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| Memo warns of hospital threat |
| 2005-07-23 |
| Action News 8 has learned of a memo in which the California Department of Homeland Security warns state hospitals they should consider themselves potential al-Qaida terror targets. Earlier this month, the U.S. government learned that hospitals across the country could be terror targets, which is why the California Hospital Association sent a letter to hospitals statewide, warning them of the threat. In the letter, the California Department of Homeland Security warns that al-Qaida may be planning attacks on hospitals in September or October of this year. Although the government says the information is uncorroborated, it is urging hospital employees to be vigilant. The source specifically mentioned the Los Angeles and San Diego areas, but emergency centers nationwide have been warned. "Hospitals are a key piece of infrastructure," said California Homeland Security spokesman Gary Winuk. "If there is to be an attack somewhere, particularly biological or chemical, they're the first line of defense. So, we're very concerned about them and a number of other sectors." The government source told homeland security officials that nuclear facilities and military and civilian airports are also possible targets. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 Thank you, 11A5S. I fear I never will think that way, which is why I'm a sheep, and you-all are the sheepdogs protecting the herd from the jihadi wolves. And why the trailing daughters, silly girls that they are, don't like me to talk to strangers (it's not clear to me how they think I survived before they took on this responsibility, but some arguments can't be won, I suppose). ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-23 19:34 |
| #8 TW: They want to target what they see as our arrogant and Allan-less way of life. So of course beauty pagents. Ya gotta think like them. Not the cannon fodder, but the planners. What makes them tick? Remember a lot of them came here to study. To study, then go home and be technocrats in their corrupt home countries. But what happened? They drank too much and got laughed at. They tried to hit on the blonde in the tight skirt and got laughed at _and_ scorned. They tried to fit in and were rejected. They saw that our capitalist economy put everything they ever learned about economics in the good ole U of Lahore to shame. They are filled with shame, anger, and resentment. They want payback! That's the psychological angle. They want to get the biggest bang for their buck, too. Their doctrine holds that the action which creates the most terror in the minds' of their opponents is the best course of action. What creates the most horror in the mind of an American? How much news coverage does a child abduction get in this country? What about that pretty girl lost and presumed shark bait in Aruba? What if I could kidnap a whole hall of pretty girls and start beheading them one at a time? Hell they might even be able set set up an internet connection and get a few of the videos out to the "brothers" before it got shut down. I concur with Shipman. All of the potential targets are listed on goverment and government sponsored white papers in the public domain. Google is your friend. What people shouldn't be posting to the web are tactical and intel lessons learned. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-07-23 13:53 |
| #7 Beauty Pageants with contestants donning burkas is the objective. Replaces swim suit competition. Nice eyes. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-07-23 12:14 |
| #6 Beauty Pagents?? Seriously? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-23 11:42 |
| #5 It's no secret. Malls Schools Hospitals Baseball games Football games Beauty Pageants. It's all in the clear. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-23 10:20 |
| #4 Yes, phil_b, I remember your comment of a few days back - I thought you might have meant targets like this. I feel that the response if these types of targets are hit will be dramatic. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2005-07-23 08:59 |
| #3 Tony, that's the point. I've been dancing around pointing out the obvious targets for a while now, but this is one. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-23 08:23 |
| #2 The ones that really count are already pissed. Its the loony Left that needs a frontal lobotomy. Maybe if someone took away their teddy bears that might get upset for a day. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-07-23 03:55 |
| #1 I can't think of a place, other than schools, that would raise the anger of a populace more. When it was reported that one of the thursday bombers had run into a hospital I was thinking that if it detonated there, all bets would be off, and things would turn hideous. I'm certain that the same response would happen in the US. An attack on a 'target' like this will only serve to galvanize the populace, and make 'em mean. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2005-07-23 02:47 |