Posted on 10/26/2001 7:40:05 AM PDT by Lurker
My guess this is how Bill and Hitlery expect to get back into power. Obstruct the war effort, and say it's domestic enemies, and not the sainted muslims. Forget about the dead from the plane attacks, and the anthrax, and start drawing analogies to Vietnam. Say that the rags have some "justifiable" grievances, and we can't win without our fragile islamic "coalition".
The goal is to make Bush a one-term president, even if it means continued terrorism in this country. The democRATs long ago learned to not only live with crime (their elite always well-protected by the taxpayer), but use it to strengthen their grip on power. They would have no problem "looking the other way" at endemic terrorism in this country, since it would give them the excuse to inflict draconian restrictions on our freedom in the name of "fighting terrorism".
My greatest fear is that there are plenty of Republicans eager to go along with it, as long as they're promised a few crumbs from the democRATs. We're already being bombarded daily with Politcial Correctness, telling us why we have to be nice to the enemies in our midst.
Suspicious men seen on Squaw Peak trail
By Judi Villa
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 24, 2001
The Squaw Peak Hiking Association is urging members to avoid the mountain's Summit Trail because two groups of Middle Eastern-looking men were seen there with "heavy, identical orange backpacks."
"While the contents of these heavy backpacks are not known, what is worrisome is that they could contain hazardous agents, explosives or firearms, should the owners have bad intentions to those on the mountain," the group said in a news release.
However, FBI spokesman Ed Hall said there is no evidence to suggest that the mountain would be a terrorist target.
"I have no information of anything that would keep somebody from hiking Squaw Peak," Hall said Tuesday.
Muslim community members liken the group's warning to racial profiling and say it's fueled by paranoia, not logic.
"There is no reason for anybody when they see a Middle Easterner here or there to panic," said Ihsan Saadeddin, spokesman for the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix. "There are 8 million Middle Easterners in this country, and they cannot be treated like this."
The hikers group says it has received "six independent reports of suspicious activity"; three were reported to authorities. An e-mail sent to members says two of the men drew suspicion by singing in Arabic at 4 a.m. and raising their fists in the air.
[Comment: these guys can't be oblivious to current events. Given the current climate, is this a very smart thing to do, even if their intentions are benign?]
The group is asking for a police presence on the mountain.
"It's good for people to be cautious and to be alert and to report suspicious things," said Marwan Ahmad, publisher of Arizona Muslim Voice, "but if this group of men was Caucasian, doing the same and carrying the same backpacks, would there be a press release?"
In-f#ck%ng-credible. So this guy runs the Pakistan nuclear program until he retires, openly visits Afghanistan, and openly supports the Taliban, and they wait until ater he retires to arrest him.
Who can guess, at this point which or what kind of nuclear devices & material bin Laden may have? Heck, he's probably got a selection to choose from...
Mark W.
I'd have done it! You guys are all too fast for me! (Thanks for the good find, and thanks for doing the linking...)
Doesn't the World Series start in Phoenix tomorrow?!
(Now that Mark Grace has finally got there, I'd hate to see him vaporized...)
Mark W.
A radiological bomb is different from a nuke in that it uses conventional explosives to scatter radioactive dust over a wide area. If you exit the area quickly, shower, and toss the clothes you will probably be all right, but the real esate will be contaminated and unusable for years
Could they be put in backpacks?
How are they checking that botulism isnt going to be put in the food at the baseball game?
Does any one think that the Tom-Toms,Ridge and Thompson,will be able to do much of anything when the serious stuff really hits?
--Boris
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