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2010-10-30 Down Under

US Terror Threat sparks Global Terror Alert

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Posted by Oztralian 2010-10-30 02:33|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 I wonder if they are trying to do the same thing in the US that they did in Spain ... bombings right before the election.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-10-30 02:48|| 2010-10-30 02:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if they are trying to do the same thing in the US that they did in Spain ... bombings right before the election.

If so, they don't understand American psychology. When aroused, we fix the problem. And we've been getting very twitchy lately, like the response to the Ground Zero mosque/rabat.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-30 05:48|| 2010-10-30 05:48|| Front Page Top

#3 We'll be SAVED from this terror threat by our illustrious Administration, and the Won.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-10-30 09:27|| 2010-10-30 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't get it.

Were the bad guys hoping they had the 1 model toner cartridge of the thousands different styles, and then just mindlessly plug in a a cartridge obviously heavier than plastic and air? Is the synagogue using a printer which can only get parts from the ME? Big response or warning shot from the Yemen AQ?

Are we sure they just were not attempting to illegally import copies of that Daily Show interview?

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-10-30 09:31|| 2010-10-30 09:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Can you imagine anything worst than flying with an Air Force escort knowing they are present to either shoot you down or watch you blow up thanks to the cargo (human or material) from the religion of peace?

Posted by HammerHead 2010-10-30 09:52|| 2010-10-30 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Toner cartridges from Yemen. What's not to like? Sounds like a Boris and Natasha plot. Did Rocky J Squirrel come to the rescue and save the day? Did the Moose discover the heinous plot while searching for a peanut butter sandwich in the cargo hold, thereby saving the world once again? Stay tuned.

Posted by Goober Goobelopolous 2010-10-30 10:12|| 2010-10-30 10:12|| Front Page Top

#7 US Terror Threat sparks Global Terror Alert

Or Rescue bid to save Brother Hussein?

Posted by Willy 2010-10-30 11:06|| 2010-10-30 11:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Unless the ingredients were photo sensitive, or a time delayed temblor switch, what was the ignition source? Either this was fairly amateurish (considering it was PETN and therefore not a total amateur job):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETN

So either there was a pre-recon of the target synagogue or some ignition mechanism not yet revealed. Interesting to learn the rest of the story....

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-10-30 12:57|| 2010-10-30 12:57|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't get it.

Pre-made bomb casing.

Relatively spill and leak proof.

No-to-low-cost.

That's just for starters.

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-30 13:14|| 2010-10-30 13:14|| Front Page Top

#10 It could also be desensitization.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-30 16:37|| 2010-10-30 16:37|| Front Page Top

#11 Possibly.

Definitely means disruption of the air-cargo system.

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-30 20:52|| 2010-10-30 20:52|| Front Page Top

#12 you mean my packages from Yemen will be delayed?

Posted by Frank G 2010-10-30 21:35|| 2010-10-30 21:35|| Front Page Top

#13 They could have landed that plane in Maine without letting it near the Boswash Corridor and its population center.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-30 21:51|| 2010-10-30 21:51|| Front Page Top

#14 Sure but IIUC they were being sent to the Synagogues. Brings up the question how to detonate them, I'm sure they just don't explode on their own when within 10' of a certain concentration of Jewishness.

I do have a theory, and if true I understand why it would not be declared. Just hate being in the dark that's all - I also hate being cynical but we have seen the bag of tricks played over the last two months especially.

Good point TFSM.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-10-30 22:19|| 2010-10-30 22:19|| Front Page Top

#15 you mean my packages from Yemen will be delayed?

Yemen, Dubai, UK.

Somebody gets a bright idea; could be Australia, Germany, Sweden...

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-30 22:51|| 2010-10-30 22:51|| Front Page Top

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