<>This ad in Inspire Magazine shows an AirTrain, which serves BART and several SFO spots..
Posted on 04/10/2014 2:34:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
NBC Bay Area's Stephanie Chuang shows why some are alarmed after a picture of the San Francisco International Airport was included in a publication run by Al Qaeda.
A stock photo of San Francisco International Airport featured in an international publication – reportedly run by al Qaeda - is sounding off alarms on Capitol Hill, especially as the year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings nears.
At a Homeland Security hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, said he was first alerted by a top law enforcement official in the Bay area to the picture of what appears to be the AirTrain at SFO. The caption was what was most alarming, reading in part, “Simply stand up, pack your tools of destruction. Assemble your bomb. Ready for detonation.”
This ad in Inspire Magazine shows an AirTrain, which serves BART and several SFO spots..
The FBI stressed there is no added public safety threat specific to the Bay Area, and that this photo appears to be randomly selected. It is unclear how authorities know that this photo is of the SFO AirTran, but Swalwell's office as well as a TSA agent said they were told it is by "local law enforcement."
Still, Swalwell said the ad deserves attention. It was published in the English-language spring edition of Inspire, which is reportedly an al Queda publication.
Search Resumes for Teen Swept to Sea “The photo is certainly concerning. It’s calling on al Qaeda members to carry out a terrorist attack,” said Swalwell from Washington D.C. “And a year after the Boston Marathon bombings we should be mindful that rogue individuals inspired by al Qaeda can use household items to carry out these devastating attacks.”
Officials with the FBI, Transportation Safety Administration, and SFO all believe the picture used in the al Qaeda ad was a stock photo, meaning it wasn’t one taken by someone linked to the organization.
Off-camera, one TSA official told NBC Bay Area that the agency believed the ad to be propaganda that just happened to use that backdrop.
Steve Weber, who works at UC Berkeley’s School of Information, specializes in the international and national security. By phone he told NBC Bay Area that it is still something worth taking seriously because propaganda and real recruiting are all the same thing in this environment.
“This is an extremist group for which all those things are the same,” said Weber.
He added that the U.S. government would be able to determine fairly quickly if it was a stock photo or reconnaissance by terrorist, but said if it was the latter, it wouldn’t have been so easily found by Western officials.
Content in the rest of the publication is disturbing. Swalwell said he first saw it, himself, on Wednesday. At a Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill prompted by the April 15 anniversary of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Swalwell brought up concerns about the ad and the publication, which is titled “Inspire.”
“What I’m doing on the Homeland Security Committee is trying to encourage funding for anti-terrorism programs that will better train and equip local law enforcement officials,” Swalwell explained.
It’s training he said was important, pointing to the sniper shooting of the PG&E Metcalf substation almost a year ago as an example of how Bay Area sites are still vulnerable.
It was just after 1 a.m. on April 16, 2013 when snipers took out 17 giant transformers and then disappeared. It was an act former head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had deemed the most significant domestic terrorist attack involving the grid in U.S. history. The FBI has never determined it to be a terrorist attack, but it remains an open investigation.
“[It] still has not been solved and we have no further leads to really truly understand what occurred there,” added Swalwell.
He is hoping the fast-approaching anniversaries of the PG&E substation shooting and Boston Marathon bombings, coupled with the al Qaeda ad using SFO as a backdrop will remind people to always keep their eyes and ears open.
“A terrorist attack is more likely to be stopped because an everyday citizen sees something and then says something.”
<>This ad in Inspire Magazine shows an AirTrain, which serves BART and several SFO spots..
I thought the war on terrorism was over?
Al Qaeda is dead and Detroit is alive - Obama Aug 8th 2013
San Fran does not surprise as a target considering what Islam does to Gays....death is their judgment. Wonder what the dems will say about this? I guess they will say it never happened.
Tea Party hate is driving Al Qaeda to this extreme.
0bama: “Detroit is Bankrupt and I’m funding Al Qaeda.”
The undocumented Tyrant’s chickens have come home to roost.
Profiling!
THE UNITED WEST-SEMINAR JULY 24, 2012 - THE FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD SESSION
The American West, a group led by Tom Trento, held a seminar on the threat to the United States by Islamists, specifically, the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of sessions led by Tom Trento and John Guandolo, former Marine and FBI Agent of 12 years.
This is an excellent series. Each video is approximately 2 hours long. There are two more videos to follow. COPY these videos and distribute it to all your church members, friends and family.
1st: http://youtu.be/qxP6dJL0G4A
2nd : http://youtu.be/fCa5zm8i0Ks
3rd: http://youtu.be/hNaqA_DmrM0
Andrew McCarthy on the Muslim Brotherhood and huma Abadin and hillary
1:30 minutes
http://youtu.be/AjY9xKd0EGU
Here is Robert Spencer discussion Brennan’s conversion with John Guandolo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRZcI_Dk0Mk
The sister in-law of Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of England, Lauren Booth, is now a Muslim and here she is at a Mosque in California:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yNlOVQ4R2U
The Muslim Brotherhood in America, 10 part series, exposing Islamist influence in the United States, including such persons as Grover Norquist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2hpEOngyo&list=SPF834C7965BEA6BCC&feature=plcp
Frank Gaffney, the Center for Security policy
https://www.facebook.com/#!/securefreedom
Steve Coughlin, on Islam and the West, the Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZe7eZK4dw&feature=bf_prev&list=SP4C29D87AA600650F
Bill Warner on Islam
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bill+Warner+Islam%2C+long&lclk=long
GLENN BECK
The Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPIaEVrS8U&list=UUfwzGhe9U4UnbYl60Tud9ww&index=3
EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER SAYS OBAMA ADMINSTRATION IS INFILTRATED BY MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/010913-640022-infiltration-by-muslim-brotherhood-worse-than-thought.htm
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/09/shocking-report-egyptian-media-says-obama-is-a-muslim-brotherhood-member/
Shocking Report! Egyptian Media Says Obama is a Muslim Brotherhood Member
Posted by Gateway Guest Blogger on Monday, September 2, 2013, 1:46 PM
Claire lopez, CIA agent and terrorism expert:
HISBULLAH CELLS REFORMING
http://lopez.pundicity.com/13262/iranian-hezbollah-terror-cells
What is ISlam?
What did Mohammed himself say it was?
http://www.politicalislam.com/blog/mohammeds-litmus-test/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AU13D4ZPtQM
Published on Jul 25, 2013
Recently, The United West Savannah, GA operation sponsored a National Security Briefing featuring Clare Lopez, former CIA operations Officer and currently a Fellow with Center for Security Policy and the Clarion Fund. Clare, one of the world’s top experts on the Muslim Brotherhood hits this one out of the park as she systematically and comprehensively details the origin, growth and current influence capabilities of this cultural terrorist organization. Most shocking is the deep penetration and overwhelming influence the MB have with President Obama and his Administration. Tune in for a first class national security brief!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqtJrJ40Cio
Watch these Navy SEAL Team VI families and other family members as they reveal the Obama Administrations culpability in death of their sons in the fatal helicopter crash in Afghanistan following the successful raid on bin Laden’s compound. This is a powerful and riveting briefing thatincluded some of America’s most significant military leaders.
Grover Norquist says ending birthright citizenship equals a tax increase
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/03/anti-tax-activist-grover-norquist-says-ending-birthright-citizenship-equals-a-tax-increase/
CPAC’s Grover Norquist Joins Obama Push For Illegal Alien Amnesty
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/02/25/cpacs-grover-norquist-joins-obama-push-for-illegal-alien-amnesty/
A Troubling Influence (Grover Norquist’s Islamist Connections
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=15084
Grover Norquist’s New Muslim Protégé
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/26/grover-norquists-new-muslim-protege/
Frank Gaffney on Grover Norquist and the Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CG4QtwIwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dfbyiz97lA78&ei=FrBmT6nsN-Pq0gGxxYy2CA&usg=AFQjCNF-gIk_XD1FHtk36G6So5pO44cXgQ&sig2=uD5sleJkQt6tdeJriqDZHQ
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/grover_norquists_jihad.html
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/02/25/cpac-shills-for-islamic-terrorists/
http://1389blog.com/category/politics/clinton/
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/dhimmitude_north_american_style/
You can bet that’ll be Keith Ellison’s claim.
In a sense it is, because we're no longer fighting them... for now at least.
A real leader against terrorism would drop a hellfire missile on the publisher and presses of this terrorist magazine.
Aren’t they a sanctuary city? They should have nothing to worry about.
Yes, for friends of the left and illegals.
Didn’t Obama cancel the Hellfire and Tomahawk missile systems without replacements?
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