Al-Q targeting NY corporations?
Article below. Just in case AQ is listening, I'd like to remind them that there are some other states that also have some *really* good targets ;-) But, if you're just "stuck" on New York, let me make my recommendations: (1) Citicorp Center. Thousands of people work in this one gargantuan and profoundly ugly building. As a bonus, it belongs to one of Israel's biggest finance sources ;-) (2) One Police Plaza. Not just for donuts anymore! This huge, purpose-built, multibuilding plaza houses a significant percentage of New York's police department. As a bonus, it is also a centralized facility which serves a large number of federal and state agencies as well. One Stop Shopping!!! (3) The George & Martha Washington Bridges. These two bridges share a single two level span which connects New York and New Jersey (the Martha bridge was an add-on to the George, when George turned out to be too small to carry all the traffic). Destruction of these two incredibly ugly and poorly designed bridges would be a boon for the esthetic flavor of the area (which is otherwise surrounded by some of the most beautiful areas in New York City proper), not to mention the air quality. And, for AQ, the resulting economic damages would amount ot a Gift That Keeps On Giving ;-) Happy Hunting! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them." Osama Bin Laden - - - "There aught to be limits to freedom!" George Bush - - - Which one scares you more? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=EVMVMWLEROJ22CRBAE0CFFA?type=topNews&storyID=5836688 NYPD Source: Al Qaeda May Target New York Firms Sun Aug 1, 2004 09:31 AM ET By Mark Egan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top federal and local law enforcement officials met in New York during the weekend to discuss new intelligence about a possible al Qaeda attack against major corporations or high-profile buildings in Manhattan, a police source said on Sunday. The New York Police Department source told Reuters that increased intelligence "chatter" from overseas of a possible fresh attack of the city prompted meetings late Friday and early Saturday between NYPD chief Raymond Kelly and Pasquale Damuro, head of the FBI's office here. "The intelligence is not specific but we are taking it very seriously," the source said, noting that the intelligence was deemed "credible." New York was the city most affected by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with almost 2,800 people killed when hijacked planes destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The city has remained on a heightened alert since then and federal officials have said that the Republican National Convention at the end of August would make an attractive terrorist target. The threat was first reported by ABC News, which said the authorities were particularly disturbed that the information indicated attacks may be carried out by one or more suicide truck bombings. Following the meetings, the NYPD issued a statement that said, "Intelligence reporting indicates that al Qaeda continues to target for attack commercial and financial institutions, as well as international organizations, inside the United States." The police department said it "recommends that corporate and institutional security directors review their protection of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems, parking installations, and security in general." However, the department said the alert level for New York is unchanged and remains at the second-highest level of "orange" or "high." At the Republican convention from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, President Bush will be officially nominated to run for a second term in office. Thousands of delegates, a large contingent of media and as many as 200,000 protesters are expected in town for the event. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is scheduled to be in New York on Sunday and The New York Times quoted a law enforcement official saying he was expected to comment on the new information.
<FUD Mode=True> I've a better idea for the terrorists who may be paying attention, why not just leave NYC alone and target something more useful to take out - like Microsoft, for example. IMHO, the planes that were targeted at the WTC would have been better directed at various Redmond, WA buildings. They're after all a very big company with a lot of billions - that would have been far more spectacular an attack than a couple of profitless eyesores blocking everyone's view of the Statue of Liberty. <BURP> And what's with attacking the pentagon? They're the biggest sink of Evil American Taxpayer funds after all. Don't you want your enemies wasting billions of dollars on shitty airplanes and helicopters that crash themselves? Besides, if you want to piss off the NY Cops, don't attack One Police Plaza, take out Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme joints... well, wait, I kinda like Krispy Kreme once in a while, ok, just Dunkin Donuts... Or better yet, don't! The artery clogging fat and the diabetes inducing sugar+starch already do plenty. Nah, if you're an Al Qaeda member, it's your duty to open up more donut shops and in fact, have a policy of free donuts to every cop. Infact, you should send crates of donuts to every police precinct several times a day. I'd suggest a 10:1 donut to officer ratio. Ditto for McDonalds foods. Add extra grease. The hydrogenated soybean kind! And why bother taking out the bridge to NJ - after all, NJ is where all the stench is (remember that old joke: Girlfriend "Kiss me where it smells," Boyfriend: "Ok, let's drive to NJ!" You're better off leaving that bridge alone, so commuters can be terrorized by the industrial stench as they drive through, and by all the delays. Infact, if you're an Al Qaeda engineer, you'll want to BUILD more bridges to NJ, so more Satan Loving American Infidels will get sickened by it. Oh yeah, and be sure to vote for Bush. He'll be sure to fuck the economy even worse and put more draconian laws into effect. You Al-Qaeda types hate us for having freedom, right? So Dubbya's your perfect boy for that. That's the real way to be a terrorist, not by wasting your time on some dumb ass fireworks by airplane. Pshaw, only amateur terrorists do it that way. </FUD> ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :"I find it ironic that, on an amendment designed to protect /|\ \|/ :American democracy and our constitutional rights, the /\|/\ <--*-->:Republican leadership in the House had to rig the vote and \/|\/ /|\ :subvert the democratic process in order to prevail" \|/ + v + : -- Rep. Sanders re vote to ammend the US PATRIOT ACT. -------------------------------------- http://www.sunder.net ------------ On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, J.A. Terranson wrote:
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Just in case AQ is listening, I'd like to remind them that there are some other states that also have some *really* good targets ;-) But, if you're just "stuck" on New York, let me make my recommendations:
Not yet aware the NY-bound wetback had been nabbed we posted material and photos on July 29 about how Amtrak and Long Island Railroad Manhattan tunnels provide easy access to Madison Square Garden located above subterranean Penn Station and the nearby post office where the thousands of press are to be isolated from protestors: http://cryptome.org/rnc-prep-01.htm We noted that the tunnels are known to be highly hazardous due to lack of fire protection and emergency exits. Shortly a flood of hits started coming from federal, NY state and NYC security IPs -- Treasury, Homeland Security, DOT, GSA; Kallstrom's NYS Office of Public Security and a host of Albany agencies; NYPD, FDNY, the Transit Agency; Suffolk County adjoining NYC; various from New Jersey; and a slew of other locations. While some were familiar, a lot of these had not come around before. None telephoned or visited, maybe during the work week when the round-up begins as a result of squeezing the intruder. Presumably red-team postings -- call them chatter, or better: the naming of specific targets -- get fired off to tight-fisted financing agencies to cut loose some emergency bucks, in the Bush re-election manner. Many more to come before November. Perhaps some real, more more likely fabbed from odds and ends sucked from the ether of hard-up operatives -- NYPD Intelligence Commish is ex-CIA. Ridge has just named names of targets, being unable to get serious attention with over-used chatter. One notable target in every major city, perfect campaign fodder. We'll be providing more red-team tell-tales of what's wrong with security in NYC, pisspoor at warding off those who hate it, great at alluring the haters to its sin spots, Wall Street, finance cesses, et al, many such love-haters who will soon be convening to expurge their sins at the hallowed ground zip, praying for more of the golden natsec rain.
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