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2003-08-14 Home Front

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-14 10:07:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Seattle:

- where no fewer than 5 money laundering cells for al queada have been closed since 9/11,

-where several meth busts show ties not to organized crime but once again to terrorist cells.

- where syrian "pilots" were found illegally living in the area, after a large sting operation involving a large residential jewel hiest.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-14 11:38:40 AM|| 2003-8-14 11:38:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Nice that the journalists are reporting exactly what tipped off the capture. I can see an Al Queda contractor checking of a list: Oh, do not buy one-way tickets and do not use cash. Must remember that.

Question is, do you think this was a practice run for an attack on the West Coast (where they would have the most fuel) or the East Coast (where they have the most symoblic targets).

Posted by Yank 2003-8-14 12:01:05 PM|| 2003-8-14 12:01:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 seattle tv is reporting that one of the two wasz 'detained' on 9/11 as a potential terrorist.

(Damn that John Ashcroft for the assault on our rights.)

My guess is that the northwest is a terrorist corridor into the US, of both people and money. Its very clear that there are terror cells operating in Canada ( can this be the return of the FLQ, funded and operated by algerian muslims?) and the border is so open as to not really count, a simple boat ride from vancouver to any of the ferry stops in the san juan islands would put you into the US easily. The san juans have been used as a smuggling center for years.

I would also take the leap and say that there are many sympathisers to terrorists living in the seattle/portland/eugene area that have provided safe houses and identity protection.

I would put Seattle washington and Newark new jersey down as places where terrorists are likely to be working from.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-14 1:10:37 PM|| 2003-8-14 1:10:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Detroit may be a hotbed, too. There were quite a few Iraqis interviewed there in the days leading up to the war, and I'm just assuming there may be many more Arabs from other than just Iraq.

Posted by Dar 2003-8-14 2:08:35 PM|| [http://users.stargate.net/~dsteckel/] 2003-8-14 2:08:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Pacific northwest is a perfect entry point and, even better, has two cities, Seattle and Portland, that are "welcoming" communities for terrorists. Think I'm exaggerating? Look at the Mike Hahweh case, and the other numbnut from Portland who was trying to develop a terror camp in Oregon. Seattle has, as pointed out in a prior post, a history of these money laundering outfits.

More important both cities are extraordinarily liberal. Portland's cops outright refuse to work with the INS on alien issues, and I believe Seattle has the same attitude. Great places to go if you're sneaking in from Canada.

Posted by R. McLeod 2003-8-15 4:43:56 AM|| 2003-8-15 4:43:56 AM|| Front Page Top

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