[Lunatic Fringe]

NO mention in this story whatsoever of the recent arrests in Canada!

[Lunatic Fringe]

[maestro]

Everyone a target except the U.N., France, and Germany!

/sarcasm

[ElkGroveDan]

Here are a couple of them disguised as average Canadians:

[bitcon]

Ya last I heard they arrested 21 and realeased 2. I wouldn't be surprised. A week after 9/11 i went to LAX from YVR (Vancouver International Airport), I walked through the metal detectors and beeped, then told the guy that I had money in my pocket and that's all I had. He said OK and let me go without searching me. Compare this to when I flew from SEA to Reagan in Aug 02. I beeped so they pulled me aside and frisked me, emptied my pockets, removed my shoes questioned me then did it again at the gate and searched my bag. 100 miles apart and 2 totally different worlds.

[rickmichaels]

U.S. officials have been working with Canada over the past month to ensure it is improving screening and other security measures.

The "R" word guaran-damn-tees any and all rabble and/or assorted motley crewmembers entry into Canada. Once here, they disappear. Real good security from north of the border, eh? The senile fool known as Jean Cretin doesn't give a rat's ass as long as they vote Liberal. 02/04 can't come soon enough.

[Mo1]

One government official noted, however, the United States has no authority to require security measures of non-U.S. carriers whose flights originate outside the United States.

Ummmm .. we can deny air space for Canada to fly

[blam]

"The advisory includes a laundry list of possible attack scenarios, and says al Qaeda may be researching how to disseminate diseases and toxins by contaminating water and food, or aerosolizing an agent in an enclosed space."

If they succeed in any of these attacks, I predict a military draft and than we'll march WW2 style through all the countries in the Middle East.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"The advisory includes a laundry list of possible attack scenarios,..."

Another mass CYA advisory...............

[joyful1]

Racial profile all Arabs. It's cheap and effective.

Oh, I forgot, that would be politically incorrect. How silly of me to suggest something that is PC.

[battousai]

And what about Mexico? I would think security there is probably a hundredfold worse than it is up here in Canukistan.

[JamminJAY]

Hummm.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976191/posts

[JamminJAY]

Hummm.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/976195/posts?page=1

[shaggy eel]

One government official noted, however, the United States has no authority to require security measures of non-U.S. carriers whose flights originate outside the United States.

,,, I'm in New Zealand. We're having to comply with new maritime security requirements for container and freight dispatches or else we don't get to trade with the US. We're already meeting stringent security requirements for outbound flights, this should be standard for any carrier from any origin.

[Thane_Banquo]

A Department of Homeland Security official said most of the flights fitting this description originate in Canada, and that U.S. officials have been working with Canada over the past month to ensure it is improving screening and other security measures.

Well, they have a lot of work to do. I recently took a flight out of Vancouver, B.C. to Salt Lake City. As I walked out of customs and into security, they stopped me and searched my 13 year old sister's bag. No big deal, but they also let 2 Middle Eastern-looking males right through. I was thinking, "You screen me, a caucasian male with an English name, but you let Mohammed and Osama over there right through?"

[GOPJ]

bump

[John_11_25]

There goes the Canadian airline industry and the economy.

Tourist or Businessmen are going to think twice before travelling to Canada.

I hope the US have good info. before sending these type of warnings, as if lay offs come, they will be at the airports, so even less security than there is already.

Talk about Blow Back.

[SauronOfMordor]

Would international flights between, say, Mexico and Europe pass thru US airspace? Looking at my globe, the shortest flight path between Mexico City and London passes right over Washington DC and NYC