The terra blitzkrieg continues........

Is BushCo just trying to scare us to death, or is this a pretext? :tinfoilhat:


From AP, via Yahoo:

Airports warned about terror dry runs By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, Associated Press Writer
36 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Airport security officers around the nation have been alerted by federal officials to look out for terrorists practicing to carry explosive components onto aircraft, based on four curious seizures at airports since last September.

The unclassified alert was distributed on July 20 by the Transportation Security Administration to federal air marshals, its own transportation security officers and other law enforcement agencies.

The seizures at airports in San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston and Baltimore included "wires, switches, pipes or tubes, cell phone components and dense clay-like substances," including block cheese, the bulletin said. "The unusual nature and increase in number of these improvised items raise concern."

Security officers were urged to keep an eye out for "ordinary items that look like improvised explosive device components."

The 13-paragraph bulletin was posted on the Internet by NBC Nightly News, which first reported the story.

A federal official familiar with the document confirmed the authenticity of the NBC posting but declined to be identified by name because it has not been officially released.

"There is no credible, specific threat here," TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe said Tuesday. "Don't panic. We do these things all the time."

Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke described the notice as the latest copy of a routine informational bulletin for TSA workers, airport employees and law enforcement officials. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/airport_terror_warning

You can bank on that.

Why am I so confident in saying that? Because if there ever is another attack, these guys are too fuckin' stupid to ever see it coming before it happens.

I think the memo said, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US".

How obvious it all is, huh? I was talking to someone at work today who was complaining about all of the terror alerts because they were "proof that Bush is not winning in the war on terror". I said, "Wait, you actually believe this stuff?" He said, "Yes, of course! What, you don't think the terrorists want to hit us again?" I find it absolutely amazing that some people still can't see the writing on the wall.

I wish they'd spice it up a bit - maybe change the colours on the terror alert chart. They could bump it up to mauve or seafoam, colours that capture the essence of boredom, sighing, and saying things like "ho-hum".

we're well and truly fucked now.

"Don't Fly Your Cheese To Town"

A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm
A boy filled with wonderlust who really meant no harm
He changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down
And his mother cried as he walked out


Don't fly your cheese to town son
Leave your cheese at home Bill
Don't fly your cheese to town

He laughed and kissed his mom
And said your Billy Joe's a man
I can shred as quick and straight as anybody can
But I wouldn't shred without a cause
I'd melt nobody down
But she cried again as he rode away


Don't fly your cheese to town son
Leave your cheese at home Bill
Don't fly your cheese to town

He sang a song as on he rode
His cheese wired at his hips
He rode into a cattle town
A smile upon his lips
He stopped and walked into an airport bar
And laid his money down
But his mother's words echoed again


Don't fly your cheese to town son
Leave your cheese at home Bill
Don't fly your cheese to town

He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself he had become a man
A cranky traveller at his side began to laugh him down
And he heard again his mothers words


Don't fly your cheese to town son
Leave your cheese at home Bill
Don't fly your cheese to town

Filled with rage then
Billy Joe reached for his cheese to slice
But the stranger drew his creese and cut it
Before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor
The crowd all gathered 'round
And wondered at his final words


Don't fly your cheese to town son
Leave your cheese at home Bill
Don't fly your cheese to town