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| 2004-08-10 |
| Skipping a primer on the Prudential ... As unspectacular as it might seem to most Americans, the Prudential Plaza building is a site of intense interest to Osama bin Laden and his operatives. Beginning in 2000, al-Qaeda operatives inside the U.S. conducted detailed surveillance of the Prudential building, with the apparent intent of destroying it and killing the civilians who work there. They took multiple photographs of the building and observed the parking garage underneath. One report outlined possible methods for carrying out an attack. Written in English, the report noted that it might be difficult to drive trucks or vans into the parking lot. Black limousines, however, could approach without much trouble. The report proposed acquiring a limo, gutting everything except the front seats and presumably filling it with explosives. It then provided details on the New Jersey Transit rail system and nearby PATH trains and maps of the network and train timetables--suggesting that instead of deploying a suicide-bomb squad, al-Qaeda may have been exploring ways to escape after pulling off the attack. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Shows again we're America the Vulnerable. We need to increase security EVERYWHERE within the united states that is vulnerable. Did you know that only about 10-30% of customs ships are actually checked?! That's outrageous. We need somebody to check that, limos that are suspicious...just about everything. But hey, homeland security is only so powerful. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6026 2004-08-10 01:44 |
| #4 It's an ongoing problem I've had with long articles from websites that require registration in some idiotic form or another, but hopefully it's of some use. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-08-10 00:41 |
| #3 Dan, this is a llllooooonnnnngggg post, but it is void all the bs from the Time website, so thanks. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-08-10 00:37 |
| #2 Dan, this is a llllooooonnnnngggg post, but it is void all the bs from the Time website, so thanks. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-08-10 00:35 |
| #1 The Dims are such wussies. A conspiracy behind every corner. Sounds like another Moore movie in the making on terror threats, don't ya think? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-08-10 00:34 |