Big one

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | December 27, 2002 | Bill Gertz

[Mossad1967]

Big one U.S. intelligence officials say there are signs terrorists are planning a major attack during the holiday season. But the signs are not specific enough to issue a warning to the public. Increased chatter among terrorist groups associated with the al Qaeda network has been a common indicator in the past. Intelligence agencies have been picking up signals since early December from terrorist suspects indicating that an attack is being planned. "They are talking about 'the big one,'" an intelligence official tells us. U.S. government public warnings about terrorism over the Christmas and New Year's holiday have been limited to overseas-travel advisories. The latest intelligence says a major terror attack could be carried out in the United States, the officials said. The FBI warned this week that terrorists may attempt to blow up an airliner using explosives-laden shoes, similar to the attempt a year ago by accused shoe-bomb suspect Richard C. Reid. CIA Director George J. Tenet said in a recent speech that the al Qaeda network is preparing terrorist attacks. He noted that recent taped messages by al Qaeda leaders were "unprecedented in their bluntness and urgency."

[Bella_Bru]

Tournament of Roses parade....

[SauronOfMordor]

New years Eve

Or various New Years Day events. The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia draws a huge crowd.

[mykdsmom]

ROFLOL!!

[Principled]

motor city bowl

[arkfreepdom]

LOL

[smith288]

Bowl games worry me.

Miami should be worried....


hehe

[mhking]

As for live, televised events this week, let's see...in order:

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl - Nashville, 2P ET today (Arkansas v. Minnesota) - ESPN
Seattle Bowl - Seattle, 5:30P ET tonight (Oregon v. Wake Forest) ESPN
Crucial.com Humanitarian Bowl - Boise, ID, 12N ET tomorrow (Iowa State v. Boise State) ESPN
Wells Fargo Sun Bowl - El Paso, 2P ET tomorrow (Purdue v. Washington) CBS
AXA Liberty Bowl - Memphis, 3:30P ET tomorrow (TCU v. Colorado State) ESPN
Silicon Valley Football Classic - San Jose 3:30P ET tomorrow (Georgia Tech v. Fresno State) ESPN2
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl - Atlanta 7:30P tomorrow (Maryland v. Tennessee) ESPN
Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl - San Francisco 10:30P ET (Air Force v. Virginia Tech) ESPN2
Times Square Ball Drop - NYC tomorrow 11:35p ET ABC
Tournament of Roses Parade - Pasadena, CA 1/1 10A ET ABC/CBS/NBC/WB/UNI/HGTV
Outback Bowl - Tampa 1/1 11A ET (Michigan v. Florida) ESPN
SBC Cotton Bowl - Dallas 1/1 11A ET (Texas v. LSU) FOX
Toyota Gator Bowl - Jacksonville 1/1 12:30P ET (NC State v. Notre Dame) NBC
Capitol One Bowl - Orlando 1/1 1P ET (Penn State v. Auburn) ABC
Rose Bowl presented by Playstation 2 - Pasadena, CA 1/1 5P ET (Oklahoma v. Washington State) ABC
Nokia Sugar Bowl - New Orleans 1/1 8:30P ET (Georgia v. Florida State) ABC
FedEx Orange Bowl - Miami 1/2 8P ET (Iowa v. USC) ABC
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Sears National Championship) - Tempe, AZ 1/3 8P (Ohio State v. Miami) ABC
Indianapolis Colts at New York Jets - 1/4 4:30 ET ABC
Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers - 1/4 8P ET ABC
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers - 1/5 1P ET CBS
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers - 1/5 4:30P ET FOX

[arkfreepdom]

Watch it. My Sooners are there.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Actually it is Jack-In-The-Box that has just introduced a 1/2-pound burger.

[ewing]

I think it is the Demon Decons of Wake Forest, although I was not aware they actually had a bowl eligible team.

[PokeyJoe]

Bowl games worry me.

I dunno, the food at the Bowl games worries me. Have you seen the age of the cheese that they use for Nachos?

[mhking]

Heck, I forgot MNF tonight - San Francisco at St. Louis...

[ravingnutter]

Rye, that looks like "Attack of the Giant Breasteseses"

"Attack of the 50 Foot Woman"

LOL!

[BluH2o]

Times Square New Years eve is a possibility ... however, the increased chatter about the "Big One" could simply be a ploy to, once again, put all U.S. agencies involved with homeland defense on full alert. This costs untold millions of dollars each time they ramp up security to a higher level ...

[ewing]

And the Bowl list doesn't even take into account the parades on New Years Day and fireworks celebrations for New Years Night.

[lelio]

I was not aware they actually had a bowl eligible team
We're talking about the Seattle bowl so it doesn't really count.
I can't believe the Huskies from UW are in a bowl this year. Course they did beat WSU that's in the Rose Bowl, but man do they stink.

[Loyolas Mattman]

Wasn't the Edward Jones (nee TWA) Dome in St. Louis one of the stadium blueprints that was found on Al Qada's computers in Afganistan?

(Horrible thought - If the Niners get blown up tonight, do the G-men automatically advance to the divisional round? Just asking. ;) )

[Archangelsk]

Or a scene from Woody Allen's "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex*".

[mhking]

And the Bowl list doesn't even take into account the parades on New Years Day and fireworks celebrations for New Years Night.

All the nationally televised stuff's on the list - including the parades & Dick Clark...

[Bella_Bru]

I do not live too far from Pasadena. Just a quick drive. I don't know much about football, but, good luck!