Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Eight

CNN ^ | 5-17-04 | Various

[JustPiper]

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I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"

LINK TO THREAD SEVEN

BREAKING NEWS

Iraqi governing council leader among those killed by Baghdad car bomb, Iraqi officials say. Details soon.

Breaking News Alert BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. military colonel says four Iraqis killed, two U.S. soldiers injured, in car bomb at entrance to coalition headquarters in Baghdad.

[BurbankKarl]

It is a $250 fine to take pictures on the LA MTA subway and Metrolink platforms....unless you have written permission. They catch people on the Red Line all the time, since they have cameras all over the place.

While falling asleep sometimes I listen to Universal CityWalk on my scanner. It seems that whole complex is wired for video, as they know where people they are trying to detain are headed. Whether it is a fight or having sex in the parking garage, etc....they tape it, then arrest the people using LASD Sheriffs.

[knak]

I wish we could search too. I posted one today (maybe more) that had already been posted (sorry). I start reading backwards and find stuff in my other windows and I just gotta do it!

[freeperfromnj]

Was it wired to anything?

I don't know. But it makes me highly suspicious about the rocket launcher found near the tracks in Atlanta. May be more to that story as well.

[freeperfromnj]

Of course there's no sign terrorism. That's why they just issued the warning for trains. Think we'll be at orange for Memorial Day weekend?

[WestCoastGal]

I know I have done that very same thing. If I had the time I would read backwards then forwards~~~~~whoa I'm getting dizzy!! Maybe someday if we succeed in our mission Jim will reward us with search. Probably not, others would get ticked off I bet.

[BurbankKarl]

it was a wireless device..... you could just have someone place a knapsack 100 yards down the line near the tracks, the train trips the wireless device, the knapsack blows up, the track in broken, you derail the train before they have time to stop.....

you dont want to break a rail prior to the train arriving because the signals will all turn red. (there is a small current that runs through rails on most territories...if the current is interrupted, the signals all go red)

[freeperfromnj]

So do you think could have been plotted and planted by someone with some type of engineering background?

[knak]

probably so

[Cindy]

Ditto to your entire post.

[Velveeta]

At least now I feel someone is paying attention to all these odd happenings going on.

All the dots we've been connecting have just ended up on an FBI bulletin. We know that NEIN site and Jill's site are closely monitored by LE. And us TMers have just been proven to be pretty good dot connectors, too.

In some small way, I think we're making a difference. Hugs and prayers for you all.

[JustPiper]

I am worried about Whooping Cough in Lake County, Ill(9 cases)

When I did searches on Yahoo and Google here and New Zealand and several countries I saw there is cause for alarm all over

Missouri:
Whooping cough is diagnosed at new site
A third case of the lung disease is reported at Russell Elementary.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=7500

CA:
Whooping cough still poses a threats to children, adults
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/8680153.htm?1c

Anyone update on this? It is everywhere!

[Velveeta]

Think we'll be at orange for Memorial Day weekend?

Right around there, yes. I think we'll be orange just before "D-Day" June 6th. That allows a couple days of orange prior to the G-8.

[JustPiper]

[KPVI-TV] IDAHO - THREE SUSPICIOUS OBJECTS FOUND AT NATIONAL GUARD BASE

http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm?page=nbcstories.cfm&ID=1759

RHODE ISLAND - Suspicious White Powder Found On Bus

http://www.turnto10.com/news/3310012/detail.html

[Vancouver Province] CANADA - Hazmat team clears suspicious white powder

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/story.html?id=111b1b42-af41-4957-acc1-44295742545d

[Arizona Republic] ARIZONA - Suspicious helicopter alarms Valley residents

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0517mysteryhelo.html

CANADA - Radioactive material sought by police

"Calgary police and the fire department are looking for a stolen truck containing radioactive material"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040515/NATS15-2/TPNational/Canada

PENNSYLVANIA - Man With Bomb Making Materials Arrested

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_139224232.html

A Marine sees what defeatists don't [ SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-05-18-connable_x.htm

GOOD NEWS from IRAQ [ Listen to what our soldiers say, instead of the media]

http://www.navyseals.com/community/articles/article.cfm?id=3600

[Washington Times] GEORGIA - Rocket launcher found near Atlanta tracks

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040519-095300-9574r.htm

CANADA - Canada will be an Al Qaeda target: terror expert

http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=3393

[Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic] USA - Al-Qaida wants to strike US with chemical or biological weapon

http://www.darnews.com/articles/2004/05/19/news/news6.txt

LOUISIANA - Third homemade bottle bomb found in mailbox

http://www.ktbs.com/news-detail.html?cityid=1&hid=23885

[Lex 18] KENTUCKY - Hospital Quarantined After Smallpox Scare

http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=1879440&nav=EQlpNFHe

[NBC5.com] ILLINOIS - Mystery Substance Sickens Merc Employees

http://www.nbc5.com/news/3323977/detail.html

NEW MEXICO - Parts of VA Hospital evacuated [ Calcium Carbide ]

"man claiming to have hazardous chemical in his car and threatening suicide has forced parts of the Albuquerque VA hospital to be evacuated or locked down"

http://www.krqe.com/expanded1.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BBigLocal%5D=ID&ID%5BBigLocal%5D=5384

[AVweb USA - Never Again: Your Guide To Kicking Terrorist Backside

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/10_21b/briefs/187329-1.html

USA - Terrorist Nuclear Threat?

http://www.americandaily.com/item/5728

[JustPiper]

I get the itches all the time now, just kicked a black dot bug off my shoulder

[Velveeta]

That I'm quite familiar with. Evidently my Pediatrician told me that their finding the vaccine loses it's efficacy after about 10 years.

While Whooping Cough (also known as Pertussis and the 100 Day Cough) is a pain in the butt virus, the immunizations protect the babies and younguns, where the disease can be fatal.

The Pediatrician I spoke with said that there are some wondering if boosters might be available soon, but I don't think enough testing has been done with regard to the boosters.

It's always been around, especially in schools. You know those kids who seem to cough for months on end....yep. It's underdiagnosed, partly because too many docs are quick to put kids on an antibiotic which would then render the diagnostic test moot.

[Velveeta]

ARgh, hit post before I proofed.

Their finding = they're finding.

Plus, missing commas and stuff. Sorry, I'm tired tonight.

[JustPiper]

BTTT my daughter and her friends love this report!

[freeperfromnj]

Well, well. It seems they've been casing the Canadian rails as well. They made an arrest just this past Sunday - check out picture of suspect.

'National security threat' just taking photos of metro
Charges racial profiling.

McGill student was conducting research for urban planning professors

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

"They kept asking me where I was from ... where my parents were from," student Shanake Seneviratne, 20, said of his arrest.

A McGill University student claims he was the victim of racial profiling when he was arrested while taking pictures at a metro station on Sunday.

Shanake Seneviratne, 20, was photographing buses and metro cars at the Sauve station that afternoon when he was stopped by transit cops and charged with impeding the flow of traffic inside a station.

"There was no one in the corridor and I only weigh 160 pounds, so how could I be blocking traffic?" Seneviratne said.

Seneviratne does research on public transportation for three urban planning professors at McGill. That, he said, is what he was doing.

He was taken to a room in the station, where the two Montreal Transit Corp. officers quizzed him and wrote him up a warning ticket for the infraction.

Then in walked Montreal police.

Seneviratne was handcuffed, placed in a cruiser, read his rights and was told he was "a threat to national security" as he was taken to the police department's northern operations centre.

There, he was fingerprinted, photographed, searched, placed in a holding cell and interrogated by Montreal police officers and a plainclothes RCMP officer.

After six hours, he was told he was free to go.

Seneviratne contends his dark skin caused him to be mistaken for a terrorist, although that precise word was never mentioned.

"This is discrimination, racism at the very least," he said.

"They kept asking me where I was from and I told them I was born in Canada. They kept asking where my parents were from, was I associated with any groups at McGill and what was I doing taking pictures in the metro, that this was against the law," said Seneviratne, who is of Sri Lankan descent.

Seneviratne is demanding a written apology from the transit corporation, Montreal police and the Mounties.

"I have no idea why all this harassment was made against me, other than (it was) racially motivated due to the fact that I belong to a visible minority."

The Montreal Transit Corp. did not return calls for comment.

However, the zealousness of the police officers might have resulted from a letter delivered to a police station Thursday that threatening an act of violence in the metro.

Montreal police played down the significance of the letter yesterday, saying it was just one of many notes and tips they receive frequently. The contents of the letter are under investigation and could not be divulged, Constable Steve Morrisette said. "But there is nothing that has led us to believe there is any imminent threat in our territory."

Police are increasing foot patrols in metro stations, especially during rush hours, as part of a plan instituted in February. But they acknowledged that current events have played a part in the decision to patrol stations.

http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/montreal/story.html?id=4be1c6dc-885b-4945-a970-6106ec15ca02

[Rushmore Rocks]

Mitch Rapp is my hero.

I've recommended this book a couple of times on this thread.
Really good, fast read.

A TM must!


"Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn

[WestCoastGal]

(kicked a bug off my shoulder)

Are you one of those contortionists. :-)