Fox News alert: US fears Iraq has transported GPS guided drones to America

Fox News Channel | 02/24/03 | Brett Baird

[Pokey78]

Drones or pieces of drones that have GPS mapping may have been sent to Iraqi agants in US to spray chem or bio weapons over US cities.

[Dan Cooper]

note to self: stock up on skeet loads

[Xenalyte]

Scary ping.

[EGPWS]

Lets hope France. If they came from Germany, they might actually work.

A little levity after a headline such as this! LOL!!

[Steven W.]

FNC reports that Iraq is attempting to deploy the UAVs in pieces and have them reconstituted here in the US (or adjoining countries ie Mexico or Canada or using terrorist groups) to attack our homeland with chemical and biological weapons. This is probably the first "FOX News Alert" with any news of actual relevance following a week in which they actually covered a trash fire at a dump as "breaking news".

[section9]

Strangely enough, no one actually has come out and said that the Iraqis had actually done this. However, they did say that the GPS software could be used using American cities as maps.

Take it with a grain of salt.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[RobFromGa]

What would be affected if we scrambled the signal for a few hours? Any life threatening consequences?

We could react pretty quickly to a launch (or the first hit) if necessary.

[katnip]

But, BUT..IRaq doesn't have any chemiical or biological weapons.....

Welll... technically they don't if they sent them here... (I'm helping old Hans out here)

[Pokey78]

You know, it's almost comical to see the Drudge teaser right above Sheryl "No War" Crow wailing away on her guitar.

[FreedomPoster]

LOL! I think it means I may need to finally follow through on my threat to throw a carbine in my trunk. Though I doubt it will matter, as I don't live upwind of my city.

[r9etb]

upthread

I like that word. Can I use it?

[ArGee]

But, BUT..IRaq doesn't have any chemiical or biological weapons.....

I'm sure what you MEANT to say was...

"But, BUT, Zee zoveweign nation of Iraq does not have zee biological or zee chemical weapons, n'cest pas?"

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Shalom.

[martianagent]

Worst possible case, we're better off dealing with it now than five years from now. Bad news doesn't improve with age.

[Huck]

OK wait. Is this part of the "logic of peace" or the "logic of war?"

[Eala]

drones that have GPS mapping

Did you mean "guidance"?

[Marysecretary]

that's funny.

[Pokey78]

Correct. Guidance.

[cajungirl]

Sure, it is yours sweetie!!! I have some more good words to share but can't think of one now.

[ConservativeConvert]

Nonsense. These doomsday warnings are getting really tired.

[Brian Mosely]

Just lovely. I wonder where they got the GPS data...I was screaming about something somewhat similar a while back when I learned that the state of Tennessee was outsourcing GIS data to China for a state mapping project:

See:Severe security lapse surrounds mapping project (GIS maps sent to China)