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Dragnet Yields The Chilling, Alarming.
Los Angeles Times ^ | Patrick J. McDonnell and William C. Rempel

Posted on 10/12/2001 6:40:18 AM PDT by marshmallow

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

In the last frantic month, federal authorities seeking to detect terrorists within the United States have identified suspected Osama bin Laden supporters from Ohio to San Diego. They have blocked the departure of a Taliban recruiter. Investigators also have tried to track down former moujahedeen fighters and a radical Saudi purported to be scouting potential targets in the Southwest. Though conduct of the nationwide investigation remains largely secret, emerging details from various law enforcement documents and sources sketch out the dimensions of a manhunt sweeping up vast collections of evidence and raw information. The data are fragmentary, and it is not clear if any suspects have potentially criminal connections to terrorists, including the Sept. 11 hijackers.


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1 posted on 10/12/2001 6:40:18 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
Nothing to see here. Moderate Muslims one and all, these lads. Move along. /sarcasm off
2 posted on 10/12/2001 6:49:11 AM PDT by twntaipan
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To: marshmallow
This is nuts. All we can hold these guys on is immigration charges? I think it's time for people to start disappearing.
3 posted on 10/12/2001 6:55:06 AM PDT by Dirk McQuickly
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To: marshmallow
Good post! I have a feeling it is the tip of the iceberg. Kind of interesting how many of them had Saudi identities. Even if the identities turn out to be "borrowed" (which I doubt), I'd say the Saudis still have some explaining to do...
4 posted on 10/12/2001 7:05:22 AM PDT by Lion's Cub
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To: Lion's Cub
These people are like flies on a dungpile. Time to start building some POW camps.
5 posted on 10/12/2001 7:13:02 AM PDT by ikanakattara
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To: marshmallow
...and a radical Saudi purported to be scouting potential targets in the Southwest...

Hey!

6 posted on 10/12/2001 7:16:36 AM PDT by looscannon
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To: marshmallow; TerrOrWar
In New York, a Staten Island postal worker who once was photographed with Bin Laden was being sought. He has been missing since Sept. 11.

I wonder why a guy like this would have gone to work for the Postal Service. Might be of use for things like spreading anthrax. I wonder if there are others like him.

If Richard Labeviere is right to claim in his book Dollars for Terror that the CIA has been actively encouraging the Islamists, the CIA probably has lots of information about individuals. Of course, coming forward with it might be highly embarrassing to the agency.

7 posted on 10/12/2001 7:20:18 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: aristeides; rdavis84, Wallaby
bumping here, boss
8 posted on 10/12/2001 9:28:23 AM PDT by thinden
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To: marshmallow
Remember the Clinton years, America.

Remember the BATF and FBI burning a small religious cult to death in Texas.

Remember them sticking a submachine gun into small, terrified, Cuban boy's face.

Remember the FBI keeping dossiers on such dangerous terrorists as the notorious John Cardinal O'Connor.

Remember the BATF harassing thousands of mom-and-pop gunshops out of business.

Remember that, for eight long years, foreign enemies of this republic planted thousands of terrorist agents in our midst while those charged to prevent such a thing looked the other way!

Does character matter now?

9 posted on 10/12/2001 9:41:56 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Campion
"Does character matter now?"

This should be tatooed on the forehead of every one of the bastards who voted against impeachment and conviction.

10 posted on 10/12/2001 9:52:09 AM PDT by wcbtinman
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To: Campion
"Remember that, for eight long years, foreign enemies of this republic planted thousands of terrorist agents in our midst while those charged to prevent such a thing looked the other way!

Does character matter now?"

You're MISSING one MINOR detail here, chief! It was under Bush Sr. that THOUSANDS of Iraqi Republican Guards were relocated here after Desert Whimper.

11 posted on 10/12/2001 1:08:40 PM PDT by rdavis84
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To: wcbtinman
In the following interview, reference to Iraqi terrorists refers to Iraqi Republican Guard resettled near Oklahoma City by former Pres. George Bush after the Gulf War.

David Shippers Interview
Alex Jones Radio Show
Oct. 10, 2001

(in progress)
DS: ....in Oklahoma City and, frankly, when I first heard the information, I just poo-pooed it, as did everybody else - they thought here comes another one of those crazy conspiracy theories, you know. The woman who is a former investigative reporter down in Oklahoma City wrote to me after I came back from Washington and just, you know - congratulations - you did a hell of a job. I wrote back and the next thing you know she wrote back again and told me that she had information indicating a middle eastern connection. I called her at that point and just for my own conscious if there was something out there I'd want to find out about it - she began to tell me what she had and she sent me a short summary - a couple of pages - laying out what she had garnered during her investigations. It really piqued by interest. So I asked her if she had more. She said yes she had an awful lot of stuff, but she wouldn't want to send it up through the mail or any other way. So she and her husband flew up to Chicago and brought a mass of information - I mean affidavits, all kinds of things.

AJ: And we've had Col. Craig Roberts, who was a detective working the case on this show many times, a month before attack, predicting one was imminent. He has all that same information. They actually arrested some of these guys and the Justice Dept. in 1995 said to release them.

DS: That's right - and the words out today that they are not even allowed to touch them, the Oklahoma City police are not allowed to touch these people. And from what I'm understanding, they are up to something again in Oklahoma City. I don't know what it is or what their target is but these same people are at it again. The terrible thing here else, something that few people know that there was a warning sent out.

12 posted on 10/12/2001 1:23:06 PM PDT by rdavis84
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To: rdavis84
Interesting...
Is there a link available that will lead us to the rest of this interview transcript?
13 posted on 10/12/2001 1:40:06 PM PDT by occam's chainsaw
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To: occam's chainsaw
Here's one, it's showing up at a lot of sites now ---- Prior Knowledge?/Prior Planning?
14 posted on 10/12/2001 1:52:39 PM PDT by rdavis84
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To: ikanakattara
"Time to start building some POW camps"
"POW" as in the sound a .45 makes...
15 posted on 10/12/2001 3:03:52 PM PDT by Tony in Hawaii
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To: marshmallow
Freind of a friend that knows someone with FEMA stated that their are 30 or more U-Haul trucks stolen and not returned by renters of middle east decent. It is suspedcted that these may be part of the basis for the FBI warning. If you see a rental truck parked somewhere it should'nt be I would avoid it or call authorities to investigate. If one shows up around crowds of people this weekend or large buildings I would be especialy cautious. I do not know if this is a myth or real possibility. Has anyone else seen or heard anything similar to this?
16 posted on 10/12/2001 3:16:45 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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