Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles (thread 2) Daily Terror Threat

DEBKA ^ | 11/03/03

[Mossad1967]

Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles

Link to Thread #1

[JustPiper]

CNN Alerts

Sea piracy hits record high
01/28/04 00:01 AM, EST

Record levels of piracy and violence has forced the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) to demand greater government protection and single out Indonesia as the nation with the world's most dangerous waters.


9/11 commission hears flight attendant's phone call
01/26/04

The flight attendant's voice was calm and composed, but her telephoned words to the American Airlines operations center the morning of September 11, 2001, were chilling.

[JustPiper]

OBL?

[JustPiper]

They threatened Al=Jazz if they didn't show 'all' of the tape...they did not and....

[JustPiper]

And here you are! Glad your back up!!!

[JustPiper]

We are out of chitchat and back in the news so chat should probably be in private mail...dunno...and speculations, rumors etc pfffffft

[JustPiper]

First a guard shoots himself but doesn't because he was unarmed and now another truck attempt no,no,no Houston be alert!!! This is about the 3rd-4th story in a week that just doesn't sit right!

[JustPiper]

Although rumors are flying all over the Internet that 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden has been captured, self-professed al Qaida operative Daleel Almojahid says that is not the truth.

Interesting...all 'over' the internet

[JustPiper]

Almojahid (who in some circles is practically becoming an internet legend)

And I believe this is all this kid was after!

Responding to a request for information as to whether that was in fact true, Almojahid said "Yes ... and it has been already figured out by the home land security team two years ago. But the codes in the images can't be broken. They are useless if you don't have the other breaker code.

In thread one this was used often as the basis for DaDa's dependability, well...

V thank you for hunting this down!

[JustPiper]

Your a mighty knowledgable guy -g-

[brucecw]

Please tell me what would be good indoors for cooking and keeping warm?

Personally I'd prefer a wood stove. :-) However that does require quite a bit of work to install properly, and isn't something that most people should attempt themselves.

Cooking indoors is problematic if you don't have a gas range or wood cookstove - probably the best thing to use would be a propane stove. However I'd recommend taking it outside to be safe especially if you're cooking anything that takes more than a few minutes.

Do not use a gas range or propane stove to heat your house - they don't produce nearly as much CO as some other sources of heat like a charcoal grill or even a kerosene heater, but they do produce some and it's not anything to play around with. A traditional fireplace is not very efficient at heating your house unless you have one of the metal stove inserts that are available - otherwise you can easily wind up with a net loss of heat. You're also potentially more vulnerable to the CO produced in the fireplace than you would be from a properly installed wood stove. (The problem is that any one source of CO may not produce that much but it can add up if you have several sources like candles or lamps, a couple of heaters, a camp stove, etc, etc. The danger gets much worse in a power outage situation because people often run several of these at once rather than just the "romantic" fire in the fireplace that you might have in normal times).

If you have nothing else, the best choice for getting some heat is to use one of the propane-fueled catalytic heaters - these produce much less CO than an open-flame propane stove. Even that will probably produce a little however, so you should make sure that you have at least a little ventilation and not run it more than it's necessary, and not unattended.

The advantages of the propane camp stoves and catalytic heaters are that:

• The propane stoves are relatively idiot-proof compared to dual-fuel stoves (which run off of gasoline or other liquid fuels). It's easy to spill the fuel when you're refueling a dual-fuel stove, and/or if the unit gets tipped over you might have a dangerous fuel spill. With a propane stove this isn't possible though of course if you tip it over while it's running you might have a fire hazard. :-)
• Both the propane and the dual-fuel stoves are relatively inexpensive compared to some other solutions - under $100, as are the catalytic heaters.
• Both propane and dual-fuel stoves use relatively inexpensive fuel. But in a true emergency situation who knows; you might be able to get fuel for a duel-fuel stove a bit easier in an extended emergency since it would be needed for cars etc and requires perhaps slightly less local "infrastructure" than does propane. But note that in a power outage situation, you can't pump gas. So in the initial phase of an emergency it might be easier to get the propane but once the local stock of cannisters was exhausted and sufficent power restored to at least some gas pumps to pump the gas, the gas would become more available than the propane. The issue here is that the production of propane containers is currently geared to campers and RV's, not to everyday living. It would take considerable time for that to catch up with a changed reality.

The primary advantages of the dual-fuel stoves compared to propane would be the possible greater availability of fuel sources in an emergency, and that the fuel storage is perhaps slightly less fraught than it can be if one of your propane cannisters leaks.

Also never run anything like this unattended - camp stove, catalytic heater, etc. That's another big advantage of a properly vented wood stove - since there's little CO output into the house, and no open flame, it's pretty safe to let it continue to burn while you go to sleep. They aren't particularly cheap however, especially when you consider the cost of installation and maintenance.

Reading this I suppose I sound like one of the Y2K survivalists. LOL. Actually I was never extremely worried about Y2K since I do work in the computer industry and knew the amount of effort that had gone into trying to ease the transition. Some of my work has also been with power companies so I knew what their computer situations looked like and wasn't particularly worried that there was a great danger there. However all of this can be of great practical benefit in the aftermath of a hurricane - it can easily be a couple of weeks before power is restored. And yes, we've had to rely on some of this in the past in such weather related emergencies so it isn't just speculation.

[Cindy]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/04/sb/2374662

Jan. 28, 2004, 12:33AM


"Big game comes with security blanket"

"Checkpoints await ticket holders before they can enter stadium"
By RICHARD JUSTICE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Enthusiasm will be a welcome commodity Sunday at Reliant Stadium for Super Bowl XXXVIII. Patience might be a good thing to bring along as well.

As for some of the other items that normally go along with a day at the stadium, even one as momentous as the Patriots-Panthers game for the Lombardi Trophy ... not a good idea.

As part of Reliant Stadium's expanded security system, which debuted with Tuesday's Media Day, fans attending Sunday's game will be cleared through one of 90 metal detectors before entering the chain-link enclosure that now encircles Reliant Park.

That means extra waits, and it also means that fireworks, camcorders, umbrellas, laser lights, containers, backpacks, noisemakers and bottles will not be allowed into the stadium. Fans also will be checked through multiple screening points before reaching their seats.

Cell phones will be allowed, but they will be examined."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066654/posts

"Pakistanis Exploited Nuclear Network"
The Washington Post ^ | January 28, 2004 | Kamran Khan


Posted on 01/28/2004 1:05:00 AM PST by neverdem


"Iran, Libya Aided Via Black Market, Investigation Finds"

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1063815/posts

"Musharraf Says Appears Scientists Sold Secrets"
Reuters ^ | January 23 2004


Posted on 01/23/2004 9:13:50 AM PST by knighthawk


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday it appeared Pakistani scientists had sold nuclear secrets abroad, but reiterated Islamabad's position that there had been no official involvement. Pakistan says it began questioning its nuclear scientists, including the father of its atomic bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan, after the U.N. nuclear agency began investigating possible links between the Pakistani and Iranian nuclear programs."

[Cindy]

stepping back in time...


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/556894/posts

"US wakes up to Osama's nuke dreams"
the times of India | 10/26/01


Posted on 10/26/2001 12:51:57 AM PDT by alithia


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "US wakes up to Osama's nuke dreams CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA TIMES NEWS NETWORK ASHINGTON: Alarm bells are clanging in the US and other western establishments over reports that Osama Bin Laden may have acquired or developed crude atom bombs with help from renegade Pakistani nuclear scientists. Accounts of Bin Laden's pursuit of nuclear weapons has been in the air for some time, but they acquired an added urgency this week following the arrest in Islamabad of two retired Pakistani nuclear scientists whose activities in Afghanistan were being scrutinised by western intelligence agencies. The scientists were reportedly taken into custody for questioning by Pakistani authorities at Washington's behest."

[JustPiper]

Good question knak, I thought what a weird AP announcement and nothing else?

[JustPiper]

They are well aware that loose lips sinks ships.

But doesn't the very posting of this apply to loose lips also?

[JustPiper]

Saad bin Laden is more believable a catch

[JustPiper]

Peculiar isn't that? AP again with the weird headliner -g-

[Cindy]

Yep.

[Cindy]

http://www.wtop.com

Not weird --- storms