Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread SEVENTEEN

World Net Daily ^ | 8-10-04 | Paul Sperry

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL

Please, don't start me on anything else.

Ancient cities....

hmmmmm rather makes one go hmmmmmmmm..........

[EternalHope]

We'd know already if it was anthrax.

Why do you say that?

The typical incubation period for inhalational anthrax is listed as 10 days. It can be as short as one day, but that is apparently rare and only with high dose exposure.

[HipShot]

http://textbookofbacteriology.net/Anthrax.html

[HipShot]

"The thin veneer of civilization is being stripped away as they see their way of life and WORSE their utopian dreams slip away. It is forcing them to reveal their true selves. They really are psychopathic barbarians."

That's why I think that it wouldn't take much for another "shot heard round the world".

[MamaDearest]

You're right, this many outages at sports events never occurred all at once. Just didn't happen.

From the Coeur d'Alene Press (no link provided) my summary of their article: A suspicious man dressed in black carrying a backpack was seen trespassing on a one-way bridge behind Falls Park on private utility property Friday. The man fled when confronted. He accessed the site by climbing a tall fence with razor wire at the top. Police searched the area below the dam for 45 minutes but did not locate the man.

USA Today featured Sandpoint, Idaho as a primo city in which to live. Nearby Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls have beautiful birds and rabid bats:

Rabid bats in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls

[Cindy]

I went all throught the CD Press and couldn't find anything about a "man dressed in black carrying a backpack." I must have missed it somewhere.

Could you point to where that is?

Thanks.

[Velveeta]

Hmmmm. Was laughing before at the strangeness of the words.

I think your thoughts are a distinct possibility.
We'll have to keep an eye open.

[Velveeta]

hmmmmm rather makes one go hmmmmmmmm..........

I see that you're humming. So am I. ;-)

[nwctwx]

I've got ancient town names all around me, I even live in one...

Maybe I should head somewhere else. ;-)

[Velveeta]

GET OUT NOW!

(kidding)

[EternalHope]

Try the first page of a google on "anthrax incubation period". One day for high dose, 10 days for a typical dose.

[ExSoldier]

That's why I think that it wouldn't take much for another "shot heard round the world.

Fifteen or twenty years ago, I'd have agreed with you 100% but I think the plan that was set into motion so many years ago grows ever closer to fruition. The nature of this ultra long range plan is so brilliant and so blindingly bogus that only the Father of Lies can be behind it. Liberal infestation of education.

Liberalism is everywhere in our educational system, all levels and deep into the administration arena as well. IIRC, it was Nikita Kruschev who once predicted that communism would conquer America without firing a shot. Well, we outlasted the commies (maybe?) but the globalists were pulling their strings all along.

A second American Revolution? Maybe. But at the rate that propaganda and mental manipulation in current curriculum is producing automotons out of our kids, the only "soldiers" available to fight will be 45+ years old. Wait just a little while longer and the last generation to "believe" will be too old to "execute."

Even now, I'd wager that most say 90% of all Americans would meekly hand over their guns and whine "Please don't hurt me or my family" if a law confiscating all guns were to be passed.

Fortunately, with 100 million gun owners, that would leave about 10 million really hard core folks with itchy trigger fingers. Many of them veterans and many of those combat vets. Yeah, they'd be gobbling geritol in between reloads and gunshots, but they'd be putting effective fire downrange! But would it be enough?

I don't think it's meant to be. I'm not saying we should give up, because the Bible calls on us to resist evil wherever we find it, but there is a greater force at work here and I'm content to trust in HIM.

[Bethshaya]

I live a few blockss from the entrance ramp where this took place. The ramp for the gas station is very narrow. I still cant see how someone can crash into the pump there though unless they had lost control of the car and was going extremely fast on a highway that is rural and quite slow compared to a major highway. They had to be going over 80 on that ramp to lose control in that manner.

I doubt it was terrorism in nature, just an unfortunate accident.

[nwctwx]

Godzilla Summaries (Updated)
July : August
August 1-21, 2004 (Important Links)
8:1:2004	8:2:2004
Orange Alert : NYC, DC, N. NJ	Bush Calls for Intelligence Director
Tom Ridge's Comments	Raid Uncovered al Qaida Plans for Attacks
Update : Financial District Threats	Reports Leading to Alert Were Years Old
Focus : The Citicorp Center	Sources : More Targets Cited by al Qaida
Captured al Qaida Figure Led to Information	Zarqawi Trying to Get Message to bin Laden
Church Bombings in Iraq & Afghanistan	Afghans Move Closer to Mullah Omar Capture
-	Iraq : Clashes Reported Near al Sad Home
-	Crude-Oil Futures Flirt With $44 a Barrel
8:3:2004	8:4:2004
Building Plot an Inside Job	al Qaida's Terror Plot Was Active
Source : Terror Attack to be in Early September	al Qaida May Have Made Contact in US Recently
Terror Alert 'Essential,' Ridge Asserts	FBI Fears al Qaida Suspects are in New York City
Intelligence Behind Alert 'Chilling,' Not Old	UK Arrests al Qaida Operative
A Look Back : Tape Shows al Qaida Casing WTC	U.S. Struggles to Grasp Scope of Threat
Two Senior al Qaida Suspects Arrested in Pakistan	Terror Warnings : How Much to Reveal?
Police Arrest 13 in Anti-Terror Operation	Guantanamo : Detainee Vows to 'Kill Americans'
Unusual Illegal Border Crossing Draws Attention	Crude Oil Sets Records in London
8:5:2004	8:6:2004
Giuliani : Ignorance of Terror Isn't Bliss	New Pictures of Prudential Building Taken in January
No End Date Set in Code Orange Marathon	FBI/DHS Alert for Vehicle Borne Attacks
al Qaida 'Threat to Blow Up Ships"	Iraq Evidence Led Feds to Albany Mosque
Two Men Arrested in Missile Sting Operation	Saudi Forces Arrest Top Terror Suspect
al Qaida Leader Held in Britain	Terror Suspect 'Had Navy Plans'
Heathrow Airport Attack Fears	Time is Not on the World's Side : Iran
Terror Surveillance Author Nabbed	Pakistan Chasing Fresh Leads on al Qaida Hideouts
Intelligence Indicates Activity at al Qaida Camps	-
8:7:2004	8:8:2004
al Qaida-Linked Cell Vows to Hit Italy	US : al Qaida Suspect Cased New York
New Threat to Italy : Machine Translated Text	TIME Magazine Details Evidence of al Qaida Attack
Italy 'Vigilant' on Terror Threats	Judge : Arrest Warrant Issued for Chalabi
Unmasking of Qaida Mole a Security Blunder : Experts	Rice : We'll Stop Iran's Nuke Program
bin Laden Sent Suspect to U.S., Officials Say	al Qaida Leader from UAE in Pakistani Custody
Navy Turncoat : Sailor Shares Info with al Qaida	-
Al Jazeera Vows to Cover Iraq Despite Closure	-
S.F. Man Says Beheading Video Is a Hoax	-
8:9:2004	8:10:2004
Tourist Copters in NYC a Terror Target	al Qaida Rebuilding Ranks : Report
Focus : Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah	Leak Allowed al Qaida Suspects to Escape
Disclosure in the age of Terrorism	NYC Man Admitted Supplying al Qaida with Money
U.S. Didn't Warn Las Vegas of Threats	Syrian Woman Arrested at Twin Cities Airport
Video Shows Beheading of Bulgarian Hostage	Iran Tells Britain to Hand over Nuclear Weapons
Price of Oil Surges to Another Record	Attack on Jewish Cemetery Stirs Outrage in France
8:11:2004	8:12:2004
bin Laden Hints Major Assassination	FL Warns 1 Million to Flee Hurricane
Osama Calling for al Qaida Attacks	Call it The Worst Case Scenario
FDA Approves Dirty Bomb Antidote	Drill : Hurricane Used as Cover for Attack
Feds Investigating Conn. Nuclear Engineer	Osama Prefers Donkeys to Mobiles
Iran Test Fires New Missile	New Tapes, New Possible Terror : Las Vegas
Web Site Shows Apparent Beheading Tape	Charlotte Muslims Concerned with Reaction to Arrest
U.S., Iraqi Forces Prepare Najaf Assault	al Qaida to Hit Athens : Report
	al Sadr Wounded in Najaf
8:13:2004	8:14:2004
Category 4 Charley Pounds Florida	Expecting More Bodies in Florida
Follow Charley as He Heads Northeast	Hurricane Charley : Images of a Monster
64 Image Radar Loop of Storm	New York City Terror Drill Conducted
Hurricane Charley : From the ISS	New Plan Takes Aim at Terror at Home
-	ACLU Has Hotline for Muslims Visited by Feds
-	Terrorist Nuclear Strike in US : Risk Growing
-	Iranian Judo Star Shuns Bout with Israeli
8:15:2004	8:16:2004
Bush Pledges Help To Florida	Officials Reluctant to Release Death Toll
Hurricane Charley & The Internet	Fears Summit Foreshadows US Blitz
al Qaida Shows New Signs of Life	al Qaida Scouts Work in U.S., Officials Say
U.S. Shifting Troops out of Europe, Asia	Rio Grande : Gateway to Terrorism
Border Breaches Stir Fears	Imams to Issue Guidelines on UK Terror Alert
al Qaida Linked Group Says Will Strike Italy	Cyberspace Gives al Qaida Refuge
Threat to Italy : Machine Translation	Italy, Netherlands Get Terror Threats
Countries Run Drills for Panama Attack	This Week : Terror Drills in Alaska
8:17:2004	8:18:2004
Pakistan : bin Laden Trail Still Cold	FBI Issues Border Alert
Charley Reaffirms Amateur Radio's Value	Hurricane Center's Charley Projection : Better than Avg.
Iran Warns Israel on Nuclear Facilities	Father of Qaida Computer Expert Challenges Detention
England : Suspects 'Plotted Attack'	Pakistan Puts Out Ads for 'Most-Wanted Terrorists'
'Plot' to Kill Tony Blair Thwarted	Muslim Sues : Called 'bin Laden' While Working
Error May Clear Albany Mosque Leader	Minneapolis : Unattended Taxis Towed Near Airport
Tracking Terror in Tangled Web	Iran warns of preemptive strike on US Troops
The Terrorist Highway	'A Lot' of Canadians in al Qaida
8:19:2004	8:20:2004
FBI to Set Up Office in Trinidad	Hunt on for al Qaida's #3
FBI Says Border Alert is Old News	Italy's Sleeper Cells
Nuke Bomb Plot Foiled	Saudis Launch ad Campaign in US
Iranian Talk of an Attack on America	UK Terror Arrests 'Tip of the Iceberg'
Oozing Venom and Jihad	Israel Said to be Preparing Strike on Hizballah
Seattle : Airport Training Laptops Stolen	Iraq : Shrine Standoff Appears Near Resolution
FBI Warning Military Recruiters of Terror Threat	Nuclear Data Missing from Government Office
Crossdressing Terrorists : Possible Security Threat	Focus : Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar
8:21:2004	8:22:2004
Latin America on Alert for Terror	-
Terrorism-Related Events in Latin America	-
Possible Terrorist Sighting on Cape Cod	-
Iranian Official Plays Down Strike Threat	-
Pakistan Forces Attack Suspected Qaida Hideouts	-
Washington Accused of Ignoring Nuclear Terror Threat	-
Berlin Rejects US Claim on Iran's Nuclear Program	-
FBI Investigates Letter Threatening Honolulu Airport	-

[JustPiper]

Terrorists Eyeing Military Recruiting Sites
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C129580%2C00.html

Tourists Returning to Potential Terror Targets
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122316,00.html

Transcript: Conventions a Likely Target for Terrorists?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,124822,00.html

Terror Alert for Financial Sites
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127730,00.html

Officials Clarify Threat Against Financial Sites
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127870,00.html

Info on Terror Targets Recently Accessed
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128302,00.html

Al-Qaida Said to Recruit in Latin America
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040822/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/terror_latin_america&cid=589&ncid=716

[JustPiper]

August 21, 2004
Keyes to be on Fox & Friends--Sunday, 7 a.m. ET

Set your VCRs! Alan Keyes will appear on Fox & Friends, Sunday morning at 7 a.m. Eastern Time. The program, on cable leader Fox News, bills itself as an "offbeat morning show."

[nw_arizona_granny]

If you move, then don't tell Velveeta, she will simply go and dig up something to make you go HuMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[null and void]

Placemarker

[HipShot]

Why don't you look up something useful, like the difference in density between natural and weaponized anthrax.

[nwctwx]

Severed heads and the Arab world's foul predicament
The Daily Star

..excerpt..

"My blood flowed on the pavement. The head had separated from the body as though it had been chopped off by a sharp sword. I was sorry to see my body lying on the macadam only to be run over by some truck or lorry. I tried to order my hands to lift the corpse but soon realized that they were no longer subject to my command. The veins and arteries were gushing a jet fountain, spurts of blood spreading out, perhaps aspiring toward the final form of (a) red pool."

So begins Mohammed Barrada's intentionally disturbing tale, "The Story of the Severed Head." Before its adventures are over, Barrada's severed head will take flight and deliver a politically subversive message to an astonished populace: You may take solace in fantasies, the head tells its listeners, but those fantasies are the source of your oppression. Eventually, the head will be captured and finally judged by a ghost. First published in 1979, this short, surrealistic work by the distinguished Moroccan author and teacher has lately taken on an unexpected and unhappy contemporary resonance.

Of course, the most obvious source of the story's renewed timeliness is the severed head itself. Originally a device intended by Barrada to evoke antique horrors for his modern Arab readers, it may now evoke instead the disgust of daily reality. Beheadings or threats of beheadings are in the news almost every day, thanks to murderers who are acting in the name of Islamist political fantasies. Headless bodies are found floating in the Tigris River, and bodiless heads are discovered in Saudi refrigerators. Videotaped beheadings may be watched at any time on the internet, their appalling images overwhelming Barrada's or anyone else's attempts to capture their savagery in words. Barrada's quarter-century-old political horror story is now our daily reality.

Yet Barrada's bizarre tale is not timely merely because of the rise of beheadings as a tactic of terror and revulsion. Rather, this literary severed head lies at an intersection of terrible cultural and political forces in the Arab world, forces that not only shape the story's message of personal and political fantasy, but that may also underlie the story's own origins.

Arab literary fantasy is a remarkable phenomenon. Despite the flights of grand imagination for which the Arab folktale and epic are justly famous, fantasy remained rare in modern Arabic prose literature until quite late. While such important authors as Yusuf Idris and Naguib Mahfouz did make use of fantastic elements in their writing, especially in their short works, the great majority of Arab novelists remained faithful to the established tradition of social realism.

In the late 1960s, however, this situation changed dramatically: An explosion of Arab prose tales employing the fantastic, the surreal and the marvelous became apparent.