Senators warned of terrorist attack on US by July

[Andrew, Jr.]

On one of my religious sites I came across today, there was a brief statement by Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence. He made this statement yesterday in Washington, DC. Blair stated that within the next 6 months our terror alert has gone to severe because of information from both of what agents found in the field, and the terrorist from Xmas Day. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, asked Mr. Blair if any other agencies agreed with his view. The CIA and FBI reaffirmed this terror attack on the US by July.

Let's chat about this.

Peace,
Andrew

[Toughy]

In the words of FDR:

there is nothing to fear except fear itself

Does this mean we need to get our duct tape and plastic sheeting out and ready?????

[wolfwalker]

did they recieve an invitation written with gold leaf. Is someone putting up signs, this way to the terrorist attack?

if not, we are fu*ked

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by wolfwalker

did they recieve an invitation written with gold leaf. Is someone putting up signs, this way to the terrorist attack?

Well, in a manner of speaking, if they (the planners) have engaged in ANY electronic communications in the course of their planning then they've done the next best thing to sending a written invitation! There's a reason why OBL stopped using a cell phone. If you send a signal anywhere on this planet, the NSA can pick it up. The NSA's problem isn't so much picking up the signal as separating the signal (information you want to know about what the opposing force is doing/thinking/planning) from the noise (everything else).

I hope that Al Qaeda is being stupid enough to send electronic signals but a long time ago, when the OPFOR wasn't Al Qaeda but the Soviet Union, my commanding officer told me that the other guy didn't owe use the favor of being either stupid or insane.

Cheers
Aj

[Sachita]

It is what it is. I have come to this conclusion. If I cant drive there I probably wont go. I would not want to live in any metro area.

With Al Qaeda they have proven to be very calculating in their planning. If it takes years then it does. I think something will happen very soon. I'm not sure what but it will.

Its wise to be prepared just in case. At least to some extent or as best you can.

[Dominique]

Mounting evidence suggests female suicide bombers are the wave of the future.

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by Toughy

In the words of FDR:

there is nothing to fear except fear itself

Does this mean we need to get our duct tape and plastic sheeting out and ready?????

I agree with you here. Although I'm sure that there's a lot of 'chatter' that the folks at NSA are picking up on, my level of concern is predicated upon *who* is going to institute the attack. Here's what I mean:

Look at the attacks just since 2001. The one's that are from Al Qaeda 'regulars' (as it were) have been successful. Al Qaeda is competent, capable of pulling off very sophisticated, coordinated strikes and (most importantly) know how to maintain operational security. The other attacks (Richard Reed, this kid at Christmas, etc.) have been half-ass, half-baked attempts by wanna-be's. Now, I'm not saying that they weren't working for Al Qaeda but I suspect that they were thrown out in a "hey, what do we do with this kid who won't go away?" "Send him on this mission. He'll probably blow it but if he doesn't then we'll have struck another blow against the imperialist running-dogs..." The latter group don't keep me up at night. Al Qaeda keeps me up at night because when they strike, they're going to do everything they can to make certain they're successful.

I think we need to be mentally prepared for another attack although the attack I worry about (the one where we lose a major city) is something we cannot, by definition, be prepared for psychically.

Overall, I wouldn't worry too much about this. There's probably something to it but at present, without access, there's no way of knowing what is real and what is shadow-play.

Cheers
Aj

[Andrew, Jr.]

Personally, I am not too worried about the after it is said and done. I am just worried about those who will be severely hurt, injured, whatever. Nobody can ever forget people jumping out the skyscrappers on 9/11 to avoid being burned by the plane fuel. I am worried about children watching in horror. Plus you have to remember we have alot of our support systems in Haiti now.

Al-Qaeda is on a mission. I still don't get why we haven't caught the main man of that group - OB. And yes, we will loose a city. Just a matter of time.

Andrew

[Toughy]

Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

Personally, I am not too worried about the after it is said and done. I am just worried about those who will be severely hurt, injured, whatever. Nobody can ever forget people jumping out the skyscrappers on 9/11 to avoid being burned by the plane fuel. I am worried about children watching in horror. Plus you have to remember we have alot of our support systems in Haiti now.

Al-Qaeda is on a mission. I still don't get why we haven't caught the main man of that group - OB. And yes, we will loose a city. Just a matter of time.

Andrew

Do you worry about those who will be hurt injured whatever from a 7.0+ (I think it's actually and 8.0+) earthquake that is predicated to happen in my lifetime on the San Andreas Fault? Or from some home grown idiot like Tim McVey or whoever the homegrown anthrax person? Or from a Cat 5 hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast or running up the eastern seaboard to New York City? Or the Cat 5 tornado somewhere in tornado alley?

Do you worry about children watching all this violent war and sex crap on prime time TV and in video games and at the movies?

You have to remember the largest majority of our resources/assets are tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan. The large majority of assets on the ground in Haiti are from countries other than the US.

Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church are on a terrorist mission also. So is the KKK. So are many of the neo-nazi groups in Idaho and Washington and Michagan and other strongholds? So are those idiots on the Mexican border who are 'helping' the border patrol.....they used to be called vigilantists.

I remember the 'atomic bomb' scare of the 60's. Kids all over the US (esp the west coast) were terrorized by their own parents, school systems and government. Those godless communist Russians are gonna nuke us. Goldwater ran for President on this idea. We were in Vietnam to stop those red chinese from taking over southeast asia. Build a bomb shelter in your back yard (which became a storage area or rec room later). In case the siren goes off while at school, 'cover your head and get under your desk'. big ole fucking snort In NM we didn't have any of that shit.........my parents and every other adult knew NM would be blown off the face of the earth..........so why scare the children?

Again..............

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Toughy,

Let me try to respond to some of your comments.

Fred Phelps interrupted the funeral of a 20 yo soldier who's family was absolutely horrified at the signs, posters, and the hate filled screams that interrupted the funeral service. It happened up the street from my home. The family chose to have their son buried at Arlington (thank God). The father sued and won his case in Federal Court. But as we all know Fred Phelps is still going strong.

In my community, there is a very heavy involvement with the KKK. And I am leaving it at that.

I live less than an 90 min. drive from my home to DC. Plus I live inbetween 2 military bases that store chemical weapons. Once a month for the last 12 years we have had "practice sirens" going off to alert citizens of whatever event.

All of my schools did the drills of hiding under the desks, or going to the basements. In fact, alot of homes still have the cement basements and shelters.


Bit,

You are right about being the one person to show hope. I so learned that from you. There are no promises or guarantees in life. I live in the now.


Namaste,
Andrew