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."

[truth_seeker]

"Its not exactly a secret that the Anthrax attacks from last year were a warning from Saddam."

Well, it has been kept secret from me. You must be closer to the inside info.

So if it is a fact that the anthrax came from Iraq, why wouldn't we have simply made that info public, instead of going through this whole UN inspection song and dance?

Give me some "hints" for why I should believe you have your facts, rumors, mistakes etc. properly grouped.

[mhking]

doesn't even take into account the parades on New Years Day

Mind you, take a look at teh network coverage list for the parades: ABC/CBS/NBC/WB/UNI/HGTV

[techdawg2k]

Mon., Dec. 30 5:30 p.m. ET	Seattle	Seattle	Wake Forest vs. Oregon
Tue., Dec. 31 Noon ET	Humanitarian	Boise, Idaho	Iowa State vs. Boise State
Tue., Dec. 31 2 p.m. ET	Sun	El Paso, Texas	Purdue vs. Washington
Tue., Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ET	Silicon Valley	San Jose, Calif.	Georgia Tech vs. Fresno State
Tue., Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ET	Liberty	Memphis	TCU vs. Colorado State
Tue., Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. ET	Peach	Atlanta	Maryland vs. Tennessee
Tue., Dec. 31 10:30 p.m. ET	San Francisco	San Francisco	Virginia Tech vs. Air Force
Wed., Jan. 1 11 a.m. ET	Outback	Tampa	Michigan vs. Florida
Wed., Jan. 1 11 a.m. ET	Cotton	Dallas	Texas vs. LSU
Wed., Jan. 1 12:30 p.m. ET	Gator	Jacksonville	North Carolina State vs. Notre Dame
Wed., Jan. 1 1 p.m. ET	Capital One	Orlando	Penn State vs. Auburn
Wed., Jan. 1 5 p.m. ET	Rose	Pasadena, Calif.	Washington State vs. Oklahoma
Wed., Jan. 1 8:30 p.m. ET	Sugar	New Orleans	Georgia vs. Florida State
Thu., Jan. 2 8 p.m. ET	Orange	Miami	Southern California vs. Iowa
Fri., Jan. 3 8 p.m. ET	Fiesta	Tempe, Ariz.	Miami (Fla.) vs. Ohio State

[mhking]

When did this country stoop so low as to have a Humanitarian Bowl? That better not be football.

You think that's bad, just wait'll you see the field - it's bright blue!

[brewcrew]

You older folks might remember this . . . .

Watch it, pal. I remember it, and I ain't an "older folk."

;^D

[caa26]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/798048/posts

[rwfromkansas]

Wow....

I haven't been paying any attention to the 5 guys they are looking for, but I think I will now.

[Trust but Verify]

19 of these guys is just too many to know what they might be planning..

This is the second reference I've seen to 19 guys. I've only heard of the 5 guys. Who are the other 14 guys? A new boy band, maybe?

[mil-vet]

Don't know where, don't know when, but (and I hope I'm wrong) it's just a matter of time.

The upside (how can there be an upside to the killing a bunch of folks) is that if these islamic scum actually DO this, two things will happen:

1. A huge number of liberal USA haters will wake up to the fact that we really ARE under attack, and start taking this seriously (kinda like waking the sleeping giant with 9/11 and then kicking him in the shins to make sure he's really awake).

2. The "it's all our fault" crowd will grow more vocal, making themselves easier to identify and target.

An additional side effect will be that muslims in Amercia will lose many of the freedoms they have come here to enjoy, and even suffer violence on themselves which, considering their silence concerning their islamic brothers' terrorism, will probably be well deserved.

[OldFriend]

If it isn't Halloween, it's another holiday.........don't shop, don't eat the food, don't drink the water, don't fly, don't don't don't don't.........

Since 9/11 every member of our family has flown, been to a football stadium, been to an outdoor event where 35,000 people congregated at a charity event, been to the mall, been to NYC, several times, including just a few days ago.......

Too bad you've all decided live isn't worth living........

[brewcrew]

Who are the other 14 guys? A new boy band, maybe?

Yep. They're called the Sultans of Swing. 4-pc. rhythm section, three trumpets, two trombones, and five saxes.

[rs79bm]

OK, people, Al Quada is so severely disrupted that I don't think any of those nit-wits can plan or pull anything off. Besides, we've had these vague warnings before and it's nothing more than Al Quada speeewing out there anti-american sentiments. Let's face it, they're a nothing organization. All indications are that Osama Bin Laden is dead (otherwise he would have his big-headed face on TV any chance he gets) and a third of their leadership is sitting over at Gitmo basking in the sun.

[lelio]

Al Quada is so severely disrupted that I don't think any of those nit-wits can plan or pull anything off
What's it take to rent a UHaul truck, put some fertilizer and explosives in there? Granted that's not a 'big' attack, but it doesn't take more than 3 people to do it.
That's really the "beauty" of cells -- they can pull off their individual events w/o having a central command.

[Just another Joe]

Good thing I don't have a DVD player yet.
VHS has been vedy vedy good to me.

[MattinNJ]

FWIW, I think GW is doing a great job. However, when I read articles like this I wish Rumsfeld was POTUS. I can just hear him say at a press conference "Really, they're planning a big attack. Wow. I hope not. I sure would hate to have to nuke Mecca and Medina." (I can just picture the look on Helen Thomas' face)

[kaktuskid]

They use cheese???

[riri]

Maybe, I am a little slow catching on to things but I am starting to see a trend here. Holiday=elevated terror threat.

Has a holiday passed since 9.11 that has not had these yahoos come out with one type of warning or alert? I really hope they aren't paying these guys "the big money" Yeeeesh.

[rs79bm]

Theoretically, you are correct. However, this is easy to spot, and flag, if you are an intelligence official. To rent anything, you need ID. I don't think you would get very far with a UHAUL full of explosives, which is also easy to spot. It would have to be something very un-conventional, and in that case, it really wouldn't be anything spectacular at all.

[MattinNJ]

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

Do't worry about it-the G-Men are going all the way anyway. GO BIG BLUE.