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Coast Guard fires on suspicious boat in the Potomac

2009-09-11

Fox news reporting Reuters flash... No details...
The Reuters flash...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard fired on a suspicious boat in the Potomac River in central Washington, D.C., amid high security while September 11 memorial ceremonies were being held nearby at the Pentagon, CNN reported on Friday.

The CNN story...
(CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard tried to prevent a boat from entering a security zone on the Potomac River not far from the Pentagon Friday, where President Obama had been at an event commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks.

There were reports on police scanners that the Coast Guard fired 10 rounds of ammunition, but those reports could not immediately be confirmed. It was not immediately clear from the reports whether they referred to warning shots.

The incident took place between the Memorial and 14th Street bridges, in a zone that had been blocked off because of the ceremonies. The timing of the incident was not immediately clear, but President Obama had departed the Pentagon shortly after 10 a.m. ET. Reports of the incident came in shortly after 10 a.m. ET. When contacted by CNN, the Coast Guard Command Center said it had no immediate information.

False alarm...
Coast Guard sez it was a training exercise. If so, it was just about the worst of all possible timings...

Posted by:Fred

#14 The MILITS-TERRS need the strategic NUC, WMD KNOWLEDGE-TECHS TRANSFER before risking full-sclae terror inside the USA - until then, they ned to be highly selective in using what scarce WMD tacdevices they have [ e.g. MSM-NET > those 100-or-so "suitcase" nukes repor missing since the 1990's].

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-09-11 21:21

#13 No way obama would respond nuclear - unless they get him too.

Posted by: Hellfish 2009-09-11 20:57

#12 This may be redirection - focusing on one type of event in one set of cities, when a different type of event happens elsewhere. I hope the Muslims aren't stupid enough to pull something like this. Even "President" Obumble won't be able to keep the US from slagging a dozen countries in the Muddled East.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-09-11 18:41

#11 why would they target their strongest allies?

Posted by: abu do you love 2009-09-11 13:51

#10 Can the Jihadis target San Francisco?

Posted by: Rob06 2009-09-11 13:35

#9 I am still astounded when I think of the MARINA about 2 miles from the capitol building, accessible from Chesapeake Bay and the ocean. Who cares about suitcase nukes or a measly Ryder truck? I sure hope the Coast Guard is ready for any infiltration attempts by sea to that vulnerable point.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-09-11 12:58

#8 Mike, now that sounds more like the truth. Thx.

Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-09-11 12:36

#7 ...USCG says that there was NO weapons discharge - apparently a local news organization was monitoring the USCG channels and heard PART of an exercise message involving gunfire.

Ya know, I can believe it.

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-09-11 12:24

#6 I dont believe there is a live fire range near the 14th street bridge...

Have you ever been to D.C.?

Posted by: Beavis 2009-09-11 12:04

#5 Somehow I just have a hard time believing that extremists have suitcase nukes in their possession. It would be much easier to transport a few full-size nukes in the back of a Ryder truck.

Posted by: gorb 2009-09-11 11:48

#4 "Muslims that I talk to say things like, 'America thinks they're safe now. They've forgotten about 9/11. But watch, Daniel. Stay near your TV. It's going to be bigger than 9/11,' " he said..... "It always hits around Ramadan."

Sounds like hysteria...I've been waiting since 2002. I'll just stay in the now and be alert.

Posted by: Tyranysaurus Huperesing1230 2009-09-11 11:35

#3 Terrorism expert who predicted 9/11 says another bigger attack is coming.

Daniel J. Hill converted to Islam as a young U.S. Army paratrooper stationed in Beirut in 1958. It was Hill who learned fluent Arabic. It was Hill who joined the Mujahedeen Freedom Fighters in Afghanistan and fought the Soviet invasion there in the 1980s. It was Hill who personally met Osama bin Laden. It was Hill who used information from Islamic extremists to warn Rescorla that terrorists would use the underground parking garage for a car bomb attack on the World Trade Center. It was Hill who asked the U.S. government to assist him in an assassination attempt on bin Laden in 1998 (the request was rejected). And it was Hill who warned the FBI just weeks before Sept. 11, 2001, that his Mideast contacts told him "something big" was about to happen in the United States, in New York, Washington, D.C., or Philadelphia maybe all three.

He didn't want to talk about the past. He wanted to talk about the future. The very near future.
The man who predicted 9/11 is worried that its sequel is imminent.

"Muslims that I talk to say things like, 'America thinks they're safe now. They've forgotten about 9/11. But watch, Daniel. Stay near your TV. It's going to be bigger than 9/11,' " he said.

Hill said the next terrorist attack will involve suitcase nuclear bombs that will be detonated in small, low-flying two-seater private airplanes.

He is not alone in suggesting such a scenario. A 2007 book, "The Day of Islam," spells out the details, as do any number of Internet sites about a plot called "American Hiroshima."

The nukes, he said, will be detonated over New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Miami, Houston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

"Ramadan started two weeks ago Saturday," he said, referring to the Muslim holy month of fasting. "It always hits around Ramadan."

Posted by: Frozen Al 2009-09-11 11:26

#2 be a good day for a low-level flyover in NYC by Air Force One, no?

Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-11 11:14

#1 Training event??? good story. Either an Accidental Discharge by a jumpy coastie, or a real event. I dont believe there is a live fire range near the 14th street bridge...

Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-09-11 11:00

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