Words fail me. They call DKos a hatemongering site?
Look at what's happening in Freeperland right now:
To: Petronski
http://blogs.abcnews.com/...
Released on The Blotter an hour ago:
A new al Qaeda propaganda ad, headlined “Wait for the Big Surprise” and featuring a digitally altered photograph of President George Bush and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf standing in front of a burning White House, was posted on the Internet today.
The brief clip from al Qaeda’s “as Sahab” propaganda arm juxtaposes the doctored photo of Bush and Musharraf along with previously seen images of al Qaeda’s top leadership — Osama bin Laden, Ayman al Zawahri and Adam Gadahn — as well as a photo of an SUV in a motorcade.
There is no additional information provided in the ad, and it closes with the words, “Soon — God willing,” written across the screen and repeated several times.
519 posted on 08/01/2007 5:33:26 PM PDT by JoeBrooks
To: WestSylvanian
I agree about terrorism. People on the bridge reported hearing jackhammer-like sounds before the collapse. Multiple explosions of charges under the supports? Even earthquakes don’t cause this much damage all at once.
I have a friend who has retired from the demolition business and he says all it would have taken to do this would be some shaped charges, as close to the water level as possible. When they detonate, they are not very loud, and they make a "clean cut" like what happened this afternoon.
406 posted on 08/01/2007 5:21:17 PM PDT by capt. norm (Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
To: WestSylvanian
my thoughts exactly. relayed charges detonated in sequence
i'm just hoping the homeland security types are thinking paranoid and put some divers in the water at the base of the dam (both sides).. and quickly
i'm not sure if there is anything else in the area that would add to the tragedy
412 posted on 08/01/2007 5:22:16 PM PDT by sten
To: SelectiveJNJ
>It could be terrorism...<</p>
I wonder how many illegals were working on the bridge. This is too huge to be anything else, IMO. Yes, of course, ‘Homeland Security’ came on to say “it doesn’t appear to be caused from terrorism.” Prayers going up for all the victims!
423 posted on 08/01/2007 5:23:52 PM PDT by Paperdoll ( Vote for Duncan Hunter in the Primaries for America's sake!)
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To: angcat; whatisthetruth
"The Dept of Homeland security just said it was not. What crap they already know that?"
Isn't it obvious that the main purpose of "Homeland Security" is to reassure us sheeple that terrorism is never the cause of anything?
431 posted on 08/01/2007 5:24:33 PM PDT by teawithmisswilliams (Basta, already!)
To: sten
Homeland Security already declared this to be a non -terrorist event. Two hours after the collapse. With not one little bit of inspection or investigation. They are all psychics over there at HS...or all psychos.
443 posted on 08/01/2007 5:25:22 PM PDT by Palladin (Judge Munley is a nincompoop.)
To: wagglebee
Explosives only have to be placed on the supports and the ongoing construction would be great cover to place the explosives. Wouldn’t be able to see evidence of that, as it would be covered by the bridge. Fox reporting eyewitness accounts of explosions/things exploding.
458 posted on 08/01/2007 5:27:01 PM PDT by DrGunsforHands
To: Son House
Homeland UN-Security is saying this is not a terrorist act
I'm so mad at DHS right now that I could spit. At least it took them longer than usual to declare that terrorism is not involved.
Had they been in existance before 9/11, I'm convinced they would have said the same about the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and PA.
Government sucks.
459 posted on 08/01/2007 5:27:19 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
To: mombonn
This was posted all over my space today.....
Possible attack on the US within the next 90 days...
Counterterrorism expert Juval Aviv met recently with reporters at Fox News and revealed information, which he believes is accurate, concerning an imminent Al Qaeda attack on five to seven American cities simultaneously.
“I predict, based primarily on information that is floating in Europe and the Middle East, that an event is imminent and around the corner here in the United States. It could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could happen in the next few months. Ninety days at the most,” said Mr. Aviv.
Mr. Aviv knows of that which he speaks. He is a former Israeli Counterterrorism Intelligence Officer and has also served as a special consultant to the U.S. Congress on issues of terrorism and security. He is best known as the source of the 1984 book, Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas, on which Steven Spielberg’s film Munich was based. He is also the author of The Complete Terrorism Survival Guide: How to Travel, Work and Live in Safety (2003); and Staying Safe: The Complete Guide to Protecting Yourself, Your Family, and Your Business (2004).
Currently, Aviv is the president of Interfor, Inc., a corporate investigations firm in New York City.
So it is clear that Aviv has the background and experience in global terror and its operating methods to warrant taking his current warnings seriously. It would be foolish to ignore or minimize this counterterrorism veteran’s expert prognosis. Mr. Aviv told Fox that, from what his sources have been relating, sleeper cells that already have been placed inside the continental United
States are on the verge of carrying out major attacks.
“What they’re going to do,” he explained, “is hit six, seven or eight cities simultaneously to show sophistication and really hit the public. This time, which is the message of the day, it will not only be big cities. They’re going to try to hit rural America. They want to send a message to rural America: “You’re not protected. If you figured out that if you just move out of New York and move to Montana or to Pittsburgh, you’re not immune. We’re going [to] get you wherever we can and it’s easier there than in New York.”
While this prediction leaves most Americans feeling helpless, fearful and frustrated, Juval Aviv recommends that we at least do what we can. He suggests that for the next few months, if we are traveling by public transportation, we should equip ourselves with a bottle of water, a hand towel and a flashlight. He reminds us that many fatalities in the London tube and Madrid train attacks occurred from victims who breathed in the lethal fumes from bomb components and burning gasoline. Had these people had wet towels to cover their mouths and noses, they would have had a much better chance of survival.
Mr. Aviv is a very strong proponent of “If you See Something – Say Something” school of preparedness. He stated that a great number of potentially lethal terror attacks in Israel have been – and still are – thwarted by the intelligent actions on the part of alert, aware and watchful citizens.
Americans must do the same, he advises. The global war on terror is not “somewhere over there in the Middle East.” It is here on our own soil. If ever there were a time to be especially vigilant, the time is now.
Let us hope and pray that these vicious enemies and their depraved plans against our citizens and our country, which come out of a wicked ideological brew, will be forestalled and prevented, and the perpetrators apprehended. So far, our law enforcement, military, counter-terrorism and intelligence personnel have done a stellar job. At the same time, and as we all know, we have to be lucky 100% of the time, and the terrorists have to be lucky only once.
So stay alert…stay away from crowds…and if you see something, say something! You could save hundreds, if not thousands, of lives.
480 posted on 08/01/2007 5:29:07 PM PDT by angelcindy (Where's the Fence?????)