Terrorists Possibly Targeting Texas, Chat Cites Attack in July; Energy Facilities on Alert

Houston Chronicle ^ | June 24, 2003 6:19 AM | Mike Hedges

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United States Intelligence Agencies early this month eavesdropped on two suspected Al Qaeda operatives discussing potential terrorism in Texas timed for the Fourth of July Weekend raising the spectre of an attack on Energy Facilities in the Houston area, officals said Monday.

That information which did not specify a target, an exact time or type of terrorist attack, was passed along to state officials.

With Texas as the target, officials are especially concerned about oil, gas facilites and pipelines because Al Qaeda terrorists in the past have talked about attacking the energy sector as a way of damaging Americas economy, officials said.

A Federal official confirmed an account first published in Newsweek Magazine that a possible Al Qaeda operative known as 'Sakr' told another person during an Internet Chat Room conversation that an attack had been planned for a long time, and that terrorists inside the United States were waiting for approval from a man dubbed 'The Sheik' before striking in early July.

The information was much more intriguing to intelligence analyists than much of the avalanche of vaguely suspicious electronic intercepts, because Sakr had sent a message predicting 'good news' coming from Morocco shortly before a successful terrorist strike in that country.

[JustPiper]

Tracked, Whacked and Now Owned by Lucifer
CIA says al Qaeda ready to use nukes
AlQ Near Bio-Chem Production
PokerBuddy has many links!Thank you for your work

We have dozens of threads on this and it is a collective effort in something we all believe in.

I would like to thank my friends:

FairOpinion, Pro-Bush,BagCamAddict ,ganeshpuri,pokerbuddy, Angelus Errare;cgk;Donna Lee Nardo;John Beresford Tipton, for all of their input on this issue for many weeks!

I believe this will eventually wind up being one of the biggest stories of the new millenium, maybe long past when I will still be here. But even then generations will say:

You heard it First on Free Republic ;)

[JustPiper]

Please read all that has been posted with links

[JustPiper]

The links provided include chatter, resources, references.

[JustPiper]

How would you feel about Red?

[sarasota]

Check out the passengers and keep an eye on any suspicious types--and alert fellow travellers to be vigilant.

[manic4organic]

Well, I for one will be about 45 miles from Comanche Peak nuclear plant at a music festival/custom motorcycle show. I'll be shooting off fireworks, listening to great music (including my wonderful daughter performing onstage), drinking beer, eating BBQ and giving thanks for this great country and our troops. So, if they got the cajones to do something, bring it on. It'll be the best damn send off I'd ever want. (Vanity note: www.smoothwaterranch.com if you wanna join the festivities!)

[sheik yerbouty]

it must be. I curse their moustaches, and break wind on their beards. May their "virgins" look like Hanan Ashrawi!

[kinghorse]

"Is Matagorda far enough away?"

Matagorda may be running into it. STNP is on west matagorda bay.

[eastforker]

Man what a bummer,was planning a fishing trip to Port Mansfield that weekend,ain't gonna stop me though,gonna have a good time.

[FairOpinion]

"Can you refresh my memory and share with everyone here what the chatter led us to believe what would be attacked? "

Last year about this time, there was some intelligence and chatter about AQ combining a cyber attack with physical attacks, using computers to shut down power grid, dams, phone systems, while also waging some other major attacks.

It didn't happen a year ago, thank God, but they could still be planning something like that. They found information indicating something like that on the AQ computers in Afghanistan.

I posted excerpts and links to those articles here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/930838/posts?page=70#70

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/930838/posts?page=77#77

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/930838/posts?page=142#142

[BenLurkin]

[FairOpinion]

http://www.itshappening.com/index.php

No, I had not trouble.

[JustPiper]

You must sign in now, thats what I got, a bit scarey isn't it? The look was different to. Any ideas?

[JustPiper]

Any news on that 727 -- any info pointing it to be terrorist-related?

I've heard nothing, anyone?

[JustPiper]

Thanks Fair ;)

[JustPiper]

AlNeda Chatter

[Imal]

Leave it to a dumb Islamic terrorist to try doing something stupid in a state that has "he needed killing" laws. LMAO!

In response, several Texans were quoted as saying, "Bring it."

[JustPiper]

Here we go again:
Oh Allah ! on you in America .. Oh Allah ! on you in America .. Oh Allah ! on you in America .. Oh Allah ! they spoiled in your land .. And killed your sheikhs .. They killed the sheikhs and the women and the children .. Oh Allah ! they became your religion .. And behaved arrogantly in your land .. Oh Allah ! then we PRLNKA ask you that you are the noble strong Allah .. The avenger tyrant .. That she oppresses they .. And destruction evil destroys them .. Oh Allah ! explode their aeroplanes in your sky .. And sank their ships in your sea .. The Wamhq of their armoured vehicles is in your land .. Oh Allah ! revenge your sheikhs .. Oh Allah ! revenge your sheikhs .. Oh Allah ! revenge your sheikhs ..