next attack in what form, how soon?

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I was listening to NPR today, not that I listen to that station much, as I think it is very biased in the liberal direction. But they were interviewing someone on there that seemed to be rather knowledgeable about terrorism, and he said a few things we should be thinking about.

It seems this group that staged this recent attack on the USA has been planning this for many years. And the authorities do not believe that the threat from this group is far from over. In fact, this may have only been stage one in their plans. Concidering the fact that these terrorist pilots were able to go to pilot school in this country to get the knowledge needed to carry out the attack, you know they have been in this country, working under our noses for a very long time.

The question is, what will the next attack be? The "expert" on NPR said that it could come as biological or chemical attacks, or even perhaps nuclear.

Think about it. This group may at this moment have chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons HERE in these United States, and the roads are open and free to all for them to transport them to wherever they want to unleash them from. The city of New York could be leveled by Nuclear Bombs detonated from the insides of tractor trailors, while driving the streets of the city.

But how do you prevent something like this from happening? It would mean the end of freedom in America. We would be turned into a police surveilance state.

What do you think?

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), September 16, 2001

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It would mean the end of freedom in America. We would be turned into a police surveilance state...... Yup. That's right.

I also agree with the expert on what is likely to happen as far as chemical and biological weapons.

Reportedly these groups don't have access to the extremely horrible bio weapons, but to the lesser ones....flus, west nile, small pox (!), anthrax, and the like. Hopefully not ebola.

Take good care of your health and stay very aware of how you are feeling physically. Eat vitamin c like crazy and exercise general caution.

Things are never going to be the same, but faith is a big ole help. Just prepare for worst and pray for the best. Laugh everyday!!! It helps a lot.

-- (bisquit@here.com), September 16, 2001.


I understand that all the local resevoirs around here (we supply water to NYC) have been closed, for this reason. Very, very scarey.

-- Cathy in NY (hrnofplnty@yahoo.com), September 17, 2001.

Doreen, your list of possible bio weapons has some that are pretty horrible in my estimation! Have you done a web search on this stuff? I did, and came up with a lot of information, more than I really wanted to know. In the opinion of the "experts", the water supplies are relatively safe, though it was certainly wise to close off access to the reservoirs. The "experts" think that the filtering systems and so on on the big city water supplies render them a less- valuable target -- harder to hit effectively. We'll have to wait and see if the terrorists agree with the "experts". The chemical weapons are more likely to be used to poison a food supply (most likely in an assassination attempt rather than an attempt at mass murder), or in some form of aerial dispersion. They said that for *some* of these poisons, washing thoroughly after exposure is fairly good protection. Gas masks protect against most of the others, though there are a few that absorb by skin contact. The biological weapons were thought by some of the "experts" to be most likely to be used, as they are cheaper and easier to make, don't require too many suspicious purchases that someone might check up on, and require smaller quantities to do equal or greater damage. Also, they are easily dispersed in aerosol form from a traveling vehicle or aircraft, and they reproduce themselves. Some are more contagious than others, but most if not all will continue spreading once they've been introduced. Fairly effective protection against most of these agents is a cheap face mask from the hardware store, except for bearded people and infants, who require special measures.

The weak area is detection -- we should all be contacting our Congressmen and insisting they make detection of and preparation for these types of attacks a high priority.

I don't think that America needs to be turned into a police state in order to prevent anything more from happening, though that may be exactly what *will* happen -- but if it does, it will be because it was on someone's agenda, not because it was really necessary. There are some people in this country who need to be sent back where they came from -- anyone who has any ties to terrorists abroad would be in this category. And then every citizen of the country needs to be on the alert. Which, when you think about it, will still make us into a sort of police state, with people informing on one another. Sigh, seems like a Catch-22 situation to me.

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), September 17, 2001.


Those that can be absorbed by skin contact... Oh my. I am thinking of the Postal Service. This could be really really bad, and very soon. God help us.

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), September 17, 2001.

Listen.....we cannot panic. Panic kills. Research, prepare, and have faith. Regarding most things continuing once they are introduced, the conditions must be right for many of the contagions. Keep clean, boil your water if you think you have reason to worry.

Yes, we are in the beginning of the sorrows, but God said this all was going to happen, right? So listen to Him.

Thanks for the tip on the face masks, Kathleen. I have been eyeing up gas masks since their importation was banned by Bubba Bill two years ago....ahem. It has been in the works for a bit. We have to decide how we react.

-- Doreen (bisquit@here.com), September 17, 2001.



Two possibilities: (1) this whole thing was staged by "big brother" to enable him to carry out his attack on our freedoms. (2) The attack was NOT on America, but rather against the New World Order. After all, the attack was on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, where there are plenty of New World Govt types. (3) none of the above. (4) Dubya himself planned this to enable us to start another war, for the purpose of enriching his arms builder buds. (5) I can't count

JOJ

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@ecoweb.net), September 17, 2001.


We haven't heard a peep from the U.N. lately....What's up with that?

I personally feel that all those other "terrorist associates" that have been picked up since 9 11 have been out discreetly releasing bio- agents in our busy transportation centers and cities. They've been picked up in airports and train stations and busy places. If they don't mind dying in a fireball, I don' think they have a problem exposing themselves and everyone else they come in contact with, to deadly viruses, bacteria, protozoa ect. The cost of making enough bio-hazard to take out or weaken entire cities, regions, FBI, and CIA agents is a very small price. On a budget, it would only cost about $25,000. Buying top of the line, brand new lab equipment would still only be $250,000. This includes a good bio-chemist.

If, in fact these bio-agents have been released already, the symptoms have yet to show up. Anthrax has a incubation period of 12 days, plenty of time for unaware carriers to spread it through the populations and the perpetrators to infect the ranks of FBI, INS, CIA and DOC.

Am I suffering from far-fetched imagination? I hope so. And I hope the terrorists are too inept to pull anything farther than that which has been exposed.

-- Laura (LadybugWrangler@hotmail.com), September 18, 2001.


I correct myself, the incubation for anthrax is only 7 days.

-- Laura (LadybugWrangler@hotmail.com), September 22, 2001.

Laura, Thanks do much for the suggestions. I hadn't thought of that!

JOJ, for OBL

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@ecoweb.net), September 22, 2001.


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