Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Fifteen

CNN ^ | 07/25/04 | N/A

[JustPiper]

thank you!

Cindy, where are you?!

[JustPiper]

keep us updated please

[JustPiper]

Holds my interest that "Arizona" is the hotbed for terrorists, as did McVeigh who lived in Kingman, ARIZ for a time

[JustPiper]

Too, too funny HS, we need to keep this photo of EOM! ;)

[null and void]

Ahhhhh FR is up! Now I can sleep...

[Labyrinthos]

Re Independant TM: I would prefer to stay with FR, although I wouldn't mind if TM went from a thread to a forum. My loyalty to FR runs relatively long and deep. And because of my addiction to breaking news, I would have to keep two browsers open at all times, which is too much of a distraction.

[milkncookies]

Severnaya is also the name of a mine in Northern Russia.
A uranium mine.

[angcat]

How sad it is that terrorist are still allowed to be in our country and mock us on our planes. Nothing has changed we are sitting ducks. How they must laugh at us that they are still in this country plotting our demise. Hey it's Monday I am full of doom and gloom!

[British chick]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3923949.stm

Terror advice pamphlet unveiled

An £8m government campaign to help the public prepare for terror attacks and other emergencies has been launched.

[tmp02]

I have been reading the first chapter of the 911 report...It just breaks your heart. It is making me angry that these misguided idiots claimed the live of thousands of innocent people. I hope we take each and every one of them out...

BTW, a mosque is being built by my church in Maryland. Dang!

[MWestMom]

Swell.

[angcat]

Testing.........Where is everyone.

[milkncookies]

The BostonChannel
Police Investigate Parachute Reports On DNC Eve

Officers Providing Few Details Of What May Have Been Drill

POSTED: 6:22 a.m. EDT July 26, 2004
UPDATED: 8:04 a.m. EDT July 26, 2004

BOSTON -- State police are still investigating reports that parachutists landed near the FleetCenter Sunday night, but there is little information about what may have been only a security drill.

  The FleetCenter is the site of the Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday night.

NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that military police called in reports just after midnight that two parachutists had landed in the yard of the Charles River Park condominium complex. Additional reports indicated there were also parachutists on the top of the Tip O'Neill Federal Building located next door to the FleetCenter.

Before police helicopters arrived, officers on the ground covered the area, sending officers to the roofs of the buildings. SWAT teams went to the top of the federal building. All available state and local officers responded, some with K9 units. Nothing was found and state police said no one was arrested.

Sunday was a busy day for officers patroling the city, harbor and skies around the FleetCenter. On city roads, unscheduled stops were the norm for many truck drivers trying to get through the city's roads and tunnels. On the city's mass transit system, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority was also conducting random searches of commuters, who were advised to travel lightly.

During demonstrations on Beacon Hill Sunday, state police officers were wearing full riot gear, ready for combat. Armed, camouflage-wearing soldiers are patroling the old elevated railway near the FleetCenter in groups of threes, and bike-riding Boston police officers were blanketing the parks.

[freeperfromnj]

HIJACKER THREATENED ACID ATTACK

From correspondents in Beijing
July 26, 2004

A MAN with a history of mental illness tried to hijack an Air China plane after it took off from Beijing today, threatening to spray passengers with sulphuric acid.

"Fifty minutes after take off a young man ... claimed that he wanted to hijack the plane and fly to South Korea," the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement.

"To ensure the safety of the aeroplane the plane made an emergency landing at Zhengzhou at 9.50am (11.50am AEST). The police took the man off the plane."

According to the Xinhua news agency, the man, Yang Jingsong, 32, claimed he was carrying sulphuric acid and threatened to douse passengers with the liquid if his demands were not met.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10254051%255E1702,00.html

[freeperfromnj]

JETSTAR PLANE MAKES FORCED LANDING

July 26, 2004

A JETSTAR Boeing 717 with 56 people aboard made an emergency landing at Mackay in north Queensland today.

Air Services Australia spokesman Richard Dudley said the aircraft landed safely about 5.15pm.

It was flying from Brisbane to Hamilton Island when the cabin filled with smoke at 5.12pm and the pilot was forced to divert to Mackay.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10253165%255E1702,00.html

[freeperfromnj]

Man arrested with suicide note on flight to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

5 Eyewitness News ^ | July 25,2004 | 5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis-St. Paul Minn.

Posted on 07/26/2004 6:20:44 AM PDT by oswegodeee

MINNEAPOLIS - The war on terrorism is again at Minnesota's front door after federal authorities arrested a man who they suspect has terrorism ties.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1178615/posts

[MWestMom]

At work bright and early. I'll have to slither in and out of FR since my appointment book was full for this week as of last Thursday. Also, reluctantly preparing my husband and youngest daughter for a trip to Yellowstone. They leave Saturday and will be gone for a week. Real uncomfortable with travel, air travel, and Yellowstone; but, the trip was planned for the last year. Oh, well.

[angcat]

No news is good news!

[angcat]

Sounds like a trip I would love to take someday. I'm sure they will be fine!

[Labyrinthos]

I just heard something on WABC radio about another manhole explosion, this time near Penn Plaza. Mulitiple explosions. Lots of fire. LEO has already decided that it is not terrorist related.