Heads up: threat level going to orange

[richard riley]

Word is the threat level's going to orange. Expect more airspace
restrictions, ATC delays, etc.

[Byron Miller]

Yeah, and the word is suicide bombers on the loose. With that in mind, it is
generally safer when your up in the air.

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"richard riley" > wrote in message
...
> Word is the threat level's going to orange. Expect more airspace
> restrictions, ATC delays, etc.

[Richard Riley]

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:24:04 -0500, "Byron Miller"
> wrote:

:Yeah, and the word is suicide bombers on the loose. With that in mind, it is
:generally safer when your up in the air.

But part of the chatter is that they're still interested in using
airplanes as weapons.

[plumb bob]

"Richard Riley" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:24:04 -0500, "Byron Miller"
> > wrote:
>
> :Yeah, and the word is suicide bombers on the loose. With that in mind, it
is
> :generally safer when your up in the air.
>
> But part of the chatter is that they're still interested in using
> airplanes as weapons.

Non-specific threats and chatter, specifically related to airplanes...
oookaaay.

[Fred the Red Shirt]

Richard Riley > wrote in message >...
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:24:04 -0500, "Byron Miller"
> > wrote:
>
> :Yeah, and the word is suicide bombers on the loose. With that in mind, it is
> :generally safer when your up in the air.
>
> But part of the chatter is that they're still interested in using
> airplanes as weapons.

I have to think that at this point most of the chatter is disinformation.
It certainly was on September 11, 2001 when, in response to the chatter,
US forces IN ASIA were warned of a possible attack due to the increased
chatter.

If there is an attack, likely it will be something that is NOT indicated
in cupfthe chatter.

--

FF

[Getstuffed]

Did it ever occur to anyone that Bin Laden would run out of both volunteers
and aircraft long before he could inflict any real damage to the U.S.? C'mon
you have the strongest nation on the earth, with the most wealth, and one of
the highest standards of living. Those rag-heads are completely incapable of
hurting your country. Yeah I know about the approx 2500 dead at the WTC and
I don't mean to make light of it but if it happened every week it would
still not bring the country to it's knees, you lose more than that on the
highways and to tobacco.

Your country is way stronger than this.


> wrote in message ...
> In article <uRqFb.611212$HS4.4477226@attbi_s01>, plumb bob says...
> >
> >"Richard Riley" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:24:04 -0500, "Byron Miller"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> :Yeah, and the word is suicide bombers on the loose. With that in mind,
it
> >is
> >> :generally safer when your up in the air.
> >>
> >> But part of the chatter is that they're still interested in using
> >> airplanes as weapons.
> >
> >Non-specific threats and chatter, specifically related to airplanes...
> >oookaaay.
>
> Do you suppose they're deploying SAM's because they think they'll make
nice
> Christmas decorations?
>
> ========================
>
> Ridge: Planes are still terrorists' weapons of choice
>
> WASHINGTON (CNN) --Surface-to-air missiles were being deployed around
> Washington, state troopers were authorized to ride New York area commuter
> trains, and air travelers encountered more delays -- all results of the
> heightened terrorism threat alert level.
>
> On Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security raised the level from
elevated,
> or yellow, to high, or orange, the second-highest level on the
department's
> five-color warning system. (Full story)
>
> The move was based mostly on information gleaned from a high volume of
"chatter"
> among suspected terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said.
>
> Ridge warned of possible strikes more devastating than the al Qaeda
airliner
> attacks of September 11, 2001, on New York and Washington, and told CNN on
> Monday that airplanes remain terrorists' weapon of choice.
>
> "There is a continuous stream of reporting, literally from the last two
years,
> that indicates [terrorists'] preference or desire to use aircraft as a
means of
> attack," Ridge said on CNN's "American Morning."
>
> In addition to Washington, anti-aircraft missile batteries may be deployed
> around New York City, and a senior Pentagon official said "irregular air
> patrols" had been ordered.
>

[Ernest Christley]

Getstuffed wrote:
> Did it ever occur to anyone that Bin Laden would run out of both volunteers
> and aircraft long before he could inflict any real damage to the U.S.? C'mon
> you have the strongest nation on the earth, with the most wealth, and one of
> the highest standards of living. Those rag-heads are completely incapable of
> hurting your country. Yeah I know about the approx 2500 dead at the WTC and
> I don't mean to make light of it but if it happened every week it would
> still not bring the country to it's knees, you lose more than that on the
> highways and to tobacco.
>
> Your country is way stronger than this.
>
>

Yes, but if everyone believed this, then how could Ridge, et.al. make
such power grabs as throwing people in a dudgeon without even a mock trial?

We americans like being cuddled by out paternalistic government as we
suckle on our communal tit. With the Democraps help, Bush will protect
us all, and shield us from anyone who would challenge Cheney's big oil
deals.


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