Posted on 09/11/2004 12:09:10 AM PDT by nwctwx
Don't have a link now, but it's out there somewhere.
Wait, just found one link, though not the one I was reading before:
It's in pdf, so I can't copy and paste, but it speaks about Yusuf Islam being one of the most popular speakers there, and how he was followed around by some of his fans.
This seems to be about the convention of 2000, this newsletter is from Feb 2001.
Here's something about Stevens at the 2003 ISNA conference too.
Washington DC Conducting Two Day Mass-Casualty Exercise
Source: US Government | 12:55:22 PM EST
(Washington, DC) - The Government of the District of Columbia will host a two-day emergency preparedness field exercise Thursday, September 23, 2004, at St. Elizabeths Hospital, and Friday, September 24, 2004, on the campus of Catholic University from 7 am - 8 pm each day. Residents and visitors in these areas will see “mock” emergency activities to include: large gathering of people, noise such as sirens, and smoke. This is only a drill.
During the exercise, first responders and key personnel from the District’s Emergency Management Agency, Departments of Health and Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Metropolitan Police Department, and various hospitals will test their emergency response equipment. Test messages will be communicated on emergency personnel devices such as scanners, pagers, and health alert networks. Each message will be clearly worded to indicate that it is indeed a drill. If a real emergency occurs during this time, the drill will end and emergency personnel will respond accordingly.
The exercise has the following objectives:
.Rapidly assess the needs of affected people at an emergency scene
.Coordinate the local Incident Command Structure (ICS)
.Determine whether local resources can adequately respond to an incident involving mass casualties
.Analyze the need for assistance from higher levels of government
.Test procedures for obtaining medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
.Bring together health and medical services partners that would respond during an emergency
.Test the effectiveness of DC’s public health emergency system and
.Determine whether DOH, DC hospitals and emergency response personnel interact effectively
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE PROVIDED EACH DAY.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT IS ASKING THAT THE MEDIA ASSIST
IN GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT VOLUNTEERS
ARE STILL NEEDED AND THAT THE FIELD EXERCISE IS JUST A DRILL.
Related links:
http://doh.dc.gov/news_room/release.asp?id=248&mon=200409
I know that there are some websites that we do not talk about here. Are we on the same page as the people at trackingterrorism.com?
Disregard my question - looks like it was answered as I was writing it.
playing the number game. per the previous discussion of 9/27 being 1,111 days after 9/11 here is another interesting discussion point. As of 9/27 there will be 36 days left until election day, 3+6=9.
I would agree (re: Iran).
Just came on board. I heard this morning that the Justice Department is increasingly concerned about terror attacks within the next few weeks (per Fox news alert- prior to the news conference regarding Iraq).
I'm sorry for butting in here but I just watched the two videos. I said I wasn't going to, but I did.
I feel dirty. I feel like I have a stain on my very soul. I feel like I have beared silent witness to an obscene, foul, disgusting act, which should not ever be perpetrated on another. Nor witnessed. How anyone can live with such violence, and hatred towards others is out of my realm. God Bless these innocent men and may he give comfort to their families. To watch a mans final minutes is not something I will do again. Death is personal. Between a man, his family, and his God. I will not watch another. My very being hurts now. I don't know if I can go back. God Help Me.
They had flown from the Ukraine to another country in the area- don't recall which- I believe it was one of the former states of the USSR. Both died shortly after landing. The reports indicated that officials bribed cargo inspectors not to look at what had been transported. I couldn't help but suspect some type of toxic cargo- nuke/bio- what would cause 2 young pilots to drop dead?
Another possibility could have been that the pilots knew what was being transported, and someone did not want them to talk.
I agree.
Russia
Today's NY Times has an article about this site- and others. As well as monitoring Islamic sites.
I agree (re: terror alert).
I would not be the least bit surprised to see the level raised. All the indicators are there.
Oh great. US acts on NK's nukes, Japan gets hit.
Checkmate?
The original AQ warning- which started this thread- was asking Muslims to Leave NYC, DC, LA and the "east side".
I think we all pretty much know what AQ is going to try to pull off.
OBL went to the trouble of obtaining religious justification from a young Egyptian cleric- to use weapons of mass destruction on US cities.
He's written several "pre attack" warnings for the US to leave Muslim lands, for US citizens to vote out the current Administration, and the like. Obviously, we have not complied.
He has even gone as far as obtaining religious justification for killing Muslims in a strike on the US.
What appears to have held him(them) back is not having everything firmly in place.
Lets not get ahaed of ourselves here, but I wonder if we may see national orange and site specific red TTLs. (Terorism Threat Level)
URL please.
To Free Republic or the Threat Matrix.
The original warning started this threat matrix thread- on Free Republic.
I'm not sure. I've read that NYC and DC have been on de facto "Orange" for quite some time. "Ultra" orange for NYC during the Convention.
FYI - Entering the Massachusetts Turnpike there is now extra scrutiny of cars and trucks at the toll plaza. This is old hate for New Yorkers but new in this area.
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