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Yes. Some of the threats- months ago- on the arabic forums- made reference to poisoning US troops in Iraq, and using chem weapons on them.
Re: Koreans involved in school attack...
This seems very bizarre-
Thanks JP!
"A whole lotta missile testing goin' on"
Re- Your 665
Beyond chilling....horrific.
I recall reading somewhere that the former USSR had developed bioweapons which could survive a nuke detonation (their nuke detonation on us). Reportedly they did research and found that only 10% of the agents "survived"...but that that was enough to cause infection.
So much for allies in the war on terror?
From Mutter's site:
Sep 16 2004 2:18PM
Zhirinovsky slams Bush's remark on Russia
MOSCOW. Sept 16 (Interfax)
Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party faction believes Moscow should give a tough response to Washington over President George W. Bush's remarks concerning President Vladimir Putin's initiative on reforming the political system in the country.
"The Foreign Ministry should summon the U.S. ambassador to Moscow and harshly tell him off, so that nobody in Washington dare tell us how to resolve our internal problems or how to fight terrorism," Zhirinovsky told Interfax on Thursday.
www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28....e=10703375
Uh oh! The dreaded 666.
This is also from Mutter's:
Sep 16 2004 1:41PM
China, Russia have no differences on N. Korean nuclear problem - ambassador
MOSCOW. Sept 16 (Interfax)
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and Chinese State Council Premier Wen Jiabao will soon meet in Moscow to compare their positions on the North Korean nuclear problem, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Liu Guchang told a Thursday press conference at the Interfax main office.
"In fact, China and Russia do not have any differences in their stances on the North Korean nuclear problem. We can compare our positions at negotiations and consultations though," he said.
www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28....e=10703350
Information I've seen has it that Koreans were brought in from N. Korea many years ago to Chechenya. This is not a recent thing.
Thanks, Godzilla. I never knew that.
Were there any recent threats about aircraft/West Coast prior to this incident?
This is from the "Final Phase" forum.
"Air Controllers Report Chaos, Near Misses, After Computer Failure"
10:31 a.m. September 15, 2004
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OS ANGELES (AP) – In at least five cases, aircraft passed dangerously close to each other after a computer failure cut off radio contact between pilots and air traffic controllers for hours and forced the grounding of hundreds of flights throughout the country, a union official said Wednesday.
Two flights "were almost near-mid-air collisions," said Hamid Ghaffari, local president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
As planes traveled perilously close to one another, "We couldn't do anything," Ghaffari said, based on his interviews with on-duty controllers and a review of radar records.
"We can't do our job unless there is communication. If there are no communications, you are helpless," he said.
On-board safety equipment that includes a collision avoidance system allowed pilots to avoid potential disaster in the sky, he said.
"That was the hero of the night," he said.
After radio contact failed about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Federal Aviation Administration facility in Palmdale, the control room "looked like complete chaos all over the place," Ghaffari said.
A backup computer system was activated but that also failed, he said.
Three workers filed on-the-job injury claims after becoming traumatized by watching flights veer toward one another on radar without being able to do anything, he said.
Under FAA "separation standards," planes are required to fly at least five miles apart horizontally and no less than 1,000 feet vertically. In at least five cases, that safety bubble was violated, and in two cases planes came within about two miles of each other, Ghaffari said.
Flights across much of the country resumed late Tuesday after repairs restored radio contact. But airports struggled to accommodate irked passengers who were forced to wait hours to board delayed flights.
At Los Angeles International Airport, the outage brought about 400 flights to a standstill. Two dozen flights at the Oakland International Airport and more than a dozen at Ontario International Airport also did not depart or arrive on time.
The delays caused a ripple effect throughout the country as planes bound for Los Angeles and other airports were held on the ground.
In all, planes were grounded for about three hours at airports in the Los Angeles region, northern California and parts of Nevada, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said.
The outage began at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale. The station, located in the desert north of Los Angeles, controls airspace for a vast region that encompasses California, Arizona, Nevada and parts of Utah.
Control of the airspace was turned over to other air traffic control facilities, including one in Albuquerque, N.M.
By 8 p.m. Tuesday, the FAA allowed flights to resume at 50 percent airport capacity so the facilities wouldn't be flooded with passengers, said Nancy Castles, a spokeswoman for Los Angeles International Airport.
Air travel reached full capacity by early Wednesday, said Diana Joubert, an FAA operations officer.
www.signonsandiego.com/ne...utage.html
Corrupt airline official let Chechen terrorists board planes for bribe money
New York judge rules it's okay for jurors to be drunk or high on drugs
Hi everyone....just setting a placemark....back to work....grrrr.....
Guys - don't get so smug about Macs (I'm typing this on a Power PC G4). We are not immune. The only reason PCs with a Windows OS are subject to so doggone many attacks is because of its prevalence. One of these days, mark my words, some code-punk is going to get an Apple stuck in his/her/its craw, and write some code that will go through the Mac world like cr@p through a goose......... :-(
Try the Mac Quicktime player!
smiling....
Classical music is nice, so is country music and the oldies channel isn't bad either.
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