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2003-11-26 Home Front

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Posted by Rawsnacks 2003-11-26 10:30:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder how AQ plans on doing that. I know a bit about those communications. Triple-redundancy of the redundancy. It's designed to survive a nuclear war.

One of the big problems OBL would have with using WMD against the United States is that it would give us the excuse to do whatever we pleased in response. I would certainly NEVER want to be on the 'catch' end of that kind of an arrangement.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-26 10:50:11 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-26 10:50:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, since these guys are pretty superficial in their understanding of the U.S., maybe they consider major news outlets the means of communications our armed forces use. If they buy into the whole 'Zionist Masters In The Media' thing, they might consider taking out sat dish farms a strike against our military- how could our troops get their 'orders' if their Jewish MastersÂ© can't broadcast them?

Just something to think about.

Posted by commo 2003-11-26 10:56:38 AM|| 2003-11-26 10:56:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It would make sense to a westerner that they might target Fox News, but, if the media is the target, I suspect that NYT or one alphabet channels might come more readily to the (sick) mind of a terrorist.

Posted by rabidfox 2003-11-26 11:03:02 AM|| 2003-11-26 11:03:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 No. These guys have proven that they can use open source intel to understand our comms. But, as commentors mentioned above and 2 days ago, they might not understand all of the survivability features we have built into our networks. Let's hope.

These guys might be talking smack, but I am glad, as is clear from this story, we are taking the threat seriously. Hopefully the fact that we are being more vigilant will pay off.

I still can't figure out how they could take down our comms without a significant ASAT capability and/or use of EMP weapons in all locations where we have troops.

Posted by JAB 2003-11-26 11:11:56 AM|| 2003-11-26 11:11:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, if the NYT did get hit, you know Dowd and Krugman (if they survived) would come out blaming bush for it.

Posted by capt joe 2003-11-26 12:37:06 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:37:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Karachi? Or one of the 'stans.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-26 12:48:41 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:48:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Capt Joe -- They'd be insisting it was Ann Coulter's fault.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-26 2:01:03 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-26 2:01:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Check the date on the URL. It's for Sept 11, 2001. Remember, there were all sorts of warnings flying around, and Bush was in FL that day.

Posted by Pete Stanley 2003-11-26 3:13:02 PM|| 2003-11-26 3:13:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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