If Al Qaeda really wanted to mess with us...

[xorbie]

... we wouldn't be able to stop them.

[Rearden]

You realize that by posting in this thread the NSA is watching you.....

Just kidding (I hope)

If they really wished to impact quality of life in this country.... widespread and planned attacks on the nations power grid. Remember that blackout in NYC and most of the northeast a while back cause by some transformer failure in like Canada?.... yeah imagine that... a whole summer of random rolling blackouts cutting power to factories, banks, etc, likely very very little to no loss of life but it would cripple the economy of the region and eventually the country. I know very little about the inner workings of our countries power system but Im sure its not so redundant that there wouldnt be pinch points where a well placed bomb or series of bombs would knock out power to millions.

Of course the ultimate version of this is an EMP impacting a large urban area..... welcome to the 1800s instantly

Ive always thought that smuggling in a few RPGs into the country (or Stingers... afghanistan has a few lying around I think) and setting up shop near a few airports at random would empty the skies.

Additionally, New Years Eve... Times Square... I have never been there then but with an incredible concentration of people in an outdoor area I worry that its only a matter of time until something happens at such a gathering (Im surprised it hasnt already).

[El Diablo]

All,

I thought we'd see some hot Persian HIV chicks by now.

[jbrent33]

I saw around that somewhere (Chicago maybe) around Christmas they caught a guy that was planning going into a mall with an assault rifle and unloading on the crowd.

I would think if this happened in multiple locations it could cause serious economic problems. It would also be easy to carry out and almost impossible to prevent. One guy two handguns w/15 round mags = 10-20 people shot. If it happened in middle America it would be all the more frightening.

[kickpushcoast]

after the "success" of their 9/11 attack, the lack of further attacks on American soil definitely throws a red flag up and makes me skeptical as to how much they were behind the original attacks

[kipin]

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after the "success" of their 9/11 attack, the lack of further attacks on American soil definitely throws a red flag up and makes me skeptical as to how much they were behind the original attacks

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Oh lord.

Go post in ed's OOT thread please.

[kickpushcoast]

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after the "success" of their 9/11 attack, the lack of further attacks on American soil definitely throws a red flag up and makes me skeptical as to how much they were behind the original attacks

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Oh lord.

Go post in ed's OOT thread please.

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why do people get so up in arms and exasperated when someone questions the status quo, and what we're being fed my the media? i didnt espouse any wild conspiracy theories, i just said im skeptical, is that not ok anymore?

[BigPoppa]

High school sporting events, shopping malls, churches....

This country is one big soft target

[By-Tor]

I have nothing to add other then I get a decent laugh when people say "blow up a shopping mall".

We realize how large, and more importantly, spread-out shopping malls are right?

Hell...we have Cessna's crash into them all the time around here and they don't even leave a dent.

Maybe they will pipe in propane and then ignight it? Carpet suicide bombers? I don't know...but anything less then this is barely going to put a dent in a Jamba Juice, let alone an entire shopping mall.

[Bob Moss]

For those of you who haven't heard, Al Qaeda doesn't exist.