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Fuel Truck Highjack Stopped
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Posted on 02/13/2002 10:23:12 AM PST by Patriot

Fox News is reporting that a semi-fuel truck was attempted to be highjacked in North Carolina this afternoon by 2 middle eastern men. Developing......


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To: tallhappy
There's that New Jersey again. They seem to be set up there and travel the east corridor between there and Florida.

Galveston Man Shoots Girlfriend for saying "New Jersey"

201 posted on 02/13/2002 1:00:00 PM PST by lepton
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To: Publius6961
"And the courts will believe them, and release them!"

And update their VISAS. Can't be having them inconvenienced too much, They might sue.

203 posted on 02/13/2002 1:07:22 PM PST by sweetliberty
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To: FreeAtlanta
" It doesn't seem that anyone is linking them. (the kid in the airplane who had a Syrian dad, the greyhound bus in Tennessee, the driver license incident in Tennessee, the shooting at that college, etc.)"

There was just another incident reported in Memphis, Tennessee this afternoon. I didn't catch but a little of the report. It was on Fox so maybe somebody else saw it. There was a woman found dead and I think her car had caught fire in the garage (I could be wrong) and it was possible that she had some connection to the 9/11 terrorists.

204 posted on 02/13/2002 1:12:15 PM PST by sweetliberty
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To: East Bay Patriot
You sound like a friggin liberal. It's scary to see what a little fear can do to the mind of someone who probably considers themselves a conservative or at the least, a libertarian. You become afraid, and suddenly you go changing the laws of the country willy-nilly to attempt to eliminate the slim possibility that you will be done in by those you fear.

The same arguments you are making can apply to gun control in a sense. Ooh jeez there are bad people with guns (Islam) in America. Guns (Islam) are ruining our society. So let's make sure that nobody in our country has guns (Islam).

This is a total overreaction that I would expect from paranoid schizophrenic members of a totalitarian state.

An individual commits crimes. You imprison him after the fact. If you can detect hints of his specific criminal activity before the fact, you detain him for questioning and/or charge him with lesser offenses. If he is not a legal member of our society you deport him.

If, in America, ten blacks rob banks in the same week, you do NOT run around willy-nilly bringing all blacks in for questioning. If a prominent leader of blacks advocates bank robbery, you track down and question any of his followers who act like they are preparing to commit bank robberies. You DON'T imprison all blacks.

Perhaps the most ignorant statement you make in your diatribe is that all Islamic nations have persecuted and murdered members of their nation and neighboring nations. Hey, wake up call, so have we and so has every other nation in the world. We're not doing it so much now because we're becoming civilized. Some Islamic nations are relatively uncivilized and thus are still capable of more heinous acts than our own. However, take a look at Mr. Milosevic to see what non-Muslims are capable of. It's not an Islam thing exclusively, it's a jackass thing.

Nobody here thinks we should let foreign cultures "take over" our own. Just like dozens of nationalities have contributed to what's great about this country, so have some Muslims and Middle Easterners. Why fear their culture more than Irish or Catholic or Jewish or Chinese?

I'll tell you what, if you ever show me a poll that states clearly that 20% of all Muslims in America think that American civilians should be killed indiscriminately in jihad, then I'll listen. Until then, you're a crackpot for claiming that "millions of Americans" are going to die at the hands of Middle Easterners who entered this country legally. You may love your country, but you don't seem to have the least idea what principles it stands for.

206 posted on 02/13/2002 1:18:33 PM PST by tgiles
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To: ctdonath2
some sanity, my friend. thanks :)

you up for the Buffalo FReep of XXX-42 Clinton? also I have a couple of CD's for you, we should meet up later this week or next if your schedule permits.

207 posted on 02/13/2002 1:22:43 PM PST by Benson_Carter
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To: sanchmo
How speciesist !!
Anthropocentricity rules! Nuke the whales!
208 posted on 02/13/2002 1:23:25 PM PST by eastsider
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To: Benson_Carter;ctdonath2;tgiles
Gentlemen, thank you kindly for your sanity.

I've gotten to the point where I mostly avoid the "Let's exterminate all Muslims" threads.

209 posted on 02/13/2002 1:26:56 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: tgiles
If, in America, ten blacks rob banks in the same week, you do NOT run around willy-nilly bringing all blacks in for questioning

No you don't, but perhaps if blacks were trying to use vehecles such as planes and trucks as weapons to kill thousands of people it might not be a bad idea to at least be on the lookout for anything suspiscious. Profiling at Airports may not be a bad idea either.

The comparison between stealing cars and what these terrorists want to do to us was a little off don't you think?

210 posted on 02/13/2002 1:34:05 PM PST by Mixer
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To: Simcha7
One must "wonder" How on Earth did these people get into our: Country, State and Communities?

I think it has to do with our natural good will. We like to see people come to our country and start a new life and prosper and succeed and many often make great contributions in various fields.

The bad guys themselves know this and talk about it explicitly. They can use our good nature and generosity.

211 posted on 02/13/2002 1:34:26 PM PST by tallhappy
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To: Mixer
Damn straight dude, I think there's room for some profiling in this mix, and a lot of watching and interviewing of those who fit the bill, but that cat is talkin about deportation and internment, which is straight up wack.
212 posted on 02/13/2002 1:37:00 PM PST by tgiles
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To: Poohbah
you and me both, brother... LIKE THE FRIGGIN PLAUGE!!!

what country is this again?

213 posted on 02/13/2002 1:38:40 PM PST by Benson_Carter
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To: tgiles
"watching and interviewing of those who fit the bill, but that cat is talkin about deportation and internment, which is straight up wack"

yeah, I'll second that one... everyone keep their eyes and ears open, but don't bust Achmed's chops down at the 7-11 until he starts actin' loopy.

214 posted on 02/13/2002 1:41:43 PM PST by Benson_Carter
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To: tgiles
but that cat is talkin about deportation and internment, which is straight up wack.

Deport those here illegaly before they get the chance to do something bad to our country. Otherwise I agree with you 100%

215 posted on 02/13/2002 1:45:08 PM PST by Mixer
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To: ctdonath2
The first bunch of muslims who should be pitched out of the US on their ear are the 6,500 or so who are here illegally, and already have final deportation orders (in accord with US law) issued against them. It is not "punishing" someone to say "You broke our laws. Now you must leave."

Maybe only 2% of this group are terrorists. That still leaves six times the number it took to engineer the destruction of the Towers. And the balance of this group are already criminals. The INS, in its pre-9/11 wisdom, gave them all pieces of paper that said "Please come to court" as if they were parking tickets, or minor traffic violations.

And, the next attack when (not if) it comes, and is successful, will probably kill many times the victims of 9/11.

Every nation, including the US, has the absolute right to throw out any aliens who are in their territory illegally. This is part of the very meaning of being a nation. If you want to argue that is morally wrong, you are a fool. If you want to argue that is either illegal or unconstitutional, you are a fool. If you want to argue, contrary to common sense, that should not be done, you are a fool.

Unfortunately, nuclear or biological attacks kill conpetent Americans and fools alike. So, it is necessary that thinking Americans protect the likes of you, as they protect themselves. And you have the First Amendment right to say whatever you wish, however wrong or foolish. (A right, I add, that I am in the front lines defending.)

So, post away. Not only are you foolish, you are irrelevant.

Songressman Billybob

216 posted on 02/13/2002 1:52:48 PM PST by Congressman Billybob
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To: tgiles
Damn straight dude, I think there's room for some profiling in this mix, and a lot of watching and interviewing of those who fit the bill, but that cat is talkin about deportation and internment, which is straight up wack.

212 posted on 2/13/02 2:37 PM Pacific by tgiles


For those of you who are in love with open borders and a society with no consequences for those who break our laws, here is a flashback to a great post by Orion.  If after reading this, you are able to tell me that Profiling is not necessary, as was needed when a rogue Secret Service agent was prevented from boarding a flight armed!!

The same procedures are what may prevent these 2 MESA types from crashing a fully laden fuel tanker into some fixed location.

FresnoDA (straight up wack)


NEWSFLASH - WASHINGTON (AP) - Flight Deck voice recorders from an American Airlines flight destined for Dallas/Ft Worth have been recovered, and sources tell of a conversation between the captain and the boarding agent.

The captain was overheard saying that he was nervous about a passenger who had inconsistent paperwork, a bad attitude, a firearm, was a Muslim, and of Mid-East descent. The pilot wanted the person, posing as a US Secret Service agent, removed from the flight, but was told that everything was OK, and the legal department did not want to "risk a racial episode."

Shortly after takeoff from Baltimore/Washington, the American Airlines MD-80 aircraft was hijacked by the armed Arab and crashed into the US Capitol, killing all 120 on board and over 300 on the ground. The flight crew could not overpower the armed passenger because they are prohibited from carrying firearms to defend the aircraft.

American Airlines had two of its aircraft hijacked in a similar manner on September 11, and nearly had one of its aircraft blown out of the sky by another Muslim terrorist on December 21.

President Bush said, "...racial profiling can not be tolerated, and if this is the price we pay to ensure equality of life for everyone - including our enemies, then I believe the American people are willing to pay it."

Shares of AMR Corporation closed down 78%.

160 posted on 1/3/02 9:17 PM Pacific by Orion


217 posted on 02/13/2002 1:55:59 PM PST by FresnoDA
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To: Patriot
Has this report been corroborated yet? I'm beginning to think that the truck driver thought he was attempted to be hijacked. Maybe the terror alert clouded his judgement. Everyone needs to remain vigilant, especially considering the two men arrested outside the Pentagon.
218 posted on 02/13/2002 1:56:10 PM PST by caa26
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To: Yehuda
I keep Manzanar very much in mind. That was the title of my second book, about the unconstitutional imprisonment of Japanese-Americans there and at nine other prison camps. Those who compare that to dumping the muslims now are full of it to their eyebrows.

Not one of the imprisoned Japanese-Americans (most of whom were citizens here) was ever convicted of committing any crime. ALL of the 6,500 muslims who are here illegally and have deportation orders already signed, have been individually been convicted of a crime and are currently subject to arrest and deportation.

Congressman Billybob

219 posted on 02/13/2002 1:57:32 PM PST by Congressman Billybob
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To: Steve_Seattle
And I have to deal with moronic truck drivers all the time. If I was a cop and saw a semi tailgating a small passenger car driving at the speed limit- as I see all the time - I'd pull them over and throw the book at them.

I just hope you're not one of those retards who like to get in front of trucks and then SLOW DOWN. Please never do it going down a hill. Then again.....
some truck drivers don't have a lick of sense, either. They think they're driving their freakin' pickup truck.

220 posted on 02/13/2002 2:05:59 PM PST by babaloo999
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