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Police Seize Rental Truck With Traces of TNT
FoxNews ^ | 05-13-02 | GRRRRR

Posted on 05/13/2002 4:04:25 PM PDT by GRRRRR

Two men in custody, believed to be Israelis (?!) after bomb sniffing dogs detected a Ryder truck with bomb residue in it. Additional tests with other higher tech sniffing devices confirmed the results.

Article HERE

It's Starting....GRRRRRRRollin'


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: nuttery; randsconcerntrolls; terrorism; terrorwar
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To: chuknospam
A major fireworks company near me uses Ryder trucks for their shows. When fireworks are in the truck, they must have an explosives sign on the outside of the truck. : )
141 posted on 05/13/2002 8:06:15 PM PDT by NYmom
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To: MarMema
Well if I wanted a soft target near a military base I would think taking out Deception Pass Bridge with a truck bomb and lighting a few ferries on fire might get people's attention.
142 posted on 05/13/2002 8:14:27 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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To: El Sordo
Right, and of course the Israelis have never done anything naughty and blamed it on the Arabs.

Nearly as much bias here as there is on Radio Pacifica.

145 posted on 05/13/2002 9:21:41 PM PDT by droberts
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To: PLMerite
I'd be real interested in their trace of the previous 10 renters and their tests on the interior of the cargo compartment.

And I wonder how many of the previous 10 renters were also in this country illegally.

146 posted on 05/13/2002 9:33:16 PM PDT by Motherhood IS a career
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To: Shermy
I remembered posting to this thread last year and went back and found it.

Could this be a big piece of the puzzle? Hmmmm?

Maybe just took them a while to get everything in place...

Hope the base is on full alert.

Newspaper reports 'suspicious activity' on Whidbey Island

SEATTLE POST |

October 18, 2001 | SCOTT SUNDE Posted on 10/18/01 10:43 PM Pacific by CommiesOut Newspaper reports 'suspicious activity' on Whidbey Island Thursday, October 18, 2001 By SCOTT SUNDE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Newspaper readers in Washington, D.C., were left with an overwhelming impression yesterday that Whidbey Island -- home of a naval air station -- was crawling with suspected terrorists just before Sept. 11.

But Island County Sheriff Michael Hawley debunked part of those reports, saying they were based on "raw data."

"We report every tip we get. But nine out of 10 turn out to be bogus," Hawley said.

That holds true for most of what The Washington Times reported yesterday. The newspaper said it had obtained a copy of a message from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service about suspicious activity near ports and bases before Sept. 11.

The message purportedly notes that "three Arab males" checked into an Island County motel near the naval air station.

The men are part of a crew of six men of Middle Eastern descent. They were on Whidbey Island to work on a commercial roofing job in downtown Oak Harbor, Hawley said.

The newspaper also said Navy intelligence reported that "three Arabic males" may have been surveying the air station.

They had been seen videotaping the 180-foot-high Deception Pass Bridge.

Hawley said the men were part of the roofing crew. They were visiting the sites and taking videotape as tourists do, the sheriff said.

The Washington Times also reported that a Middle Eastern man went to county offices and got maps of property around the air station.

Hawley said a man he described as Middle Eastern did show up Sept. 10 at Oak Harbor City Hall. He was referred to the county assessor's office.

In another incident, the sheriff said a woman reported Sept. 17 that she chatted with a Middle Eastern man Sept. 13 at Camano Island State Park. She said he was using an "expensive camera" and seemed to be aiming it at the air station.

An investigation showed the man is Mir Latif Ahmad. Hawley described him as an Afghan national who lives in King County and has a business in Renton. He was convicted of child molestation in Clark County 10 years ago, the sheriff said.

Hawley said the Immigration and Naturalization Service recently took him into custody.

147 posted on 05/13/2002 9:45:25 PM PDT by theirjustdue
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To: CyberAnt
Okay ... but just because they are "Israeli Nationals" doesn't mean they are Jews! Please get that straight. There are a lot of Arabs who are Israeli Nationals. The media will only highlight the Israeli part, and leave off the Arab part.

Of course it doesn't mean they are Jews! And why is the media being attacked on this? (I know, we all tend to have suspicions when it comes to the media, but...) How else are they supposed to describe these two scumbags if they don't know for certain whether they are Jews or Arabs? How many of you have your religion stamped on your driver's license or your passport? How about your political affiliations?

So we know they're Israeli nationals. That could certainly mean non-Jews. I'd be willing to bet that is exactly what they are. I don't see any need for retractions here. I'd be curious about further elaborations, though.

148 posted on 05/13/2002 9:46:22 PM PDT by Motherhood IS a career
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To: theirjustdue
"They had been seen videotaping the 180-foot-high Deception Pass Bridge.

I should add: I hope they are keeping a close eye on the bridge, as well.

149 posted on 05/13/2002 9:51:18 PM PDT by theirjustdue
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To: El Sordo
Israel spys on us, just as we spy on them. But they know full well that they will not get away with a Reichstag fire.

do they?

150 posted on 05/13/2002 9:54:14 PM PDT by IsItTimeYet
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To: GRRRRR
I hate to burst your bubble but it started with Lockerbee and the USS Cole, and other attacks culminating in the WTC attack. What is to come is a continuation. You are right, get ready, we are under deadly ernest attack.
151 posted on 05/13/2002 10:12:24 PM PDT by wingnuts'nbolts
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To: LarryLied;laconas;droberts;Illbay

U.S. Army's School of Advanced Military Studies = SAMS

"Of the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, the SAMS officers say: 'Wildcard. Ruthless and cunning. Has capability to target US forces and make it look like a Palestinian/Arab act.'"

("US troops would enforce peace under Army study,"
Washington Times, Sept.
10, 2001, pg. A1, 9.)


152 posted on 05/13/2002 10:21:41 PM PDT by mv1
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To: MarMema
Where will the Mariners be playing on Memorial Day? Safeco Field, or out on the road somewhere?

I remember watching the World Series when an earthquake hit San Francisco and disrupted the games. Lot's of people were watching that ball game too.

153 posted on 05/13/2002 10:52:14 PM PDT by goody2shooz
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To: Motherhood IS a career
Excuuuuuuuuse Me!!!!
154 posted on 05/13/2002 11:05:07 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: El Sordo
"It's a given that any and all Palistinian with Israeli citizenship will be reported by our illoustrious news sources as "Israeli Nationals"."......I agree.
155 posted on 05/13/2002 11:09:52 PM PDT by brat
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To: LarryLied
Post 106 "Then, as now, there was little to go on. But many were absolutely sure: 1. Nothing happened 2. Israeli Arabs did it."

Yes, I'm getting deja vu here.

Just like the five movers arrested in NJ after 'celebrating' WTC (last word from the Forward recently is that some were Mossad agents), the two movers and their female companion apprehended in PA (never any follow-up on this story), and the men with maps of nuclear power plants in a Midwest traffic stop (last word from Ashcroft was that this incident never happened), there is so much speculation here, stated as absolute certainty, that these Israelis must be Arab.

156 posted on 05/13/2002 11:11:29 PM PDT by Tarakotchi
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To: Neanderthal
Only if they are from a town in Israel(1967 lines).
157 posted on 05/13/2002 11:19:53 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: MarMema
The Space Needle has always been high on the target list. Right up there with L.A.X.
158 posted on 05/13/2002 11:46:27 PM PDT by cgk
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To: Tarakotchi
Been a real education these last few months. The net changes everything. Until this week, I never knew Israel was a "restricted" country and some citizens were not free to live where ever they wished.
159 posted on 05/14/2002 12:05:49 AM PDT by LarryLied
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To: CyberAnt
"The media will only highlight the Israeli part, and leave off the Arab part."

Actually when suspicious Israelis were arrested post 9/11 the media proclaimed them to be just "Middle Eastern". (In the first two incidents I refer to in post 159.) It took a while to establish with lots of debate that they were Israelis and indeed Jewish, non-Arab Israelis.

I bet the overwhelming, lasting impression of the populace is that Arabs were arrested in NJ in the 9/11 incident for cheering the WTC attack and that Arabs were arrested in PA in the 10/11 incident with videos of the Sears Tower.

It's interesting that this story is being reported by Carl Cameron and Fox News.

160 posted on 05/14/2002 12:51:36 AM PDT by Tarakotchi
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