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Case of Whidbey Island 'terrorists' is a dud, FBI says
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | May 14, 2002 | Mike Barber

Posted on 05/14/2002 8:25:51 AM PDT by Physicist

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To: Rebelbase
I did'nt think terrorist. The Mossad is highly capable of "fabricating" an "incident" in the U.S. to further Irael's goals.

So you jumped to a different conclusion from a different set of prejudices.

21 posted on 05/14/2002 9:53:46 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: veronica
Perhaps you prefer the article published in National Review, Red-Heifer Days???
22 posted on 05/14/2002 9:54:27 AM PDT by Who is George Salt?
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To: veronica
Looks like the anti-Israel gang hit another dry hole.

Indeed, as did the (more vicious because more tolerated) anti-Arab/anti-Muslim gang. Everyone saw the hobgoblin they were expecting to see.

23 posted on 05/14/2002 9:56:38 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Who is George Salt?
Yes indeed that is a much more balanced piece. From the article:

There was immense excitement among messianists of the Israeli religious Right, and their American Christian counterparts.

So you see, when somone slimes and ridicules the religious beliefs of some Jews, they insult some Christians too. All-purpose religious bigotry, eh? Most religions have traditions that are odd to other folks. Eating wafers that are the body of Christ might seem odd to some. Not to me. I am the tolerant and respectful type. :)

24 posted on 05/14/2002 10:01:33 AM PDT by veronica
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To: veronica
First the bogus art student spy story, now this. Oh well...

Oh well, indeed.

Art?

26 posted on 05/14/2002 10:16:29 AM PDT by harrowup
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To: SJackson; LarryLied
Cigar smugglers!

Anyway, Canada, not Mexico, is the biggerr border problem with Islamist terror. Has been and will be. The Canadian govt regularly grants "asylum" to the terrorists, and Canada has become a big base for it. The Canadian lefties think these immigrants will eventually vote for them.

27 posted on 05/14/2002 10:33:04 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: veronica
...when somone slimes and ridicules the religious beliefs of some Jews, they insult some Christians too.

Neither Christianity nor Judaism are monolithic movements, and you are by no means their high priestess.

All-purpose religious bigotry, eh?

The last refuge of a tendentious, mendacious scoundrel.

The fact is, we are not talking about all Christians or all Jews, now are we? We are talking about small, extremist cults who think they can somehow speed up the eschatological timeline. And considering that the Christian nutballs and the Jewish nutballs expect somewhat different results - Jews expect the Messiah to appear, whereas Christians expect Christ to return, at which time the Jews will get to choose between converting to Christianity or getting tossed into the lake of fire - I seriously doubt that we are seeing a stable, long-term coalition here.

28 posted on 05/14/2002 10:54:47 AM PDT by Who is George Salt?
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To: seamole
Um...Fox reported more specifically that traces of TNT were found on the gearshift and traces of RDX on the steering wheel.

Mentioned in the story above.

This story ain't debunked yet.

That's not the point. The point is that the story hasn't been written yet. Right now, there's no story at all. And yet, here we have Freepers (all of whom ought to know better) saying, "see, you can't trust an Arab", arguing with others who are saying, "see, you can't trust an Israeli".

Stories like these are mirrors in which some can only see their own convictions.

29 posted on 05/14/2002 11:05:14 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Physicist
"So you jumped to a different conclusion from a different set of prejudices."

These are extreme times. Failure to "speculate" as to what can happen, can lead to that very thing happening, although I am powerless to stop them, others are'nt.

I applaud the LEO for recogizing a potential threat in form of suspicious activity, and further applaud the bomb dog action....even though the dog appears to have been wrong, had the dog been right, we would'nt be having this thread right now and the LEO would be cheered a "hero" for going on a "hunch".

As for my Tin Hat about Mossad, I'll say it differently. Only a fool would belive that Israel could refrain from such activity. The U.S. is capable of doing the same thing in other nations to acheive any goal the powers that be deem worthy of "covert" operations, IMHO.

30 posted on 05/14/2002 11:18:51 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: veronica
Why not link to antiwar.com? After all, FR has a link to us on their front page. Are you calling the management of FR "bizarre," veronica?
31 posted on 05/14/2002 11:28:11 AM PDT by Justin Raimondo
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To: Physicist
You're absolutely right. However, the Fox News story mentions two different sorts of tests that were performed, with positive results. The PI story simply says that unspecified tests came out negative.
32 posted on 05/14/2002 11:29:40 AM PDT by Justin Raimondo
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To: Justin Raimondo
After all, FR has a link to us on their front page.

No it doesn't. And if it did, I'd start a special F.R. fundraising drive to have it removed.

34 posted on 05/14/2002 11:39:55 AM PDT by jpl
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To: jpl;Lazarus Long;Justin Raimondo
Uh oh. It's been deleted, like the Cameron story on Fox.

It was there. What happened? I see a conspiracy thread coming.

35 posted on 05/14/2002 11:49:15 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson
It was there. What happened? I see a conspiracy thread coming.

I see several. I'm gettin' a headache in advance of the onslaught.

37 posted on 05/14/2002 11:56:11 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: veronica
Israelis arrested in Washington are cleared by the FBI
38 posted on 05/14/2002 1:05:18 PM PDT by UbIwerks
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To: Physicist
Well it's not like we haven't caught this kind of thing here in the past. I fully expect to take a hit of some kind in this area sometime.

And if you believe everything the PI writes, you might want to be careful when making fun of others.

40 posted on 05/14/2002 1:23:44 PM PDT by MarMema
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