Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Ten

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[JustPiper]

Picture credit: TheCabal

"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"

LINK TO THREAD NINE

U.S. Charges Australian Linked to al-Qaida

WASHINGTON - An Australian held at the Navy's prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will face a military tribunal for allegedly training and fighting alongside members of al-Qaida in Afghanistan (news - web sites), the Pentagon (news - web sites) announced Thursday.

We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm

[Mrs. Xtrmst]

Thanks for your cautionary note. Once or twice I've cringed at the details given about our military movements. Probably not anything the bad guys don't already know or care about...but just in case, practice good OPSEC.

[all4one]

Odd occurances in the past two days.....

Suspicious Package Closes Subway Stations (Brooklyn, NY)

By Joshua Robin Staff Writer June 22, 2004, 1:02 PM EDT Several Brooklyn subway stations were closed during this morning's rush as police investigated a suspicious package later determined to be harmless.

Authorities responded at 9:21 a.m. to a call of an unattended bag left at the Long Island Rail Road section of the Atlantic Avenue terminal. Initially, subways bypassed the station. But at 10:11, trains were redirected to avoid downtown Brooklyn entirely as the station was cleared.

Bomb Squad detectives opened the suitcase and determined that someone had left it behind. Normal subway service resumed at 10:39 a.m. It was not immediately clear whether L.I.R.R. trains were bypassed, according to rail road spokesman Brian Dolan. Link to Article

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Suspicious Package Threatens Airport Safety (LAX)

By Lynne Hostein KTLA-TV Newswriter June 22, 2004, 7:42 AM PDT LOS ANGELES INT’L. AIRPORT -- The suspect in a major scare at LAX is undergoing psychiatric evaluation. Witnesses saw the man sitting on a box Monday night in the Sepulveda tunnel that allows cars to travel under working runways.

Police immediately shut down traffice in both directions. The man apparently told officers that he'd tossed the suitcase into the tunnel. They found the bag near a gas line and called in the bomb squad.

The luggage turned out to contain clothing and CD's. The suspect was admitted for observation for 72 hours at an area hospital. Airport flights were not affected during the incident. Copyright © 2004, KTLA Link to Article

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Anyone...in what state is Oak Ridge located????

Suspicious Vehicle' Closes Y-12 Entrance (Oak Ridge Nuclear Weapons Plant)

SPOKESMAN: 'They didn't find anything and, after the search, the vehicle was cleared to proceed.'

By: Paul Parson | Oak Ridger Staff paul.parson@oakridger.com Armed guards blocked the main entrance to Oak Ridge's nuclear weapons plant around lunchtime Monday, causing traffic to back up in both directions on Scarboro Road.

Some motorists - mostly Y-12 National Security Complex workers - turned off their vehicles' engines while others hopped out of their cars to make cell phone calls.

The Bear Creek Road entrance closure occurred after one of the canines used by Wackenhut Services Inc. alerted security officers to a suspicious vehicle attempting to enter Y-12. The incident lasted "about an hour, maybe less," according to Y-12 spokesman Bill Willburn.

A security officer with Wackenhut Services Inc. blocks the Bear Creek Road entrance to the Y-12 National Security Complex after the road was closed briefly Monday due to a 'suspicious vehicle.' "They searched the vehicle, which belonged to a subcontractor employee. It was a pickup truck," Willburn said.

"They didn't find anything and, after the search, the vehicle was cleared to proceed." Willburn said he didn't know which subcontractor the truck driver worked for and what caused the vehicle to be "suspicious." However, officials have said in the past that the canines are trained to detect narcotics and explosives.

Traffic was significantly backed up around 1 p.m. when The Oak Ridger arrived at the scene. Vehicles began to enter the plant around 1:10 p.m. through a secondary entrance off of Scarboro Road, with the Bear Creek Road portal opening up minutes later.

The Oak Ridger left a message with Y-12's communications department that the newspaper was photographing the traffic situation from the plant's front lawn. However, that didn't prevent a Wackenhut security officer from approaching the newspaper representatives in a vehicle with lights flashing to question what was being photographed. The guard declined to answer any questions posed to him about the situation. Link to Article

[Chaos]

Anyone who is a member at the Its Happening forum might want to check out the Al-Neda Threads "warning forum". Not sure what to make of it just yet but the poster posted it today. Just a heads up.

[ExSoldier]

Oak Ridge....I dunno, maybe Tennessee? Or is that the Oak Ridge Boys?"

These others, that's disturbing. I'm thinking that some but not all might be probes. To see how we'll react to a security threat. Timing is going to be critical, they'll want to see how fast the responses are, what units show up first, how armed or equipped, etc. That's what I'd be doing; pre-operational.

[nw_arizona_granny]

"on somebody's nuclear target list"

LOL - never thought of that.

Yes, I knew about them.

I think Clark Howard has out a book on real estate, he is one of the few that I approve of. (I hate his voice, but have him on for 3 hours a night here).

Clarkhoward.com is his website and there is a lot of info there to use, haven't checked it for real estate, but do trust about 98% of his statements.

The best way is to find an area, then look for an honest
real estate agent and build a relationship with them.

The agent will call when a listing comes in. Or go out with the agent and show her the parcel you want, so they will know you are serious.

But don't try it on every agent in town, settle on one or two and "work" with them. find an agent who knows about zoning and septics, etc. It is your responsibility to check every detail, agents can make a mistake on zoning or even if water or other utilities are available.

We have had problems here, as there are a couple high tension lines that bring electric from the generating station and agents sell land to the buyer with electric, that cannot be had.

Or buyers buy a place with water, after all they turned on the water and the faucet worked...........In the desert a lot of the places have storage tanks for water and a bulk water tanker delivers it............a shallow well pump and it feels like city water.

Not the cute blonde who drives a Cadillac and wants to sell houses.

Some of us "like" dirt. Your Cadillac agent is only going to call me and ask for a listing for you and she won't get my best, as I have already called my list of buyers.

An agent is only paid the day escrow closes.

If someone wonders about my posting this on this thread, it is due to the fact that several reading this are looking for a new home and some of the young have much to learn.

Instead of terrorist stories, I should write a book about the dumb things people do with their land purchases.

If you buy into an illegal subdivision, the state can force you to move off the land and take your improvements off.

Anyone would think that an acre is enough to build on, not so, we have some zoning here that requires 40 acres......

[ExSoldier]

BTW, good job! THIS is the kind of data we need to be analyzing!

[WestCoastGal]

Oak Ridge=Tennessee

Re: The LAX story-That tunnel on Sepulveda has been there for ages. We used to be able to park on the next street down at the end of the runway and watch the planes land in the good old days. Now we would probably be paid a visit by the FBI.

It was sort of like watching the submarine races only with loud noise from jets. Great fun.

[all4one]

Glad to oblige....

[Cindy]

Yep.

[liberallyconservative]

I'll fight ya for it :)

[nwctwx]

Care to go into it at all? I see IH is having a heavy server load right now.

[WestCoastGal]

BTW Oakridge is the one that had a fire about two months ago. AND this..........remember the Israeli movers?
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Something very suspicious happened over the weekend that's not receiving much news coverage. Two Middle East men who led Tennessee police on a high speed chase in a rented Ryder truck are now being held without bond pending an investigation by the FBI.

It seems that the two Middle East men refused to stop while being chased for three miles by Tennessee police. Officers saw the men throw something from the truck while being pursued and later the officers found a vial containing an unknown substance along the roadway.

Once the men were apprehended, officers also found a "Learn to Fly" brochure in the truck leading officers and others to express concern about the security at the Nuclear Fuel services plant nearby. The two men also gave authorities a fake Florida driver's license and fake identification cards.
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They were subsequently released as were all the other suspicious moving guys in Illinois, Washington State, New Mexico. Those are the ones we know of.

[Mrs. Xtrmst]

Authorities say Babar gave aid to the plot to "blow up pubs, restaurants and train stations."

Oh dear! A beloved children's storybook character turns to a life of crime.

[MamaDearest]

Here's to the Afgans!

Afgans behead 4 Taliban in Retaliation Act for Beheadings

[Chaos]

Oak Ridge is in Tennessee. I live about 60 miles from the Y-12 plant. As a matter of fact I live smack dab in between two Nuke plants. Sequoyah being about 30 miles from where I live. Now ask me why I am on this thread.

[ExSoldier]

Wow. I'm going to cut and paste that post! Actually, my wife and I have this dream of building what she lovingly refers to as a "Hobbit House." I have been enarmored of earth sheltered living for many years. We plan on building such a home for our retirement. It is 100% earthquake, fire, wind (even an F5 tornado) and even radiation proof within reason. Meaning ground zero won't cut it, but anything else will. Totally insect proof, and maintains a temperature of about 70 degrees despite the harshest winter or summer conditions. Monthly heating costs in a typical winter for a 4000 sq ft home would be about $40. And the bigger the home, the more thermally efficient it is. These homes can even be designed to be strictly "off the grid." We've got it pretty well figured out. After the Lord of the Rings trilogy she just loved the idea.

[WestCoastGal]

Ya wanna do rock, paper, scissors?

Or, race for it?

I'm closer though. :-)

[nwctwx]

I enjoyed that story as well! Eye for an eye works for me...

"They cut of their heads with a knife, so when our forces arrested four Taliban, we cut off their heads too."

[I want to know]

I had read the IH post earlier but can't get back into the forum due to heavy server load. It was a warning from EOM posted on Global Islamic Media. At least that's what I believe Chaos is referring to.

[nwctwx]

Hmm, EOM again. ;-)

Interesting.. I'll have to try to get on there later. I am a tad interested with this whole 23rd thing and of course the Iraqi sovereignty upcoming. I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of the terror-antics for the week.