Terrorism thread #3

[Rausch]

Finally announced the flights that crashed....

[47mack]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Robert_Dole [/i]
[B]IBDHO, bin Laden and his ilk should have been wiped from the face of the Earth years ago.

Bob Dole refuses to believe that we do not have covert forces that could easily accomplish the task. [/B][/QUOTE]

my thoughts exactly

[Clint in Wichita]

America just MIGHT have the resolve for a "War On Terrorism".

After all, tens of billions have been spent and millions of Americans been jailed over the last 15 years in a ridiculous attempt to fight drugs.

It's time to kill some mother f_ckers.

What ever happened to United Flight 175 departing from Dulles? Is that the plane that crashed near the Pentagon?

CNN's chronology is incomplete.

[Rausch]

I agree....



Whatever needs to be done to get those responsible, do it.


Carpet bomb ever place they've been seen in the last week.....Irradicate the problem. All of the problems.

[NaptownChief]

Another horrible thought is that once everyone goes to bed tonight and thinks this stuff is ended, who is to say that they don't have plenty more planned for tomorrow or the next etc.etc...

[Clint in Wichita]

Bin Laden must be killed, but that's not enough. He's got a small military force at his disposal. I want them all dead. His friends, his pets, his barber, everyone.

[Mr. Laz]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DaWolf [/i]
[B]I thought I saw a piece on 60 minutes last year about how we were looking for Bin Laden but couldn't find him. I think it was right after the attack on our naval ship... [/B][/QUOTE]

pretty much just lip service... i find it hard to believe we can't find this guy. i don't think we have really, really tried.

just like sadam heusain (sp? who cares!) he keep attacking all these places and took other kuwait.... we fight the war and then stop before it's finished!!!!!!!!

WTF???!!! we should of march right on into bagdad and hung sadam by his scrawny little neck AND then claimed the entire country as spoils of war!!! that's what sadam tried to do to kuwait, didn't he?

no more sadam problems... no more oil problems


but no... we are scared to actually ever DO anything.

From CNN - just updated.

All times are EDT.
12:30 p.m.: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are reporting any problems.

12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.

12:15 p.m: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of American Airlines Flight 77, which was one of the aircraft to strike the World Trade Center.

12:04 p.m.: Los Angeles International Airport, the destination of two of the hijacked American Airlines flights, is evacuated.

11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.

11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.

11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Dulles Airport near Washington to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 is believed to be one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.

11:16 a.m.: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing bioterrorism teams to respond to the incidents in a precautionary move. The preparation is not based on any known bioterrorism threat.

11:02 a.m.: New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani urges citizens to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.

10:57 a.m.: New York Gov. George Pataki says all state government offices are closed.

10:54 a.m.: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions.

10:53 a.m.: New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed.

10.48 a.m.: Police confirm the crash of a large plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

10.46 a.m.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.

10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.

10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.

10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.

10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.

10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.

10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.

10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.

10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.

10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.

9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.

9:43 a.m.: An aircraft crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.

9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.

9:39 a.m. President Bush is to convene a national security meeting immediately upon his return to Washington. The president has spoken with Vice President Dick Cheney and New York Gov. George Pataki.

9:30 a.m.: President Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack."

9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area closed

9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.

9:03 a.m.: A second plane, apparently a passenger jet, crashes into the second World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning.

8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.

[NaptownChief]

we can spare the pets...but get everyone esle

[Rausch]

THis thing seems too well planned to end with a few planes crashing....



Again, I JUST Pray that none of these clows has a small nuke at his disposal...Makes me want to dig out that Nostrodamus tape.....

[Lzen]

Amen brother!

[Rain Man]

Personally, I think that one bit of comforting news is that the bad guys still don't have nukes, or obviously they'd have used them.

Quick fact check: They're showing the film of the second plane attack on the WTC, but it looks like the building is already burning. Did the attack on the first tower set the other tower on fire too, or was it just an oddity of the camera angle? I couldn't tell from the film whether both towers were still up one directly behind the other due to camera angle, or whether only one building was still up and was burning. Don't mean to get lost in the details, but I'm just curious.

It's sad that one or both of the buildings didn't survive just because of the symbolism of doing so. I hope that we rebuild them (and maybe even a little bigger).

[alanm]

Phil, You mentioned UA flight 175 crashed. Where? How? Update if you can I haven't heard about it.

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole was truly surprised that nothing else happened as law enforcement scrambled in NYC. Also surprised we saw nothing on the west coast.

We've been lucky thus far. (Which sounds horrible given the current loss of life.)