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| Terrorist 'Probing Attacks' Said to be Happening Nationwide |
| 2004-08-10 |
| EFL - background of NW Airlines flight. ... "What we have seen all across the country -- at military bases, at critical infrastructure facilities, at soft civilian targets such as schools, shopping malls [and] sports arenas, and domestic and international airline flights -- are probing attacks" said Peter Leitner, co-founder of the Higgins Counter Terrorism Research Center in Arlington, Va. "Probing attacks are designed to elicit a response in an effort to map out patterns of reactions by law enforcement, the ease of approaching and withdrawing from a target and to test the reaction of the civilian population to a potential attack situation," Leitner told CNSNews.com. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #7 Bad idea to mess with a short lady in high heels ;-) Seriously, both my daughters will have their black belts by Xmas, and one of the 3rd degrees at the school is a Delta stewardess currently on special assignment teaching "airplane martial arts" to her colleagues. A pack, not a herd. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-08-10 22:40 |
| #6 I have one of those Aluminum Halliburton (HALLIBURTON!) briefcases. Loaded, it is heavy and hard and therefore an excellent defensive and offensive weapon. These days, I ALWAYS look at my fellow passengers looking for "threats" and "allies". I define threats as any arab-looking man OR woman. I define friend as a large 'merican man. I want to know where both types are on the plane. Jus' bein' prepared. Todd, we will never forget your selfless act and we will use you and your brave planemates as an example to be followed. Folks, bottom-line it is up to us to watch our surroundings, looking for signs. It starts within us all as individuals. |
| Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-08-10 17:31 |
| #5 I just wear white tube socks on every flight I take. If you load a full can of coke in a size 13 sweatsock, you have a pretty potent weapon - the odor assualt is an extra bonus if Haji ducks the swing. I am betting that a good crack to the jaw with a can of "the real thing" will dramtically alter Swanny River as played by a Syrian oboeist. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-10 17:14 |
| #4 It's coming. And when it happens, expect the Dim-O-Rats to blame Bush, not the terrorists. My emergency closet is stocket (keep it ready anyway for hurricanes and power outages), my go-bag for the rescue squad is ready, and I've got my .357 and my digital camera with me all the time. Guess I should should stock up on bullets, too. It's coming. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-08-10 16:52 |
| #3 Guess it's time to get some cartridges, huh. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-08-10 16:34 |
| #2 Unless we want to be attacked, private citizens should respond to probing attacks actively by reasonable means well short of deadly force. Firm is good. Vigilante hurts our society. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-10 16:27 |
| #1 And of course the apologist @$$h@t Ibrahim Hooper chalks it all up to 'mercan racism. Well now Hooper, anyone removing a mirror in a bathroom is gonna raise suspicion so STFU. Hooper is prime example of why Islam in its current form will not survive. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-08-10 13:10 |