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PICTURE OF NIAGARA FALLS APPEARS ON AL-QAEDA WEBSITE
http://www.wgrz.com/storyfull.asp?id=17883 ^
| 12/09/2003
| WGRZ Buffalo
Posted on 12/09/2003 12:19:33 PM PST by tmp02
The Buffalo branch of the F.B.I. confirms the news with Channel 2: that they are aware of a known Al-Qaeda website that posted a picture of Niagara Falls. A picture that was taken at night from high above, facing the American side of Niagara Falls.
NBC News is reporting that the F.B.I. is concerned about the picture, and the fact that a picture of Niagara Falls was posted on a known Al-Qaeda website.
The web address of that Al-Qaeda website is based somewhere in the United Kingdom, and is no longer an active Internet link.
Channel 2 News tried logging on to that website, but an error page popped up every time.
According to NBC News, there are pictures of known hijackers and familiar Al-Qaeda images on the website.
There were a number of different image files on that Al-Qaeda website, including the following file names:
Atta Group.
Flight 11 Seating.
Department of Mayhem.
Surprise.
Bin Laden.
And the one file name that is causing concern within the FBI here at home:
NiagraFallsatnight,Canada.jpg, with the file name not adding the letter a to correctly spell Niagara.
According to NBC News, the F.B.I. is troubled by the addition of the Niagara Falls picture on the known Al-Qaeda website, and that the F.B.I. is studying the image for any potential secret messages embedded in the photo, who posted it, and why?
I doubt very much that Al-Qaeda is carrying out tourist trips to Niagara Falls. The odds are much more likely that it is the subject of potential targeting for Al-Qaeda, said NBC News Terrorism Analyst Steve Emerson.
Channel 2 News did talk to Buffalo F.B.I. Spokesman Paul Moskal about our story. He released this statement:
Nationally and internationally, the F.B.I. has not received any information indicating any person, group, or location within any area in Western New York, that is being targeted by Al-Qaeda, said Moskal in his statement.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; niagara; niagra
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To: Dog
In the sky there is a picture of Satan. Two eyes, a beard and horns on the top of the face.
To: Dog
NIN says there is a new tape that is due to surface just after an "imminent major attack."
162
posted on
12/09/2003 5:38:26 PM PST
by
mhking
To: commish
Well let's be sure to broadcast it all around the world, just in case any terrorists didn't already know about it.
163
posted on
12/09/2003 5:41:36 PM PST
by
BagCamAddict
(What's the difference between a pro-Freedom Iraqi and a Saddam-Loyalist Iraqi? About 40 pounds.)
To: BenLurkin
It could all be in code. Niagara Falls might really mean Portland, Oregon, or San Diego.
To: mhking
That has been rumored for awhile now........hmmmm.
Is this being reported anywhere else?
165
posted on
12/09/2003 5:42:11 PM PST
by
Dog
(George W. Bush - - - -" Avenger of the Bones..")
To: white trash redneck
Sombody needs to get the government to de classify Tesla's secret weapons papers and go after Al Quaeda with them!
166
posted on
12/09/2003 5:43:57 PM PST
by
winker
To: Cultural Jihad
Your correct that photo could mean anything.....AQ is known to bury text/message in the photo..
167
posted on
12/09/2003 5:45:23 PM PST
by
Dog
(George W. Bush - - - -" Avenger of the Bones..")
To: CyberAnt
I have close family in upstate NY .. this concerns me very much. Small world.
My father's side of the family resides in Niagara Falls NY. He (my father) got out of there after high school...got into the Navy, and ended up in the Chicago (Great Lakes Naval base), met my mother, got married...etc, etc. In a way, I'm indebited to the economicly depressed area (and crappy American-side tourist attractions...the Canadian side is much nicer) of Niagara Falls NY for my very existance LOL!
168
posted on
12/09/2003 5:49:05 PM PST
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(if we're not going to act like a constitutional republic...lets be the best empire we can be...)
To: Dog
I wouldn't rule out some disinformation campaign, too, on our part.
To: Thinkin' Gal
What if that's what it means, simply the American falls, i.e. code for an assassination of "the" American? Remember the Nittany Lion vandalism thread several weeks ago (I'll look it up shortly)? Basically something like "Bush dies 12/10/03" scrawled on the Lion Shrine? Well, that's tomorrow all of sudden.
170
posted on
12/09/2003 5:53:42 PM PST
by
LikeLight
( ___________________________________ it's a line)
To: LikeLight
171
posted on
12/09/2003 5:56:09 PM PST
by
LikeLight
( ___________________________________ it's a line)
To: LikeLight; mhking
Did anyone get a capture of this photo of the Falls that was posted on the AQ web site?
172
posted on
12/09/2003 5:59:05 PM PST
by
Dog
(George W. Bush - - - -" Avenger of the Bones..")
To: Cultural Jihad
Yes.
173
posted on
12/09/2003 6:00:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: The KG9 Kid
Susquahanna Hat Company???
To: HamiltonJay
Not really, its a blackout.. just had one not long ago... if a temporary black out is best they got.... they are gnats. If they get those tunnels or just the raceways into to the generators, it won't be what I would call temporary. The tunnels would be the worst, but they are probably a pretty "hard" target, both security and physically speaking.
175
posted on
12/09/2003 6:11:49 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: Calpernia; Mossad1967
I don't think any seriously dangerous information or codes will be passed by subliminal or hidden writing on the pic itself.... it's just too easy to bury a file completely within it using a stego program. Plus you can password protect the stego process itself AND heavily encrypt the hidden message inside.
IMHO, that will be how they pass any important information regarding plans for attack.
176
posted on
12/09/2003 6:15:33 PM PST
by
Tamzee
(Pennsylvanians for Bush! Join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PA4BushCheney/)
To: HamiltonJay
9/11/2001 happened because the west allowed a network to grow unchecked in places like Afghanistan they could set up bases and coordinate troops and movements and plans... that doesn't exist anymore... there is no coordinated effort or attack.... when terrorists are pressured by states all they have is uncoordinated attacks... Hmm, wasn't most of the planing done in Germany? Overall coordination came from OBL in Afghanistan, but he could just as well have been in a cave in the "Northwest Frontier" provinces of Pakistan, or a coffee house in Bavaria or France, the latter was the place where Khomeni schemed to take over Iran back in the days of the Peanut President.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:17:23 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: Tamsey
Makes sense. Thanks. That is one thing I hate about not knowing this type of language. I can't recognize scribble or pixel errors from letters/symbols.
178
posted on
12/09/2003 6:18:49 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: white trash redneck
BIG power generation station. I am afraid they might try to ground it out and electrocute all the fish in the lake.
179
posted on
12/09/2003 6:18:53 PM PST
by
steve86
To: Born in a Rage
Last week, there was a story about 'new' video footage of the towers being struck which was loaded onto a terrorist website. The video was previously only known to the FBI - how did AQ get a hold of it? I thought the theory was that they shot it. One of their compatriots that is, since they are now complaining to Allah about the lack of virgins. Or being tormented for all eternity by 72 Virginians, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, etc, etc., plus perhaps one eceedingly PO'd Pennsylvanian named Ben.
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posted on
12/09/2003 6:23:39 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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