U.S. warns of another possible attack this week

abc ^ | 9/23/01

[knak]

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States has warned its allies of a possible second round of attacks by the end of this week following the deadly recent strikes against New York and Washington, Jiji news agency quoted Japanese government sources as saying.

The next round of attacks, if really launched, would be on an even greater scale than those on September 11, which killed more than 6,000 people, according to information provided to Japan by the United States, Jiji said.

The news agency quoted the sources as saying on Saturday that the "means of terrorism" would be "more cruel and shocking" than in the September 11 carnage, when hijackers flew airliners into New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington.

The targets of the possible attacks were unknown but possibilities included members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Pakistan, Jiji said.

The government sources said attacks on Japan could not be ruled out since Tokyo has expressed support for U.S. retaliation against the September 11 strikes.

The United States has judged that a second round of attacks, if carried out, is likely by the end of this week at the latest, the sources said.

Japan's public security authorities have gone on heightened alert since receiving the information from the United States.

Washington suspects that a group led by fugitive Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden has been contemplating attacks using biological and chemical weapons, such as sarin nerve gas, for years, according to the sources.

The United States has information that the group has already acquired small airplanes to spray bacteria causing smallpox or anthrax from the air, Jiji quoted the sources as saying.

Time magazine reported on Saturday that investigators had found a crop-dusting manual during a search for those responsible for the attacks on New York and Washington, triggering concern that crop-dusting planes might be used for chemical or biological assaults.

The FBI in Washington said it had not seen the report and had no comment on it.

[seeker41]

Yikes, I'd say the gubbermint knows alot more then it's telling the sheeple.

[error99]

Yikes ! Bump

[patriciaruth]

They not only know where bin Laden is, they know where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are.

[seeker41]

My thoughts exactly.

[MHGinTN]

The United States has information that the group has already acquired small airplanes to spray bacteria causing smallpox or anthrax from the air, Jiji quoted the sources as saying. One cannot prevent an ultralight aircraft from taking off since an open filed will suffice. A cannister of Sarin or a bio-agent is easily carried and sprayed from such a craft, without even being a suicide mission. It is time for the citizenry to take more of an active roel in our own alertness and defense.

[vox1138]

I got a feeling the threat won't end after the week is over.

[abner]

Smallpox

Smallpox????? That is supposed to be gone. I know that it may have been stolen from the Russians, and that Clinton refused to allow our reserves to be destroyed(the ONLY thing he did right in my opinion). But, how much would they have?

I was vaccinated when I was a baby, but my son wasn't. Are they intending to wipe out the young?

[Centurion2000]

Multiple Gasoline tanker trucks going off at 1215 in downtown sections would be one way. Chemical on a stadium would definately do it, but that would be going into areas that you've already mentioned.

[Economist_MA]

Right now I am afraid that your imagination may be all too realistic. Especially the report about the cropduster manual found in some terrorist hideout freaks me out.

[LibWhacker]

I think your immunity to smallpox only lasts about ten years after a vaccination. None of us have any immunity left.

[abner]

I think your immunity to smallpox only lasts about ten years after a vaccination. None of us have any immunity left.

How comforting. . .

[LibWhacker]

LOL. I'm sorry. Didn't mean to add to your worries. But I'm worried sick about this, too. IIRC, I saw somewhere that if smallpox got loose again, it could wipe out half of mankind. OBL is a madman and if he's got this capability, God help us all!

[abner]

Not to mention the scar I have on my arm to this day from the shot!

[monkeyshine]

Short of going nuclear, chemical or biological, I can't imagine what could be more cruel or shocking.

How's this:

Washington suspects that a group led by fugitive Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden has been contemplating attacks using biological and chemical weapons, such as sarin nerve gas, for years, according to the sources. The United States has information that the group has already acquired small airplanes to spray bacteria causing smallpox or anthrax from the air, Jiji quoted the sources as saying. Time magazine reported on Saturday that investigators had found a crop-dusting manual during a search for those responsible for the attacks on New York and Washington, triggering concern that crop-dusting planes might be used for chemical or biological assaults.

[abner]

Not to worry about my worries. LOL. This is our new reality, and everyone here has to face it head on to continue, and beat this you know what jerkface. We must learn how to defend ourselves, and not depend on police and government.

Whoops, I know I'm speaking to the choir.

[Travis McGee]

Grim Reaper Bump.

[LibWhacker]

According to my wife (a doc) there's no profit in it for the drug companies, so she and I both think the gov't should launch into a crash program to produce several hundred million doses of smallpox vaccine, and pronto. The risk is too great not to!

She and her colleagues are talking about it a lot, and pressure on Uncle Sugar to do something about it is going up fast. With any luck, you and your son, and all the rest of us will be able to get vaccinated again in the not too distant future. Question is: Will it be too distant?

[FITZ]

Obviously a man who would order so many killed in NY last week, is capable of anything at all. I hope they're closely watching the ones they let in who are still wandering all about enjoying their complete freedom to come and go whereever they wish. I know they keep catching some Arbas trying to come in from Mexico but I wonder if they're catching them all.