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Posted on 05/30/2004 12:05:02 AM PDT by JustPiper
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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - Tens of American, European and other hostages were released Sunday and a gunman believed to be the lead Islamic militant holding them was arrested, a Saudi security official said, adding that two other gunmen were "in the process of being arrested."
We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm
Hmmm- continuing this cheerful thought:
"Remember they keep repeating that they like to use our own things against us."
1. Our refineries - could become WMD
because the chemicals used in the refining process will become an extremely toxic "chemical weapon" if the refinery is attacked in a certain manner.
This is something AQ wrote about planning to do to the Saudi's. In detail.
2. Plum Island, Fort Detrick, and the like.- could become WMD
3. Nuke power plants- obvious
4. industrial plants of numerous varieties- (remember the Bhopal, India disaster?)
5. I hate to say this- but almost any section of NJ around Secaucus could probably become a WMD.
6. Our dams and the like.
Give this some thought...
BROKEN ARROW: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
Computing Dictionary
Definition: The error code displayed on line 25 of a IBM 3270 terminal (or a terminal emulator emulating a 3270) for various kinds of protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including connection to a down computer). On a PC, simulated with "->/_", with the two centre characters overstruck.
"Broken arrow" is also military jargon for an accident involving nuclear weapons.
[Jargon File]
See Also: communications
And the ukraine shot down that plane as well.
Utilities Take Steps To Prevent "Big Blackout"
Jun 2, 2004 1:52 pm US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (COLUMBUS, Ohio) The leaders of Ohio's four investor-owned utilities assured state officials Wednesday they have taken steps to try to prevent another crippling blackout like the one last summer.
The chiefs of FirstEnergy Corp., American Electric Power, Cinergy and Dayton Power & Light told Gov. Bob Taft they had upgraded computer programs, improved employee training and increased the trimming or removal of vegetation that can interfere with electricity transmission.
All were cited as causes of the Aug. 14 blackout that affected 50 million people from Michigan to Connecticut, including New York City, northern New Jersey and parts of Canada.
Akron-based FirstEnergy has adequate resources to cover its generation and transmission commitments this summer, President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Alexander said.
A joint U.S.-Canadian task force that investigated the blackout leveled much of the blame on FirstEnergy, which it said failed to adequately recognize or respond to problems on three of its lines in Ohio.
FirstEnergy will provide more data about energy conditions and how much electricity is available to transmission grid controllers who claimed they did not have enough information from the utility to keep the blackout from spreading.
The Midwest Independent System Operator, an Indiana-based grid manager, has hired more people to assess data for its 15-state coverage area, President James Torgenson said at the meeting.
Amman (򋂊), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan For alternative meanings see: Jordan (disambiguation) The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, commonly called simply Jordan, is a country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Saudi Arabia to the east and south, and Israel and West Bank to the west. It shares the coastlines of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Dead Sea.
...is a city of more than 1.2 million inhabitants, and is the commercial, industrial and administrative centre of Jordan.
History ..... who called it Philadelphia. In the 1st century BC (2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century - other centuries) Philadelphia came under Roman control and joined the Decapolis The Decapolis (Latin for "ten cities") were cities built by Romans in the Middle East and allied to Rome. They were centers of Greco-Roman culture in the region, which was otherwise mainly Nabatean, Jewish, and Aramean.
Amman Today
Now it is a modern city, where Muslims A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. The word Muslim means one who submits and implies complete submission to the will of God. Muslims believe that nature is itself Islamic, since it follows natural laws placed by God.
Thus a Muslim strives to surrender to God's commands every step of the way. There is no distinction made between daily life and religion or politics.
Ping Ron. Wasn't the term 'broken arrow' used in "We Were Soldiers?" If so, what was the context?
Risk of radioactive "dirty bomb" growing
19:00 02 June 04
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The risk of somebody somewhere triggering a radioactive "dirty bomb" is growing, evidence gathered by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency suggests.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995061
url?
Timothy McVeigh, 33,
convicted Oklahoma City bomber, was executed by lethal injection on June 11.
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm
I've been enjoying this site. Has lots of good info.
There is a woman posting as Algernaan on Global Islamic Media. Her picture is further down on the page mixed in with the wanted terrorists. This is the same woman that posted here months ago and was promptly banned. Do either of you know who the heck she is? I asked about this the other day and no one responded.
Also AQ continues to rather grandiosely assert that they are "among us" in sensitive work places. I wonder how many truly are working in sensitive areas such as industrial plants, communications, nuclear facilities, biomedical research, etc. ?
YIPPEE Cindy. Hey there.
How do I get to your master list of links? I know that sounds stupid but I forget, right now, how to get there.
You are so right. Simple like the natural gas plot.
Amman, Jordan
Amman, the modern and ancient capital of Jordan, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the World. The city's modern buildings blend with the remnants of ancient civilizations. The profusion of gleaming white houses, kebab stalls with roasting meat, and tiny cafes where rich Arabian coffee is sipped in the afternoon sunshine, conjure a mood straight from a thousand and one nights. Recent excavations have uncovered homes and towers believed to have been built during the Stone Age with many references to it in the Bible. Amman was known in the Old Testament as Rabbath-Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites around 1200 BC, it was also referred to as "the City of Waters".
In Greco-Roman times in the 3rd century BC, the City was renamed Philadelphia (Greek for "The Brotherhood Love") after the Ptolemaic ruler Philadelphus (283-246 BC). The City later came under Seleucid as well as Nabataean rule until the Roman General Pompey annexed Syria and made Philadelphia part of the Decapolis League - a loose alliance of ten free city-states, bound by powerful commercial, political, and cultural interests under overall allegiance to Rome.
Under the influence of the Roman culture, Philadelphia was reconstructed in typically grand Roman style with colonnaded streets, baths, an Amphitheater, and impressive public buildings.
During the Byzantine period, Philadelphia was the seat of a Christian Bishop, and therefore several churches were built. The city declined somewhat until the year 635 AD. As Islam spread northwards from the Arabian Peninsula, the land became part of its domain. Its original Semitic name Ammon or Amman was returned to it.
Amman's modern history began in the late 19th Century, when the Ottomans resettled a colony of Circassian emigrants in 1878. As the Great Arab Revolt progressed and the State of Transjordan was established, Emir Abdullah ibn Al-Hussein founder of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan made Amman his capital in 1921. Since then, Amman has grown rapidly into a modern, thriving metropolis of well over two million people. Link to Search
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