Posted on 08/09/2007 8:43:03 PM PDT by bnelson44
Google Earth says it’s at:
24o17’22.10” N 98o37’10.18” W
Looks like mountains but can’t tell how tall. I have the free version so it’s blurry when I get too close. :-)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
If AQ really wants to scare Americas, don’t attack us in places like Miami, LA, New York or Boston. They should try attacking us in Chicago, Denver or Saint Louis, places that are in the center of the country.
He said the south side of the base on the Mexican border has a large wall so an attack there from Mexico would be near impossible, so it made sense that they would try to cross into the U.S. and attack the base from the other directions.
There's also huge and very beautiful mountains to the immediate south of Fort Huachuca. I hiked up there many times, but never saw anything, except a few locations which were the leftovers of campfires....
He also told her that the base was put on full alert late Friday night when the FBI briefed the base commander informing him about these terrorists.
Well, that statement is not totally accurate. Maybe the base commander was in fact briefed by the FBI, but the commander at the time was female, not male. However, at around the same time, security at the post was slightly increased due to narco-violence that was in danger of spilling over the border.
I may be remembering incorrectly, but isn’t Fort Huachuca also a large listening and intelligence gathering base? I seem to recall that it was used to monitor a lot of satellite, cell, land line, and internet communications.
Fort Huachuca is mainly where soldiers are trained in military intelligence. The only intelligence gathering done there, that I know of, is the Aerostat that watches for drug-smuggling planes. They also train in the operation UAVs there. And experiment with radios and other electromagetic stuff, because of the sparse radio interference in the region. There's also the 9th Signal Command there. Fort Huachuca's important, but it's mainly not an operational base, but a training base.
If that’s true, it would certainly make sense why terrorists would want to attack that base, though it seems pretty foolish, since even 60 men isn’t enough to take a U.S. military installation. They’d be wiped out in pretty short order.
I highly doubt it. At the right time and place, you could easily kill more soldiers there in less than five minutes than die in Iraq in an entire month. I don't want to say more than that, but I would characterize Fort Huachuca as a soft target, personally. That's just me, a MI private. I'm not a MP or anything like that.
I heard similar chatter on the terrorists forums although they did not specify the US cities but they were saying that they need experts with non Conventional Weapons (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) to join their ranks.
YIPES!! That is not good. I don't like the sound of that at all.
Sounds like a job for an AC130U.
OH CRAP
They JUST anounced here on FOX 5 NY news that the NYPD is raising their counter terrorist surveilance level, including vehicle checkpoints and radiological detection.
I think you are on to something. Because I don’t think we can be lucky much longer.
“For what it’s worth I have heard second hand chatter from Mexico, I have relatives down there.”
Have you also been to Mexico and have you observed the Al Qaeda yourself?
Btw, how’s the weather in Utah?
I have his horrible feeling that we better enjoy these 'good ole days' to the max.
And sprout wings where possible. Looks like we're gonna need 'em.
It may be from Debka, but it’s being taken seriously by NYPD. Amazingly, the NY Times article says the police are citing Debka as their source. I really hope they have some additional reason to give credibility to this report. We can’t have NYPD reacting to every rumor posted on Debka.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/nyregion/11threat.html
Off Topic...
I saw a thread recently.
Sure was pretty and had a nice photo with it, too.
Here it is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878722/posts
“What’s at the end of this rainbow?[Sundog]”
News.com.au ^ | 09 Aug 2007 | News.com.au
Posted on 08/09/2007 8:34:38 AM PDT by BGHater
“Didnt Gadahn sleep with Osama, who slept with Arafat?”
Can you imagine the size of those crabs?
Hi Cindy,
You have an awesome home page and a long history on Freep.
I’ve steered clear of the Al Qaeda compounds in Mexico, actually.
Weather here is in the 90’s daytime, 70’s at night, and in the mountains it is in the 70’s daytime, 50’s at night.
Did you see this congressional hearing into Al Qaeda bases in Mexico?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879431/posts
Yes, I saw that link.
Thanks for the Utah info.
That sounds quite pleasant.
I’ve seen some of your posts.
If you or your relatives ever come across information that might be useful; you may want to go to this link and submit a tip. You can do this anonymously. It’s a good site.
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net
Have a good evening Sundog.
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