The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a fresh warning, particularly to fuel depots and Jewish community, that terrorists might use fuel tankers to attack targets in the US and American interests overseas. The warning issued does not mention any specific threat and is said to be based on uncorroborated information. FBI agents "received uncorroborated information that terrorists may be interested in using fuel tanker trucks for attacks against US interests in the United States or overseas, notably against Jewish schools and synagogues," media reports today quoted FBI spokesman Paul Bresson as saying. The advisory was sent out to some 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country urging them to caution the Jewish community leaders and fuel depots. Some of the information is based on information provided by the detainees at Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba, a US official was quoted as saying.
It shows that we're still new at this antiterrorism thing, reacting to every threat, real or imagined, spending millions to achieve a level of security we're never going to see. Having terrorists is like having roaches: you can put out Roach Motels and capture the little bastards and you can kill them with sprays and such. But the only thing that really works is to exterminate them.
Speaking of roaches and warnings specifically directed toward the Jewish community, what we're fighting against is what racism really looks like. The Bad Guys exhibit blatant hatred of the Jews in particular, and infidels in general, and want to kill them and enslave their women. I consider this to be much more of a threat than not wanting someone in the country club because he's "pushy," or even not wanting to live next to someone because, well, you know what their kids are like. The one is Evil, the other is (small b) bad. So why are all our domestic experts in fighting racism, skilled at finding the most subtle manifestations of same, lining up on the other side? |