sporting event in the world would seem to be a good target.

125 posted on 05/20/2003 11:38:26 PM PDT by Rockitz (After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
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To: Dave S
By losing a friend at the Pentagon that day.
126 posted on 05/21/2003 6:13:56 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Kim Jong Il had ANOTHER bad underwear day . He found "decapitate" in his English-Korean dictionary.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
By losing a friend at the Pentagon that day.

Well at least you have a reason then. Sorry for your loss.

127 posted on 05/21/2003 6:34:56 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: FITZ
UR#123...........................bttt
128 posted on 05/21/2003 8:17:04 AM PDT by maestro
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To: bigcheese
Is dat a Wisscahnsun accent??
129 posted on 05/21/2003 8:20:06 AM PDT by tracer (/b>)
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To: lawdude
Perhaps the Al-Quaida can get millions of killer ants ...

This has already been done, and the suckers are still here.

130 posted on 05/21/2003 8:36:18 AM PDT by js1138
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To: BagCamAddict
If you'll recall, the number of Al Qaeda operatives involved in the 9-11 plot was in the dozens, if not the hundreds. From the senior planners who hatched the scheme, to those that secured funding and transferred it to Mohammed Atta, and those who ran the safe houses along the way, there were lots of folks involved, across three continents. While it is true that many of the operatives didn't have complete knowledge of the plot, they were a part of the larger conspiracy.

What we're seeing now is semi-autonomous ops; local cells have been given discretion to select (and attack) accessible targets, using available resources, with minimal oversight/control. That's what happened in Karachi last year, in Bali, and (last week) in Riyadh. As I pointed out in my first post, Al Qaeda can sustain these types of attacks almost indefinitely, while building for the next spectacular.

Regarding the anthrax attack, I still tend to believe it came from a "home grown" source. And, no, I'm not completely convinced that Dr. Hatfill had anything to do with it. At this stage, he looks like the "Richard Jewell" of the anthrax case....

131 posted on 05/21/2003 10:32:39 AM PDT by Spook86
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To: dogbyte12; All
Terror threats mentioning LOS ANGELES now...

Arabic language message board with terror threats, places, timeline:
Arabic language website with terror threats

That website has updated with a new round of posts, equally as disturbing. You can do your own interpretations:

Posted Wednesday May 21 (Everything from here down is excerpted/copied directly from that website!):

She experiences him and after : -
I will not elaborate on the explanation .. But were on a confidence that the swords will quench thirst and Awad ’s California will cry the tears a blood ..
.............
As for remainder of the mockers ... Then ÏÚåã them they in their delusion waver ...

Do she is a blade ..!!
Do there a thing what is a relative ..!!
I believe a Thalk .. Then the matter is suspicious ..!!

To the dog Bush¡¡ to thousands by me any the failures¡¡ to Si any the dirty stop it¡¡ he to each hypocrite stood with them and helps them and serves them¡¡¡¡ a Haqd came the settlement moment to the Allah wanted¡¡¡¡ that the hit is next and next and except the Allah will not stop her¡¡¡ oh Allah ! aim our throwing¡¡ oh Allah ! aim our throwing¡¡¡ oh Allah ! aim our throwing ¡¡¡¡

To all wish Moslem the remoteness about the main cities in the American failure states and the departure is to the near countries like Canada and Mexico or the small cities and the remoteness about the coastal cities near from the sea ¡¡¡

To our leader and our responsible the sheikh Osama ben Ladin the Allah kept him¡¡¡ an expectation a fragrant present by the blood from your cells¡¡¡¡
Oh Allah ! aim our throwing ¡¡¡¡
Oh Allah ! aim our throwing ¡¡¡¡
Oh Allah ! aim our throwing ¡¡¡¡

The American military inquiries are a haughtiness the readiness to the highest degree is 1746 ( a GMT is 04 : 00 ) - 21 / 05 / 03

The readiness degree in a continuous height is Washington¡ the United States ( a CNN - - raised the American military intelligence agency is the level of the threat of the military terrorism from a degree " an important " to " a high "¡ she in a step agrees with the degree of the civic readiness .

And on the variation of the stair of the civic readiness¡ then a degree " a high " is in the military investigating system considered the highest readiness grade to opposite terrorism .

And he was the readiness level improvement have the civic sides to " a high " the declaration about him has completed tuesday .

And in the time that in him the military officials and the civilians in the United States about a time and the place of the expected attack did not disclose¡ then the officials said " the information are respect this threat came as a result the contacts blockage that completed between the terrorists the suspect in them ."

And may tell the decision of the military intelligence agency to the military leaders on the world level¡ for the sake of the reconsideration of the security readiness in their rules from now on¡¡ where the leaders will decide there criteria " the protection of their forces " and what if she was by a need to modification¡¡ and the essence of the explanations of the security criteria that will make her to the insurance of the military rules .

And he is not clear until now¡ what if was there is a definite influence to the decision of the military intelligence agency that calls for the arrival identification to the foundations from the authorized employees¡¡ and the operation of the operations of the observation of the identity cards¡ as to the leaders addition enables other operations .

And the readiness degree improvement in the American army did not accompany specific orders to the increase of the combating airs raids over the United States or the spreading of Stinger missile batteries¡ as completed in the past .

But one of of the officials said such as that orders she can appear in a next stage¡ and that there changes the security operations in the army can catch an Almriki during the next .

And believes the investigating sources also that activists from the rule their sending to the United States completed .

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I on a certainty that the next days pregnant by the shock and the frightening to America¡¡ and this is Oun free the appearance has started¡ and the pains devastate in America and she a Ttshht in her confinement .

And the virgin infant will get out that will in Anglis ’s Los Angeles so that he starts with the life and his life the end of his mother is born .

Bush : taste a regret and a grief on your country that will form a print after eye .

Ç to an outside that you dream .......
Then we were formed from your destructive ideas that and ÃÍäÇ by thousand his blessings to the Allah wanted

132 posted on 05/21/2003 7:47:30 PM PDT by BagCamAddict
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To: rintense
What? Are you clairvoyant??

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/915911/posts

133 posted on 05/22/2003 8:38:58 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon
Scary, isn't it? I expect a knock on my door by guys in dark glasses at any moment...
134 posted on 05/22/2003 10:26:25 AM PDT by rintense (Freedom is contagious. And everyone wants to catch it.)
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To: rintense
I'll protect you...(sigh)...
135 posted on 05/22/2003 11:57:05 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: ken5050
From the article:

"The U.S. government has been in communication with Iran about the presence of al Qaeda members, making it clear to the nation's Islamic leadership that it must take more steps against terrorism, U.S. officials said Monday."

I agree with you Ken5050. I'm hoping we are finally going to get series with the #1 state sponsor of terrorism. I hope the State Dept. doesn't drop its drawers when we do. Go Rummy!

136 posted on 05/22/2003 12:03:56 PM PDT by The Westerner
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To: dogbyte12
More "The shy is falling!" from goobermint organizations looking to be relevant and get more tax dollars.
137 posted on 05/22/2003 12:08:48 PM PDT by PatrioticAmerican (If the 2nd is for hunting, is the 1st only for writing about hunting?)
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To: dogbyte12
"One official called the intelligence "reasonably spooky stuff." "

Their definition of "reasonable" is someone said, "Boo!".
138 posted on 05/22/2003 12:09:30 PM PDT by PatrioticAmerican (If the 2nd is for hunting, is the 1st only for writing about hunting?)
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