George Bush Went on Vacation and All I Got Was This Lousy Terror Alert --->>>

[Stephanie]

Do you know, after six years, how sick I am of waking up to the news that there's another terror alert in NYC? Imagine waking up to the radio only to learn that they are sweeping for dirty bombs in your neighborhood. Thanks, George.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/11/terror.chatter/index.html?section=cnn_latest

New York police take precautions after purported al Qaeda threat

NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York police officers screened vehicles Saturday near Wall Street with radiation detection devices as "a precautionary measure" after an unconfirmed Web report about a possible radiological attack on U.S. cities.

The report was based on chatter allegedly seen Thursday on al Qaeda Web sites, but the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and New York Police Department insist the threat is unsubstantiated.

Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs, said the purported message doesn't appear on any Web sites that CNN monitors and that the claim cannot be independently verified.

In addition, counterterrorism experts who work closely with CNN also were unable immediately to verify the claim, Nasr said.

The report about the purported radiological attacks was published on the Israeli Web site DEBKAfile based on a "rush of electronic chatter on al Qaeda sites."

One of the messages mentioned New York, Los Angeles, California, and Miami, Florida, as possible targets.

The New York Police Department stepped up some monitoring activities as a "precautionary measure," Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said late Friday.

Police set up barricades to slow traffic and on Saturday were pulling vans and trucks aside to aid in the detection of a possible radiological threat.

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[Ian David]

1. How stupid would terrorists be to attack Wall Street on Saturday while The Market is CLOSED? n/t

[whistle]

3. Quick, check to see what real estate purchases Larry Silverstein has

...made during the last 90 to 120 days and in particular which ones he has insured for hundreds of millions of dollars!

[Ian David]

2. They need to spend all that homeland security money doing SOMETHING. n/t

[NV Whino]

4. Let's send them a map to Crawford.

[acmavm]

5. These 'terra' alerts remind me of a 12-year old making prank phone

calls. Only in this case the aim is to hide otherwise disastrous news from the public. A twelve-year old has his own mean agenda as well, to upset the callee for his own gratification.

Either way, both are devious, mean-spirited creatures willing to scare the bejebus out of someone for their own selfish reasons.

[Frustratedlady]

6. So what has come of it?

Did they call off the monitoring/inspections?

[monmouth]

7. Let's see....this is August, surge review in September....hmmmmmm