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FBI Warns of New Shoe Bomb Attacks
USA Today / AP ^ | 12/24/2002 | AP Staff

Posted on 12/24/2002 8:46:31 AM PST by ex-Texan

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:40:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP)

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: conspiracytheorists; newshoebombs; oklahomacity; rumormongers; tinfoilhats; twaflight800
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1 posted on 12/24/2002 8:46:31 AM PST by ex-Texan
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To: ex-Texan
This warning was just issued. All Freepers are advised to be very careful during their Holiday travels, especially in airports and in and around jet liners.

Please take care, ex-Texan

2 posted on 12/24/2002 8:50:01 AM PST by ex-Texan
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To: ex-Texan
Couldn't they just have said, "Do your damn job, TSA!"

We're paying this Band of Barneys plenty enough they shouldn't need remedial instruction on the matter.

3 posted on 12/24/2002 8:54:11 AM PST by Glenn
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To: ex-Texan
FWIW, I flew in and out of DFW last week and virtually all passengers had to remove their shoes which were "wanded" at the security checkpoints.
4 posted on 12/24/2002 8:56:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: ex-Texan
I second that. All FReepers be careful and and be safe. I am sure they would just love to ruin Christmas.
5 posted on 12/24/2002 8:58:30 AM PST by Mixer
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To: ex-Texan
What really sucks is that if a plane actually gets knocked down by a shoe-bomber, we'll never know. The NTSB will cover it up and blame it on pilot error or structural failure.

When that plane crashed in New York just weeks after Sept. 11th, the government was immediately jumping up and down screaming 'IT WASN'T TERRORISM!!! IT WASN'T TERRORISM!!!' and floating every ridiculous theory imaginable to "prove" it while the crash was still burning.

Our government is getting better at preventing terrorism, but if it actually happens, they'll do anything possible to cover it up.

6 posted on 12/24/2002 9:05:21 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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winter coats and shoes could be used to conceal explosives

These people should pay a visit to Fairbanks in the winter. Who knows what is under those parkas and moon boots?

7 posted on 12/24/2002 9:07:33 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I remember there was a strong market rally immediately following the news that the crash was not the work of terrorists.
8 posted on 12/24/2002 9:14:50 AM PST by TBall
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To: ex-Texan
Does this mean I could get in trouble if I try to fly while wearing my shoe phone?
9 posted on 12/24/2002 9:33:53 AM PST by George W. Bush
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To: ex-Texan
A special K9 squad of 10 week old German Shepherd pups should be formed. Even without advanced explosive detector training, they'll find every last shoe in a prescribed area and give it hell!
10 posted on 12/24/2002 9:39:33 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack
A stunning 20-second quid-pro-quo ad campaign (the P.C. "I Am An American" Ad Council/fedgovs though probably wouldnt have the testes) should perhaps be inaugurated in the ARABIC language with just a black TV screen and white text, saying 'Don't Try It'.

ANNOUNCER'S VOICE: "Bomb An Aircraft, Lose All of Mecca and Medina To the Same Fate"

Quite, frank, to the point, memorable catch phrase that should resonate inside the noggin of every slobbering fundamentalist raghead psycho bent on the destruction of Western modern civilization.


11 posted on 12/24/2002 9:53:02 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I think it was CNN that was promoting the accident angle. Bush came out pretty early saying that we had been attacked.
12 posted on 12/24/2002 10:00:16 AM PST by Aggie Mama
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To: ex-Texan
What is an ex-Texan? That term does not exist. You are either a Texan, or got here as fast as you could. Anyone else is just a visitor, most welcome, some not. So what are you really?
13 posted on 12/24/2002 10:02:20 AM PST by Conservinator
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"What really sucks is that if a plane actually gets knocked down by a shoe-bomber, we'll never know. The NTSB will cover it up and blame it on pilot error or structural failure."

My sentiments exactly.

14 posted on 12/24/2002 10:02:36 AM PST by sbelew
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To: ex-Texan
A year after a passenger failed to blow up a U.S. airliner with a shoe bomb, the FBI is warning that terrorists remain interested in carrying out such an attack and that winter coats and shoes could be used to conceal explosives.

It wont be long before the 4th Amendment Freepers hit this thread to tell everyone that any kind of search constitutes unreasonable search. Coats, shoes, pregnant women, etc.

15 posted on 12/24/2002 10:03:01 AM PST by doosee
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To: aristeides; thinden; Sal; Shermy; 2sheep
He faces between 60 years and life in prison when sentenced Jan. 8.

Is that all he faces?

I see shoulder fired missiles as a continuous threat worldwide.

16 posted on 12/24/2002 10:06:16 AM PST by Fred Mertz
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To: sbelew

17 posted on 12/24/2002 10:08:50 AM PST by Registered
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Our government is getting better at preventing terrorism, but if it actually happens, they'll do anything possible to cover it up.

Yep. Add to your list: 1) Murrah Building (bombing), 2) TWA-800 (rocket attack), 3) Egypt Air (suicide crash by pilot).

18 posted on 12/24/2002 10:19:15 AM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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To: Fred Mertz
I see shoulder fired missiles as a continuous threat worldwide.Bump for common sense. Merry Christmas, Fred.
19 posted on 12/24/2002 10:22:05 AM PST by Sal
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To: Sal; mancini
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
20 posted on 12/24/2002 10:23:43 AM PST by Fred Mertz
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