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Originally posted by iamsupermanv2
When the news is so quick to say that "the man" says they suspect it is from so and so area,Yemen, Arab Peninsula, it makes me think back to 9/11 when they "knew" it was Bin Laden within an hour.
Something smells fishy my friends.
One thing for sure, we are "Supposed" to be paying attention to this.
Originally posted by butcherguy
Well, here I go. I will be the jerk that asks the question...
Can this be a false flag operation beginning?
I mean with the elections right around the proverbial corner....
edit on 29-10-2010 by butcherguy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Justaposter
Originally posted by iamsupermanv2
When the news is so quick to say that "the man" says they suspect it is from so and so area,Yemen, Arab Peninsula, it makes me think back to 9/11 when they "knew" it was Bin Laden within an hour.
Something smells fishy my friends.
One thing for sure, we are "Supposed" to be paying attention to this.
I agree. My mind went there rather quickly. And it will be interesting to see what else happens today.
But on the other hand, this could be very real.
We have always heard that dirty bomb was possible, but I don't recall the reports on the various channels actually saying "radioactive" (in any form or fashion) so quickly.
Originally posted by iamsupermanv2
reply to post by Justaposter
Whatever it is, attention should be payed I think.
Could anyone enlighten me on the "problem" Yemen has with us?
CBS News Confirms Strikes Make At Request of Yemen Gov't; At least 34 Militants Killed
Yemen’s foreign minister acknowledged the United States has launched attacks on Al-Qaeda in his country in an interview published on Thursday, the first confirmation from Sanaa of a US military role. (They’ve been denying it since December.)
Abu Bakr al-Kurbi told the Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat that the US strikes were suspended in December because his government viewed them as counterproductive. (The air strikes had two major misses, killing 43 civilians in one and taking out a pro-government sheik in another. No successes and better not to launch then to take out civilians repetitively.)
“Fighting Al-Qaeda is the responsibility of security and anti-terrorism forces in Yemen,” Kurbi said. (LOL, good one Kirby.)
However, the New York Times reported in mid August that the US military carried out a secret air strike in May against a suspected Al-Qaeda target in Yemen, killing a deputy provincial governor in the process…In the interview, Kurbi also said that while Yemen had launched a manhunt for US-born jihadist preacher Anwar al-Awlaqi, who is on a US most-wanted list, it would not hand him over if it succeeded in capturing him. (I can tell you where he is, at home, 60 miles away from al Hota, where the manhunt was.)
“Awlaqi is in an area where we are conducting operations against Al-Qaeda, and he is among those targeted for arrest in these operations,” the Yemeni foreign minister said. (That’s not what the Yemeni embassy said last week. Get your stories straight already.)
“The US has already requested the extradition of other Yemenis holding US citizenship, but we refused because the Yemeni constitution prohibits the extradition of a Yemeni citizen to a third country. This applies to Awlaqi.” (When does the Yemeni government follow the Yemeni constitution? Only when it suits them.)
In April, a US official said the Obama administration had authorised the targeted killing of Awlaqi, after intelligence agencies concluded the Muslim cleric was directly involved in anti-US plots. (Awlaki has no religious education. He’s an al Qaeda “cleric” like I’m a priestess of democracy.)
The package was discovered on a United Parcel Service jet, which had stopped to refuel at East Midlands Airport in Derby while flying from Yemen to Chicago.
It was apparently made from a converted ink toner cartridge, which contained white powder and had wires sticking out.
Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said police are not confirming whether explosives were found inside.
He said somehow suspicions were raised about the package, and it was taken off the plane for tests at around 3.30am this morning.
The cartridge was not addressed to anyone in the UK, and would have travelled on to North America.
The discovery has sparked a major alert in the US.
The FBI says several suspicious packages are being investigated.
They all apparently came from Yemen.
Two United Parcel Service planes are being searched at Philadelphia airport. One of them had flown in from Paris.
Another UPS plane at Newark airport in New Jersey was searched and given the all clear.
A UPS lorry in the Queen's Bronx area of New York City is also being investigated.
Sky's Robert Nisbet said there are two other alerts - one outside a court house in Portland, Maine.
Originally posted by PatriotsPride
Heathrow Airport denied any knowledge of the incident.