Posted on 10/23/2007 2:44:10 PM PDT by NorthernRight
Edited on 10/23/2007 5:40:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
October 22, 2007
Fire officials are now stating that the Orange County Santiago fire was purposely set and there is speculation that other fires may have also been deliberate. See Interactive Map
Fire officials found three separate “points of origin,” all near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road. Two were on one side of the road, and the third was on the other. “Whoever did this knew what they were doing,” said Kris Concepcion, a fire authority battalion chief. Also, the fire traveled 3 miles in its first 20 minutes when it was ignited about 6 p.m. Sunday, he said.
We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism however; the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and in Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call.
In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaeda terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.
It was reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country.
“The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies,” the memo said.
How Can So Many Fires Be By Natural Causes ?
A Local News Radio talk show host in San Diego asked, “how can so many fires, in so many places, in such a short period of time, all be caused by natural causes”.
From USA Today in July of 2003
USA Today/Gannett publication article removed.
al-Qaeda Detainee Spoke of Fire Plot
As we have stated before. If you see anything suspicious, report it to law enforcement immediately.
UPDATE: Video - Officials say arson now suspected in Orange County Fire
UPDATE: From Los Angeles Fox News
“I’m sad to report this is an arson fire,” OCFA Chief Chip Prather announced at an early morning briefing. “There were three separate starts: two on one side of the road and one on the other, and obviously we are actively investigating that.”
Links - A number of blogs and websites have sprung up to report on the fires. We will provide links to a couple we’ve found.
National Interagency Fire Center
Live Local News Coverage Channel 10 San Diego
Written by News Admin · Filed Under Incident Reports
Tell her Uncle nully gives her an A+
...aided and abetted by idiotic environmentalists who won’t let us clear out the dead underbrush and trees. That’s just more fuel to make the fires worse.
I was just about to post something.
All the cali fires are in the same general areas as the 2006 fires. This is asymetrical warfare, its terrorism.
compare the satelite photos to the last big fires.
http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/102307_Satellite.jpg
http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2006/12/061201105724.jpg
““The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies,” the memo said.”
Which is exactly why the government would lie to you and tell you that it is not terrorist related even if it were.
It makes one wonder if this is just the beginning of a larger campaign. Keep your eyes and ears open on both coasts!
We need to go check out the Islamic message boards, they must be high fivin like crazy, its terrorism regardless of the parties involved but I would gladly presume Islamic individuals because this is too ripe of an opportunity to resist, and they get away relatively easy.
Theorizing also its an excellent diversion in a “what if” scenario of an attack elsewhere.
I could even think Iran is behind it.
Get a life.
Do you mean that as a play on words or what the winds are really called?
Will that get the eco-Marxists and eco-Nazis on the side of supporting the WOT? Of course not. They are totalitarians, just like the Islamonazis. The Eco-commies blame America’s Capitalism for oppressing the Islamonazis and see them as the victim, us as the aggressor.
I have lived in Socal all of my life.
They have ALWAYS been called
Santa Ana winds.
—Jo—
you know this how?
smokers set most fires in TX. they throw their butts out
the car windows regardless of the dry grass situation.
idiots!
Mirimar evacuates aircraft
Essential & key personnel personnel only report to Pendleton
When NOLA had the hurricane/flood and many $ were dumped into area with intention of rebuilding, many said “No. It’s below sea level. Leave it alone.” So this same area in Calif has burned before and chances are it will burn again. Why are people allowed to rebuild there? Seems to me like that is a pretty poor decision. Given a choice about do I want my tax dollars to go to that area AGAIN? Answer would have to be no.
Unfortunately, the MORONS who chose to build in what is a natural fire trap (with added shrubbery because it “looked pretty) didn’t quite think their housing purchases through, didn’t they?
Unfathomable. In San Diego, 500,000 people have been evacuated.
“the more clueless on FR briefly got excited thinking he might be a Muslim or Arab.” Was he a Jew?
That's absurd. There are a lot easier ways to get out from underneath debt than torching a third of the state.
“In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaeda terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.”
And they think that setting a series of fires will make us put pressure on our government to change its foreign policies? Think again . . . you just make us more determined than ever to crush you.
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