May 26, 2004
The bad guys wanna hit us real hard, real soon...
The bad guys wanna hit us here. On shore. In the states.
They want to hit us hard this summer and inflict as many civilian casualties as they can muster.
The faces and names of seven individuals will be released at a 2P ET press conference this afternoon, acoording to Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Bob Mueller.
The alerts name people being sought for questioning -- not necessarily suspected of plotting attacks. They include descriptions and basic biographical information along with the photographs.Supposedly, there isn't enough to raise the terror alert level (at least according to DHS Secretary John Ridge), but bottom line is to keep alert and watch yourself this summer.The photographs and information will be sent to law enforcement agencies across the country and around the world, the sources said.
There are several high profile events this summer -- the G8 Summit next month down at Sea Island, GA, of course plenty of Independance Day celebrations across the nation, the opening of the World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington this weekend, not to mention the Democratic National Convention in Boston in July, and the Republican National Convention in New York City in early September.
There is also major concern relating to the Summer Olympic Games in August in Athens, Greece.
Posted by mhking at May 26, 2004 11:55 AMI'm old enough to remember the Munich Olympics. The Athens games have me worried.
Posted by: Fausta at May 26, 2004 12:50 PMMike, you and I sat and watched the events at Munich unfold as we were playing a neighbors house back in Gary. This scares the crap out of me. Though our politics differ, this extends beyond that. I fear that we will see some tragic, historical events in the next few months. I pray that I am wrong.
Posted by: Coach Velt at May 26, 2004 01:06 PM>Supposedly, there isn't enough to raise the terror alert level (at least according to DHS Secretary John Ridge), but bottom line is to keep alert and watch yourself this summer.
This is code for "we're gonna raise it in a couple of days." How could they NOT?
Very scary stuff. We need to wipe these bastards off the face of the earth.
Posted by: Julie Anne Fidler at May 26, 2004 01:26 PMI don't want to sound jaded, but it seems to me the chatter generally ramps up like this just before any major U.S. holiday.
I applaud those in charge for responding to it every time, obviously.
Posted by: McGehee at May 26, 2004 03:26 PM