[zarf]

When does the first FR conspiracy post happen....any bets?

[The Great RJ]

While I think it very unlikely any terrorists groups were involved, I'm sure the Arab and Palestinian radicals and many Islamic fundamentalists will rejoice at the news of this tragedy and use it in their propaganda.

[theFIRMbss]

>U.S.: No Indication of Shuttle Terrorism

I believe there are
only four "categories"
of tin foil foul play:

Sabotage on board;
some foreign, high altitude
missles; some foreign

black ops near-space plane;
some foreign black ops high tech
energy weapon.

If it was foul play,
I don't think our government
would say publicly,

because I don't think
anybody would admit
that we have a foe

with the resources
to accomplish any of
those general things...

[Paleo Conservative]

Sheppard Smith on Fox kept trying to push terrorism as a cause of the destruction of Columbia. I'm so tired of news reporters who just have a degree in journalism. Why can't news organizations have reporters who have a backgroung in science?

[cynwoody]

If the sand nazis had the ability to shoot down a reentering space shuttle at 203,000 feet and 12,500 mph, don't you suppose our inventory of 747's would be a little short by now? Probably starting with that big shiny blue and white one parked at Andrews.

The only way this could be terrorism would be if they managed to infiltrate a sleeper into NASA who performed some very subtle act of sabotage, so subtle it only had a probability of working. If there really were a sleeper agent, his sabotage would much more likely take place during the launch.

[CWOJackson]

I was hoping the tin foil hat crowd would take a vacation at least until all the remains had been collected. How long until someone starts pumping things up for their shuttle conspiracy book?

[Dajjal]

This launch was such high profile news in Israel, that I think it is undeniable that, regardless of whether or not they succeeded, Islamicist terrorists MUST have been making EVERY possible effort to sabotage this particular shuttle flight.

All further investigation must begin from this starting point.