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Thank you so much for the link!!
This is exactly what I have been searching for. Now, all I have to do is find out the zip codes for the areas I want to check on and I'm all set. I've mapped one for my local area and it is pretty scary.
Shields up! Stay safe down there. I can't believe what you folks have been going through. Enough is enough. Prayers are with you.
I checked the pic for any possible embedded tags, but came up empty-handed.
Article excerpted
Uh Oh...
"New Iran Missiles can reach London"
Tehran successfully test-fires new weapon,
Israelis buy 500 U.S. 'bunker-buster' bombs
Iran said today it has successfully test-fired a long-range "strategic missile" and delivered it to its armed forces, saying it is now prepared to deal with any regional threats and even the "big powers."
Iran's new missiles can reach London, Paris, Berlin and southern Russia, according to weapons and intelligence analysts.
"This strategic missile was successfully test-fired during (the recent) military exercises by the Revolutionary Guards and delivered to the armed forces," Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani was quoted by the state-run radio as saying.
The missile is believed by intelligence analysts to be an updated version of the Shihab-3, improved with the help of the North Koreans.
The news comes shortly after Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards staged military maneuvers near the border with Iraq,
seen as a signal to Washington Tehran is prepared to fight back against any attempts to prevent the development of a nuclear reactor that could be used to make weapons-grade plutonium.
The radio said Shamkhani refused to give details about the missile for "security reasons," but said Iran was "ready to confront all regional and extra-regional threats."
Shamkhani last month said Iran was working on improvements to the range and accuracy of the Shihab-3 in response to Israel's moves to boost its anti-missile capability.
Today's announcement came days after Israel said it was buying from the United States about 5,000 smart bombs, including 500 one-ton bunker-busters that can destroy 6-feet-thick concrete walls.
Analysts say such bombs could be used to destroy Iran's nuclear reactor before it goes online. In 1981, Israel bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor before it went "hot." Iran may be only weeks or months away from activating the reactor.
The 2,000 pound "bunker-buster" bombs are part of one of the largest weapons deals between Israel and the U.S. in years. The bombs include airborne versions, guidance units, training bombs and detonators. They are guided by an existing Israeli satellite used by the military.
In addition to the 500 one-ton bunker-busters, the purchase includes 2,500 other one-ton bombs, 1,000 half-ton bombs and 500 quarter-ton bombs. Funding will come from U.S. military aid to Israel.
On Tuesday, Iran defied the International Atomic Energy Agency by announcing it is producing uranium hexafluoride, the material for centrifuge enrichment.
Kurtis Cooper, a U.S. State Department spokesman, declared: "Although Iran has repeatedly asserted that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and its pursuit of uranium enrichment technologies are to fuel a planned civilian power program, Iran will have no peaceful use for enriched uranium for many, many years. ... The rush to convert 37 tons of yellowcake into feed-stock for centrifuge enrichment has no peaceful justification. ... Thirty-seven tons of yellowcake is not a test. It is a production run."
www.worldnetdaily.com/new...E_ID=40633
Your making me envious...LOL
There definitely wont be any looting at your locale!
I don't remember that, it must have gotten by me somehow.
It's hard to remember all this stuff sometimes!
Not sure the seals there would like it though...
and
Lovely place! We visited Acadia last year- is that near?
TM REPEAT:
OVERVIEW:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Information Bulletins are informational in nature
and are designed to provide updates on the training, tactics, or strategies of terrorists. The
following information is meant to advise the owners and operators of the nation’s
infrastructures about the possible use by terrorists of official identification, uniforms, or
vehicles to gain access to sensitive facilities for purposes of planning or carrying out
attacks. (In this Information Bulletin, “official” refers to recognized implements of
federal, state, and local governments and private sector entities.) While DHS possesses no
information indicating an organized effort by extremist elements in the United States to
illegally obtain official identification, uniforms, or vehicles in furtherance of terrorist
activities, it has identified the recent theft or disappearance of large numbers of these
items. Attempts to acquire official identification, uniforms, or vehicles would be
consistent with the tactics and techniques of Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups,
according to a variety of reporting sources.
DETAILS:
Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups likely view the theft or other illegal acquisition of
official identification, uniforms, or vehicles as an effective way to increase access and
decrease scrutiny in furtherance of planning and operations. Although we possess no
information that Al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups are systematically pursuing the illegal
acquisition of the above referenced items, there is indeed precedence for the use of official
identification, uniforms, or vehicles in the execution of terrorist attacks. Terrorist groups
have utilized police or military uniforms to mask their identities and achieve closer access
to their targets without arousing suspicion. This was illustrated in the December 2002,
suicide bombings that targeted the Chechen Government Headquarters in Groznyy, Russia.
Terrorists in South America, the Philippines and Pakistan have commandeered or stolen
emergency medical services vehicles and uniforms (or cleverly designed imitations) to
facilitate the execution of their attacks on key facilities.
In an effort to understand the extent of official identification, uniform, and vehicle thefts,
DHS recently conducted a survey of selected members of the law enforcement community
in five states. This survey revealed that from February to May 2003 hundreds of official
identification cards, badges, decals, uniforms, and government license plates were reported
stolen or lost. Additionally, a number of private companies have reported receiving
suspicious inquiries about renting official delivery vehicles and emergency services
representatives have received unusual requests for detailed vehicle descriptions. There is
no historical baseline to compare recent theft or suspicious inquiry data, and the intent or
resolution of many of the thefts cannot be determined.
Information Bulletin
Title: Potential Terrorist Use of Official Identification,
Uniforms, or Vehicles
Date: July 22, 2003
The worldwide proliferation of individuals or “companies” that traffic in high-quality
imitations of official identification, uniforms, or vehicles is a related issue that increases
the possibility such items could be used to facilitate future terrorist attacks and further
complicates efforts to prevent their acquisition. For example, earlier this month the New
York City High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force reported that it had
identified a Japanese website selling near exact replicas of badges from law enforcement
agencies such as the U.S. Secret Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug
Enforcement Agency, U.S. Marshals Service, and Los Angeles Police Department.
Several press reports this year have referred to the theft and sale over the Internet of a large
number of United Parcel Service (UPS) uniforms. Although these reports proved to be
false, they did bring to the public’s attention the potential security concerns of missing or
stolen identification, uniforms, or vehicles.
DHS reminds all recipients to remain vigilant to the disappearance of, or unauthorized
inquiries regarding, official identification cards, badges, decals, uniforms, government
license plates, and vehicles and establish practices that account for missing items. DHS
encourages recipients to report suspicious incidents to the proper authorities and to remain
vigilant for any nexus to terrorism
I'm at work right now ... yet again through a hurricane. My family's doing fine at home; we're expecting tropical storm-force winds in our neck of the woods (Sarasota) later tonight. I'm not looking forward to that drive home.
(The big-wigs at our paper are having a meeting at 5:30 p.m. and hopefully will decide to have early deadlines so we can get home before it gets really bad.)
This past month has been nerve-wracking.
I'm praying for you and all the Freepers affected by these storms.
It's gotta be hell on the nerves.
You and I were thinking alike on this one.
Alliance Star/Star Alliance?
Well, take care of yourself and stay off that roof for awhile!
Survival bottom line for Iran's Islamic regime
China conducts military exercise "Operation Iron Fist 2004
Snip: Some 60 foreign military leaders, observers and officers from 16 countries observed the exercise, including Brunei, the Philippines, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
Israeli businessman intends to acquire 50% shares of Al Jazeera
Sorry for the double post - computer running very very slow.
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