[Chi-townChief]

MEGA-BUMP!!!!!

[NetValue]

Realization is sweeping over me that we may have been the victims of Islamic terrorism over a considerable period of time. We just did not recognize it.

The FBI needs to do a truthful analysis and say "yes" or "no" that John Doe 2 and Padillo are/are not the same hombres.

Along the same line, FBI needs to do a truthful re-analysis of TWA-800 conclusions re what they now know about shoe bombs. It may be just coincidence but Richard Reid - shoe bomber - was doing his dirty deed 5 years, 5 months and 5 days after TWA-800 went down. Five has real significance to Islamics.

[brightx]

BTTT!!

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Someone asked about the age relative to the first photo of Jose.

here's something I found that is even more intresting and makes one think it could be him..

This is a 1991 booking mug taken by the Broward County Sheriff's Office of Jose Padilla after his arrest on weapons charges in Sunrise, Fla. Padilla, who is also known as Abdullah Al Mujahir, was arrested May 8, 2002, in Chicago and accused of conspiring with al-Qaida terrorists to build and detonate a radioactive "dirty" bomb in this country, possibly in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Broward County Sheriff's Office)

So if this photo was taken in 1991 it would be closer to what he would have looked like in 1995 (OKC), than if this photo had been taken by DOJ within the last 30 days.

[Sandy]

They don't look alike to me. The lips are similar, but that's about it.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

[dalebert]

They do look like a match. Do you think anyone of authority will notice?

[Grampa Dave]

Good Call! Even if it doesn't pan out, this was a great call!

This could only happen on Free Republic, first your great call and then some of the incredible replies with more photos, drawings and comparisons.

Just another reason of all of us to cancel our subscriptions to the left wing fishwraps and send that money to Free Republic each month to make Free Republic larger re members and stronger.

Free Republic is great now. Can you imagine what would happen with 500,000 to a million of us out there watching the news and then noticing something like this. It is posted and boom, 500,000 Freepers can add to the reply or try to tear it down in minutes. We could out a lot of Islamic terrorists before they memorized the zipcode they had set up as an op area.

[Jason Gade]

bump

[Jason Gade]

This is really weird... It certainly needs to be investigated to find out where this guy was in 04/95. They need to get Nichols into the interrogation room and find out what he knows/doesn't know.

I wonder if the people they interviewed in order to make the sketch would still be reliable enough to identify Padilla out of a lineup.

I've seen a lot of composite sketches on the news that when shown next to the guy they captured look much further apart than this Padilla/JD#2 does. That doesn't make it absolute, but it is a good place to start.

[WillaJohns]

Excellent! BTTT

[pgkdan]

They sure do...I thought so too. Hope the Feds are on to this.

[brightx]

BTTT

[zeaal]

DFW Radio has gotten ahold of this story. Right now I am listening to SCOTT ANDERSON at KLIF (http://www.klif.com you can listen live) and he put this out there for consideration.

[HarryDunne]

Nice catch!

[GuillermoX]

Wasnt Padilla in Jail april 1995?? I could be wrong

[SerpentDove]

The thing is, they were tailing this guy; they didn't just "bump" into him. Maybe some informers tipped them off and this IS the guy. Coooool.

[mickie]

Bump for later read.

[Frank Grimes]

Have you all been listening to Glenn Beck the past few days (and today)? I only started listening to him recently, so I don't know if he is some Art Bell type, but he is all over this connection. He is making some amazingly good points. He is now saying that John Doe #2 and Zacharias Mossouwi(sp?) crossed paths as well. What do you all think about this if you have heard him? I am originally from the OKC area and had a relative die in the bombing, so this hits really close to home for me.

[nw_arizona_granny]

This old thread has the best photos of Padilla (Chicago- al Qaeda ) and the missing John Doe #1 from OKC.