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Not so much a date as a short hand for the next event. It would be eerie if the next event is Oct. 12.
What?
what is your source for that?
See Honestly's post from last night.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2004/n09272004_2004092704.html
Chairman Poses Question to Counterterror Experts
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27, 2004 -- As the United States continues the global war on terrorism, the question officials should ask is, "Are we being as bold and innovative as we need to be?"
Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, posed the question to officials attending a counterterrorism conference here recently. "I don't want to ask that question after what we are now calling 10/12 -- the next 9/11," he said. "The time to ask the question is now."
Myers quoted Dallas Cowboys football coach Bill Parcells, who said, "Success is never final, but failure can be." That saying resonates for counterterrorism professionals, Myers said. "All of us have to be right a million times a day, but the terrorist threat that we confront only has to be (right) once," he said.
Myers said there have been notable successes in the war on terrorism. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States and its allies have killed or captured more than 30 senior leaders in al Qaeda. The coalition against terror also has foiled many terrorist plots. "That is significant, but that is not the end of the threat, and that is not the only threat that is out there," he said.
And the threat itself has changed. Myers said al Qaeda "morphed" as it began being hurt badly by the pressure on it. He said the terrorist threat is less centralized than before, the network is looser, and intelligence professionals talk about "al Qaeda-associated groups" more than the organization itself.
However, the target of the threat has not changed. "We read the intel every day and see that the United States of America is still a prime target for an attack," the general said. "And the threat is as intense as ever."
The U.S. government and its international partners need to break old paradigms to confront the new threats. Myers said the United States should determine if its forces are structured correctly around the world to confront extremists. A regional approach might be more appropriate to the threat than a country-by- country approach.
"The old way of doing business goes a long way back," he said. "The world changed, and it requires a different perspective. How you deal with threats that don't respect any national borders is a real issue."
Another issue is communications. Myers said the government must continue to communicate the nature of the threat to the American people or to international partners. "This type of threat -- extremism that uses terrorism to create fear -- is probably a greater danger to our nation and our friends and allies than anything previous," he said. "They can exploit cracks and crevices and, through fear, take the underpinnings of this society and cause us to not be logical in the way we approach problems."
Myers reminded the counterterrorism specialists that the country has accomplished much and that much is still expected of them. "It's only if we quit that we'll lose," he said. "That's the only way that we can be defeated. We have to remind ourselves of that."
2,393 posted on 09/27/2004 11:19:43 PM CDT by Honestly (There
The Bali terrorist bombing occurred on October 12 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209, most of whom were foreign tourists.
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/2002_Bali_terrorist_bombing
6.0 earthquake in CA. I wonder how long before a certain website reports new evidence of an underwater nuclear explosion off the eastern coast of the USA.
I have sprayed the computer with DP again LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I'm scared too... now it's Russian compression technology in "s-megatons" and missing red mercury and I hope that means our side has it hidden and just didn't want the UN to get their grubby mitts on it.
Just got on---trying to catch up.
Any major horrific updates?
Not a great place to be stuck! Thankfully, all was resolved safely.
Thank you, ExSoldier. Anonymous' book proved to be quite pessimistic in most regards.
With all due respect, this sounds like an urban legend - this entire story has most of the stigmata.
It's quite possible of course that some isotope of mercury exists which can be used to enhance neutron radiation production in an atomic bomb (of some description). However it seems extremely unlikely that such an isotope would be radioactive enough to poison the entire Great Lakes ecosystem to the extent that it could kill all life with only a teaspoonful of the stuff. Even if it did exist, such an isotope would have to be so radioactive that it would decay very quickly - making it essentially impossible either to produce or store significant quantities of it, or for it to be able to poison the environment for generations. (Remember that we're talking about cubic miles of water, and that large quantities of water will tend to block radiation, so that any given point in that volume of water will only be irradiated by decays occuring within a very short distance - much different from propagation in air).
As for the price quoted, well, the alchemists used to be willing to pay a lot for anything that promised to turn lead into gold. Merely because someone is gullible enough to pay a lot of money for something doesn't say anything about its intrinsic value.
"The only reason we didn't get Bin Laden then, was the paper pushing pencil necks at the Pentagon didn't have the balls to give full operational command to the boot level..."
Anonymous stressed this as well- also said that we need to know that we are in a full-blown war- and not worry about PC or the "Arab Street".
RE:
"I also believe, that in order to lend credence to their cause, they must attack soon, and strongly. They will lose face if they don't."
Wholehearted agreement, here.
I agree- It almost HAS to be nukes for them to save face- given all their pictures of nuke detonations going off in NYC.
Also- in their initial rants they claimed that the "strikes" would be visible to those in the bunkers--that would lead me to believe that whatever is planned, would be observed via satellite.
That would tend to rule out chem or bio- but rather, imply a rather significant explosion.
Here in CT- very near NYC- we've heard alot of choppers and jets- in the wee hours.
I agree there seems to be some kind of "deadline". I believe that TPTB are aware of more specific information than they are letting on.
This morning - on msnbc for a change, instead of the usual fox- someone was saying that the attackers could care less who wins the election--they want to make a statement prior to the election.
Even "People" magazine has a review of the book "Nuclear Terrorism" in its current issue!
I've come across that date a number of times - significant in some way for the Muslims of the world, if I recall correctly.
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