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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

CNN flashing alert. More details to follow. Could be a drudge like siren, or series. CNN thinks this one is serious.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chatter; terrorism; warning
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To: toddst
The only way to truly defeat terrorists is to kill them where they live, and also all those who give them id and comfort....we can't keep playing defense....
41 posted on 05/20/2003 11:09:57 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: toddst
We certainly hope and pray terrorists are prevented from acting within the U.S. again. So far, so good. However, all that aside I'm glad to be living in "flyover country." The terrorists want more "bang" for their "bang" than will be the case here.

Weird thought. Will the price of real estate in flyover country start going up? If Al Quada attacks big cities again, people might start slowly trickling out to rural areas, feeling, logically so, that they are safer from an attack due to their lack of signifigance.

42 posted on 05/20/2003 11:13:24 AM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: dogbyte12
Unconfirmed reports just from FR folks have 2 Islamokazis arrested in the US planning bad stuff the past few days...
43 posted on 05/20/2003 11:13:42 AM PDT by ewing
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To: ewing
FNC now alerting that 3 Al Queda have been caught in Jedda, SA.

/Too lazy to post.

44 posted on 05/20/2003 11:15:41 AM PDT by Normal4me
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To: xkaydet65
I would not be surprised if threat level jumped from yellow to red.

Neither would I.

From the above CNN story:

One official called the intelligence "reasonably spooky stuff."

Is it not strange to hear an official calling a serious threat "spooky"?

45 posted on 05/20/2003 11:15:42 AM PDT by Nexus
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To: MizSterious
Notice this came soon after the Dem Candidates recent attack on Bush so for their called 'failure' to fight terrorism. Since there have been no attacks here since 9/11, all they can do is hype the threat and every liberal rag media source will flame it.
46 posted on 05/20/2003 11:15:54 AM PDT by m1-lightning (Gephardt's fortunate millionaires are the ones that sue manufacturers for a living.)
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To: dogbyte12; marron
"One official called the intelligence "reasonably spooky stuff."

Perhaps intel is monitoring religion lectures in Saudi Arabian high schools?

47 posted on 05/20/2003 11:16:11 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: Nexus
I noticed that also.

These NSA/CIA guys see a lot of raw 'hot' intel, anything they categorize as 'sufficiently spooky' is probably freak out time for the breaking news crowd at FR

48 posted on 05/20/2003 11:17:34 AM PDT by ewing
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To: MizSterious
There's nothing "I" can do, except pray for divine internvention.

Ahem. There's plenty that ordinary people can do to help secure America, even just on evenings and weekends... Examples follow.

Citizen Corps

Amateur Radio Emergency Communications

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

Civil Air Patrol

49 posted on 05/20/2003 11:18:14 AM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: dogbyte12
"there is chatter, a high level of chatter.”


50 posted on 05/20/2003 11:22:10 AM PDT by Gasshog (eyes open, mouth too! tough!)
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To: areafiftyone

51 posted on 05/20/2003 11:24:52 AM PDT by freedomson (Baruch haba b'shem Adonai!)
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To: BluH2o
"Perhaps Chicago, my feeling is that NY and Washington will be avoided as security is tight. My guess is the terror cells will be looking for the easy hit ... Boston, Denver, Miami, San Francisco, etc."

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.

52 posted on 05/20/2003 11:25:05 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: freedomson
LOL - What a perfect painting!
53 posted on 05/20/2003 11:26:30 AM PDT by areafiftyone (The U.N. needs a good Flush!)
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To: Chemist_Geek
Not everyone can take part in the activities you've listed for various reasons--living miles from anywhere might be one, not living on a coastline might be another, health might be still another. Even if everyone could (and did), it should be noted that it wouldn't entirely protect our country from those intent on doing harm. Prayer is a perfectly good alternative.
54 posted on 05/20/2003 11:27:02 AM PDT by MizSterious (Support whirled peas!)
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To: Shermy
Perhaps intel is monitoring religion lectures in Saudi Arabian high schools?

As anyone (maybe even the Feds) seen any Arabic calendars for May?? I'm sure a lot of you remember the infamous calendar from Sept 2001 with an airliner headed for the heart of Manhattan.

55 posted on 05/20/2003 11:28:44 AM PDT by caa26
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To: dogbyte12
Perhaps a good reply to another 9-11 type attack in the US by Islamic radicals would be a 20 megaton air burst with the Kabba in Mecca as ground zero. Followed shortly there after by a similar bomb on Tehran.
56 posted on 05/20/2003 11:28:45 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: Shermy
Perhaps intel is monitoring religion lectures in Saudi Arabian high schools?

As anyone (maybe even the Feds) seen any Arabic calendars for May?? I'm sure a lot of you remember the infamous calendar from Sept 2001 with an airliner headed for the heart of Manhattan.

57 posted on 05/20/2003 11:28:45 AM PDT by caa26
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To: joebuck
I remember people really were afraid for the Indy500 last year. You're right, that would be a prime target...
58 posted on 05/20/2003 11:28:45 AM PDT by Charlie OK
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To: Charlie OK
I remember people really were afraid for the Indy500 last year. You're right, that would be a prime target

especially since GHW Bush and BJ Clinton are both supposed to be there.

59 posted on 05/20/2003 11:32:58 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Free Miguel and Priscilla!)
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To: ken5050
Ships sitting at anchor or tied up to docks are inviting targets. I hope that the Navy has machine guns mounted at strategic points and the AA ready.
60 posted on 05/20/2003 11:34:12 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.If we are incai)
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