Superbowl XL - Is this the target Al Qaeda has been waiting for? "the American Hiroshima?” (VANITY)

1/26/06 | ErickS

[Ouderkirk]

It certainly is possible given the number of Islamics living in the New Fallujah (Detriot) area.

[LS]

Some might say that the loss of the Pittsburgh Steelers would be a blessing.

[Vaquero]

this could have been said for the last 4 super bowls after 9-11.

also I have a problem with giving these bastages any suggestions by publishing article like this.

[OpusatFR]

"Some might say that the loss of the Pittsburgh Steelers would be a blessing."

Hey! I resemble that!!!

[gusopol3]

the phrase that bothered me was "you will see it on your televisions as soon as it happens."(close--from memory) I'm equally/more concerned about State of Union.

[vrwc0915]

ping for later

[Astronaut]

Would the ragheads detonate a bomb that would kill many of their own? On the other hand, they hate us so much, they would probably see that as an acceptable sacrifice.

[1curiousmind]

I hesitated to publish it for the reason you stated. Maybe I shouldn't have.

[WayneS]

What is all this about the Super Bowl being "Extra Large". Are they having it at a higher capacity venue than normal this year?

[sheik yerbouty]

They could be thinking "Black Sunday".

[1curiousmind]

A dirty bomb would not reach Dearborn, 30 miles away and to the west of Detroit. Besides they have shown themselves quite wiling to kill Muslims in Iraq.

[LS]

I know, bad joke. Goes back to those SBs where the balding Bradshaw beat my Cowboys.

[Hypervigilant]

Hmmmmmmmmm.

[epluribus_2]

If they want to impact our economy you would think they might target a city that has some value in it.

[Integrityrocks]

In order to target something like the superbowl at Ford Field, it would take a LOT of planning by OBL. The location was only determined a week ago by a football game. I don't believe a superbowl attack could be organized that quickly. OBL himself said they've been in the planning stages and still are. If/when they make an attack, it will be to a significant structure, not an event.

[WestCoastGal]

There's nothing we can think of that they haven't already planned.

FR TM has been following him for years.

[Vaquero]

you just repeated the message.

I just wonder if the hypothetical comes true, would the horrendous deaths of all these Americans and conceivably Canadians, finally wake us up so as to lay waste to the worst offenders in the middle east, like Syrian and Iran. and would we finally kick all non-citizen Islamics out of the country.

I don't see the government possessing the onions to go through with what is necessary.

Just my $0.02

[1curiousmind]

The 1977 movie right? That's why I felt okay to post it. It's not like it's giving them an idea that is obvious to anyone. Even the teenager who flew his plane into the Tampa office building left in his suicide note that Bin Laden planned to attack the Superbowl. So if he hadn't already thought of it, well, then he did after that.

[fizziwig]

American Hiroshima is a croc.

About every 6 months since 911 we go through this. The last "Hiroshima" panic party was Ramadan....Joseph Farah got his panties all in a was and then....surprise surprise...it didn't happen (well...Ramadan did anyway)...gee go figure.