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Author Topic:   Will there be another "9/11" ?
Mespo
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Message 10 of 147 (142374)
09-14-2004 3:49 PM


Hard to duplicate
It going to very hard to duplicate 9/11. Besides, the sequel is seldom as good as the original. So terrorists are left with...
1. Car bombs - Good ol' ammonium nitrate and deisel fuel. Available at most rural grain and feed stores. Simple and effective. However, the terrorist would have to learn to navigate rush hour traffic, so that leaves out Los Angeles and Atlanta. Boston, too.
2. Back pack nail bombs. But the hike from the Middle East to New York or Atlanta requires an in-house network to move people around. And, HEAVEN FORBID, they might run into a patriotic American muslim who would blow the whistle.
3. Zodiac inflatables packed with explosives. The attack on the U.S.S. Cole was with about 2 tons of explosives, if I'm not mistaken. In a typical U.S. marina, the terrorists might get away with it if the bombs are packed in Coors Lite beer kegs.
4. Cargo containers - The containers equipped to haul people illegaly are already filled with Chinese immigrants, so the terrorists will have to take a number and pay $10,000 to the Chinese Mafia.
5. Drunk Driving. Now there's a REAL terrorist weapon!
(:raig

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Mespo
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From: Mesopotamia, Ohio, USA
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Message 17 of 147 (142534)
09-15-2004 1:28 PM


Question for PhatBoy
Let's assume for one terrible moment that there is another successful terrorist attack in the US using Arab nationalists.
And let's assume that Al Quaida was very smart (they are) and recruited Saudi nationals or Iraqi nationals and / or Afghan nationals.
SO WHO THE H*LL ARE YOU GOING TO INVADE NEXT?
Saudi Arabia? What, seize their oil fields and say "naughty, naughty"
Iraq - Oh wait, we're already there and we're getting fired on 50 times a day.
Afghanistan - We're already there and can't find THE ONE MAN who started all this shit on 9/11.
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Screw high tech. If you want to attack soon and effectively, you use materials at hand. Ammonium nitrate and deisel fuel in a rental truck in Times Square (not the financial district) or a stolen yacht in the Port of Miami or Port of New York against the hull of a cruise ship. Or if funds are available from the sale of heroin from the poppy fields of Afghanistan, buy some C4 plastic explosive on the black market.
Terrorists didn't wait for the development of nuclear or biological weapons in Madrid, now, did they?
(:raig

  
Mespo
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Message 50 of 147 (142695)
09-16-2004 10:06 AM


Answer to Whatever
whatever writes:
I'm concerned about the terrorists threat, but it seems you also forget that God uses nature to make judgements, seems IVAN started developing around the time the Gays gathered in New Orleans(find that interesting), though it appears it will miss New Orleans a bit to the east, just thought this little link made an interesting point, as the gays gather in New Orleans, hurricane IVAN starts forming, and moves in the direction of New Orleans, though it will not be a direct hit, its all quite interesting, etc...
Yes, very interesting, whatever. God in his infinite wisdom decided to spare the gays in New Orleans and go for the Bible Belt in Alabama. Heads Up, Birmingham!
(:raig

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