Posted on 03/21/2002 1:33:51 PM PST by ex-Texan
I agree in principal, (man, I thought that was the last one who remembered BOMARK), The real issue revolves around the terror aspect of terrorism. If the bad guys detonated a dirty nuke (i.e. conventional explosive wrapped with radioactive waste), in say, a minority neighborhood, the hue and cry from the sheeple populace would be deafening. The purpose of the evildoers would be to demonstrate that they can strike antime, anywhere. Remember the old Chuck Norris movie "Invasion USA"? There is this one part where thr bad guys go after a residential area with what appears to be a 27 shot LAWS. The purpose was to instill fear. THAT is the goal of the dirty nukes.
OBTW I classify "Invaion USA" as a RAMBO movie. (RAMBO means Rarely Anything Marginally Believable Occuring). The FBI, via the ANSIR system is suspicious of "truck bombs" and has sent out alerts via an ANSIR bulletin. Forewarned is forarmed. Those of you that poo-poo the guy in the article must think that Christians In Action have all the answers /sarcasm
Semper Fi
Anyway, my question is: if such a "pregnant" van/truck were lined with lead (the back part behind the cab) and paraffin, could it accomodate dirty nukes or even a suitcase nuke? It certainly could accomodate a conventional bomb, I imagine. Please respond if you and others can. I have tried to get these thoughts out of my mind since December, but they keep creeping back again whenever I read a thread such as this one! Thanks. :-)
It's not a question of either/or. I don't think the CIA knows, but I'm quite sure this guy doesn't, either.
However, Steven Emerson tried so very diligently to convince America that we needed to recognize and pay serious attention to the growing and in-your-face-if-you-knew-where-to-look" Islamic extremist threat for 10 years or so, didn't he?That's why it is beneficial to scope out every claim and not dismiss it out of hand. Especially, when other countries and certain U.S. spooks had some information about potential attacks pre-911 in and around June-July of last year. That reality, coupled with the information provided earlier by arrests in the Phillippines and during the millennium year should have kept the U.S. on guard. But the U.S. wasn't, and 911 has come and gone.
One of the most effective traits of recent terrorists is also one of our strongest weaknesses. You see, terrorists seem to know how to bide their time while remaining patiently determined much more capably than we do. They bide their time patiently and silently while waiting for our weakness to reappear -- and our weakness always does. We simply do not know how to bide our time well while remaining even mildly vigilant. We show little patience with "terror alerts" that do not, thank God, result in any actual incidents; we get snappy at increased airport security measures; we start to minimize certain threats that we see as too unusual and/or difficult for terrorists, even though the terrorists' evil acts on 911 were hugely unusual and difficult.
Then Islam is right up his alley.
"Random imagination"?? Are you daft??
Hazrath Imam Mahdi will be the descendant of Nabi Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). He would be Hassani Sayyid. He would be an Imaam and Mujtahid (Jurist entitled to independent opinion) of his time. The only place that will be left as Qiyamat draws near when infidelity will spread to the whole world will be Haramain Sharifain. All the Awliya, Abdaal and pious Scholars will migrate to the Haramain Sharifain. While the Abdaals will be performing Tawaaf of the Holy Kaaba in the blessed month of Ramadaan, Hazrath Imam Mahdi would be present. The Awliya would recognize him and would want to take Bai'at by him, but the Imam would refuse. From the Unseen, a Voice would say: "Haaza Khalifatullah al Mahid fasma'oolahu wa Ati oohu" meaning, "This is the Khalifah of Allah, Mahdi! Listen to him and obey him." Then, all will make Bai'at at his blessed hands. Thereafter, Hazrath Imam Mahdi would take everyone with him to Shaam (Syria). (THE COMING OF QIYAMAT AND SOME SIGNS) http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:IK_KiZ8J51oC:www.raza.co.za/20.1h.htm+imam+mahdi+prophecy+tawaaf&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1
You forgot the "(PBUH)" him part, infidel!
Think that's about right. The only reason he's running his mouth is because he knows nobody will get hurt. The other side knows it's not true, so......OTOH, he advances Al-Q'aeda's objectives by tightening everyone up ad nauseam.
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