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Santa Monica Playing It Safe
Los Angeles Times ^ | August 13, 2005 | Rong-Gong Lin II & Martha Groves
Posted on 08/13/2005 11:09:49 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts Jr. met with reporters this week and declared a potential homeland security threat.
Police received a call last month from a citizen who had taken photos of "Middle Eastern individuals" as they shot video of the Santa Monica Pier and surrounding area in a manner that authorities said was "inconsistent with tourist documentary." ...
(Councilman Herb Katz) said the three photos Butts showed the council during the closed session meeting left him with concerns.
"There were three people taking pictures on a pier that's a tourist attraction," he said. "They were going under the pier and looking at pilings." ...
Article continued here
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
This is an old subject now, but this article seems to have a lot more details then I have read before:
The Sunday Times - Britain
August 14, 2005
US warns of new attacks on London
DAVID LEPPARD
Read the document
AMERICAN intelligence chiefs have warned that Al-Qaeda terrorists are plotting to drive hijacked fuel tankers into petrol stations in an effort to cause mass casualties in London and US cities in the next few weeks.
The leaked warning, contained in a bulletin issued by the US Department for Homeland Security last week, says the attacks aim to create catastrophic damage at about the time of the fourth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
The warning came as it emerged that the British Department for Transport had for the first time issued guidelines ordering a tightening of security around the UK road tanker fleet.
The US warning has been circulated among law enforcement agencies and fuel transport agencies. Although a preamble states that “no other intelligence exists to corroborate this specific threat”, the intelligence report is highly specific.
It says: “Al-Qaeda leaders plan to employ various types of fuel trucks as vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED) in an effort to cause mass casualties in the US (and London), prior to September 19. Attacks are planned specifically for New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. It is unclear whether the attacks will occur simultaneously or be spread over a period of time. The stated goal is the collapse of the US economy.”
The document goes on to suggest that the proposed methods will involve suicide drivers: “Some of the vehicles used will be hijacked. The type of vehicle may be anything from gasoline tanker trucks to trucks hauling oxygen and gas cylinders. Water trucks filled with gasoline or other highly combustible material may also be used. The detonation of the vehicles will be carried out by driving them into gas stations or ramming explosive-laden vehicles into the trucks carrying the fuel.”
The intelligence report says that the terrorist cells thought to be planning the attack will “execute the plan upon receipt of an order”. It goes on to speculate that the videotape released last week by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, may have been meant as “the activation signal to the cells”. In the video al-Zawahiri warned that attacks would continue in Britain until it pulled out of Iraq.
More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1734148,00.html
Two guests on C2C said the attacks are coming wednesday....
of course, Drudge is saying the same thing