E-MAIL SETS OFF SIRENS

New York Post ^ | 6/21/02 | MURRAY WEISS and MARIA ALVAREZ

[kattracks]

June 21, 2002 -- An anonymous Pakistani e-mailer asked a New Jersey ambulance corps how to buy an ambulance and run a rescue squad just a month before two Middle Eastern-looking men tried to buy a replica ambulance from a movie-prop shop, The Post has learned.

[lavaroise]

Imagine a terrorist desguised as a cop. This is common in China too: http://news.ft.com/servlet/Con tentServer?pagename=FT.com/Sto ryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&a mp;cid=1024578109356&p=101 2571727169

Phoney police add to China's fakes list (in addition to communist mythology I guess)

[Catspaw]

It sounds like someone wants to steal a page from the Palestinians--except, in the Palestinians' case, they don't bother buying the ambulances. They just steal them from the Israelis.

[fuzzthatwuz]

...is no evidence that the two Middle Eastern-looking men who tried to buy a movie-prop ambulance are terrorists.

"This could be people who just want an ambulance for their own corps," the source said. "They might want it so they could get through traffic faster."

What an inane statement! The source certainly would not want to be accused of profiling. An emergency vehicle loaded with explosives responding to an initial terrorist attack could really deliver a "double whammy" to emergency crews.

[cousair]

They tried and did buy a U-Haul company in California. Now think about that and what they could do with it??

[piasa]

just adding info to an old thread

SPC SUSPECT JAILED IN MICHIGAN [had tried to buy ambulance and police cruiser]

[Species8472]

My small fire department (I am the Chief) has ben deluged lately with letters and e-mail from europe and elseware looking to "trade" logos, patches, t-shirts etc. I have been very suspecious of this activity.

Of course I dont send anything!