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| Fires Intentional - Terrorist? |
| 2007-10-23 |
| Fire officials are now stating that the Orange County Santiago fire was purposely set and there is speculation that other fires may have also been deliberate. Fire officials found three separate "points of origin," all near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road. Two were on one side of the road, and the third was on the other. "Whoever did this knew what they were doing," said Kris Concepcion, a fire authority battalion chief. Also, the fire traveled 3 miles in its first 20 minutes when it was ignited about 6 p.m. Sunday, he said. We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism however; the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and in Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call. In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaeda terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States. It was reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country. "The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies," the memo said... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 "The detainee believed ... once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies" Probably. "Change" in the sense of killing more terrs, faster. Or maybe the American people would just start doing it ourselves - starting with that "detainee." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-10-23 23:45 |
| #6 Still, the major culprit here is the Santa Ana winds. Whats going to be intersting is how the Dems and their allies in the press spin this into being Bush's fault. Probably with a global warming thing tied in there too for the benefit of Saint Gore. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-10-23 23:18 |
| #5 This has been a suspicion of mine since the news mentioned several of these fires were the work of arson. It wouldn't be too hard to guess when the Santa Anas would pick up. The news announced it 4-5 days before they started. In all the years I've lived in CA, I don't remember massive evacuations like this. |
| Posted by: Xenophon 2007-10-23 22:47 |
| #4 or Palm.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-23 22:17 |
| #3 Pyros start a few (Plam Springs, anyone?) but these were no coordinated efforts. Don't diminish the watchdog capacity with this shit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-23 22:14 |
| #2 please....jeebus. WTFU and quit it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-23 22:13 |
| #1 Napalm. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-23 22:12 |