Reuters (Yahoo): New York Subway Attack Warning For Sunday

[distantearlywarning]

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities warned New York officials that a team of "terrorist operatives" planned to attack the subway on Sunday with remote controlled bombs hidden in briefcases or baby strollers, a newspaper said on Saturday.

snip

The memo said bombers planned to hide explosives in briefcases, suitcases or baby strollers -- the same items Bloomberg warned New Yorkers not to take on the subway or risk being searched by police."

Full link here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051008/ts_nm/security_newyork_dc

[leveymg]

1. Is this the same warning as Friday, or a different one?

This sounds awfully familiar, and why was the earlier one deemed to be less than credible, but this one is?

Does DHS have its threat warnings on a very short tape loop?

[jaysunb]

2. Why can't we just get a list of dates in advance

and we'll just avoid those places that are to be "terrorized. :evilgrin:

[henslee]

7. how utterly civilized.

[leveymg]

10. That list is classified and reserved for POTUS national command eyes only.

:hide: B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) :dunce: :+ B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) B-) :patriot: :hide: :yoiks:

[truthisfreedom]

3. if bush thought his numbers were low in NY before...

[WestHoustonDem]

4. Why would they attack the subways on the least busy

day of the week?

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. My reaction too

Why Sunday? This is really bad or contrived intelligence.

[aquart]

16. And isn't this a 3-day weekend?

So tons of people have already left the city?

[leveymg]

8. Are theyalumni of the George W. Bush School of Intelligence &Terrorism?

That does stand out as a red flag to indicate that this is something less than an elite team of commandos.:eyes:

[greyl]

9. Sunday morning news, church services

Those are a better reasons for it being a fake alert, I think.

[LincolnMcGrath]

28. You nailed it!

[greyl]

33. Did it pan out that way?

I didn't watch an television or check into LBN till late Sunday.
(and I couldn't be found in a church)

I see there's a thread in LBN titled something like "Subway Terror Threats Unsubstantiated/Not corroborated", but did the warning occupy the early news?

edit: added link to LBN thread

[John Q. Citizen]

12. The terrorist must have trouble getting reliable intel also.... n/a

[leveymg]

13. Perhaps, they thought Sunday was the 2nd workday of the week?

[MADem]

18. You know that disco song, THANK GOD IT's FRIDAY?

We used to sing THANK GOD IT's WEDNESDAY, because we worked SAT and SUN and got THU-FRI off.

The other thing you need to keep in mind is the time zones, when the sun rises and sets...OVER THERE. All roads don't lead to Rome in that part of the world, they lead to Mekkah.

They are seven hours AHEAD of us...so something that happens in NYC late Saturday night is actually happening early Sunday morning, by their time.

[Scurrilous]

17. Who carries a briefcase on Sunday? n/t

[smirkymonkey]

26. So that people will go to work on Monday.

This whole thing is so transparent I don't think anybody is buying. Least of all New Yorkers.

I can't believe how bad they're getting at the politics of distraction.

[TomClash]

29. This thought even occurred to me!

Wouldn't the Tuesday after a long weekend be better? After all this Tuesday is 10/11. :scared:

[hedgehog]

30. We discussed this on another forum yesterday..

The best answer anyone came up with is that today is John Lennon's 65th birthday. Osama must hate the song "Imagine". Who knew?

[meti57b]

5. Fighting "them" in Iraq so we don't have to fight "them" here... yup!!!!

[leveymg]

11. So, if there's no attack, they can still claim victory.

Scared 'em straight.

[0rganism]

14. Yet More Foiled Plot Fodder

Looks like the poll numbers are catching up to dubya, eh? When all else fails, roll out that War on Terra, and scare the people back to your vampirical embrace.

[cantstandbush]

15. Bush's low poll numbers cause a lot of trouble and money.

If such an event doesn't happen, few will believe that the US prevented anything.

If it does happen, most will think we are incapable of protecting ourselves and that the invasion of Iraq stopped nothing.

That's why all the hype over the week-end was ridiculous.

[maddezmom]

19. and god forbid something does happen

Bllomberg would'e have been correct and will make * and DHS look like asses. I'm not a fan of Bloomberg, but in this case I think he was correct.

[Judi Lynn]

20. I'm sure the ANTHRAX killer, after sending anthrax letters

to Democratic senators might think it's tempting to plant a bomb or two in a heavily populated BLUE STATE city, but it would be so much riskier than sending little letters through the mail.

[truthisfreedom]

21. this is a spectacularly transparent ruse. first of all, a Sunday attack

would disrupt business activity minimally. no real terra-ist would chose a Sunday to attack NYC. they'd do the same thing that was done in London, attack during rush hour for maximum effect and fear. second, the advance warning citing one specific day and no others? come on, what do they think we are... children? the powers behind this charade are working toward the objective of public fear and coersion, but they're not terra-ists. they're something far more sinister than terra-ists.

[HockeyMom]

22. Exactly

Sunday? The London bombings were during the weekday rush hours. Even 9/11 was on a weekday, although slightly earlier before the majority of workers were able to make it in.

Monday is also a Holiday (Columbus Day) for many people. The Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur is during the week too. It makes no sense whatsoever.

[Zhade]

23. Any "attack" on Sunday could also ramp up a "Fightin' Fer Jesus" meme.

"They attacked on our holy day!" (Never mind the fact that the United States is not a Christian nation.)

[williesgirl]

24. Same song - second verse n/t

[savemefromdumbya]

25. I'm sure they are planning

a more sophisticated attack.

[ozymandius]

27. NYC 'bomb threat' details leaked

A team of "terrorist operatives" planned to attack the New York City subway on Sunday with remote-controlled bombs, a leaked FBI document warned.

The attackers may have planned to hide explosives in briefcases or pushchairs, a copy of the warning obtained by the Reuters news agency revealed.

But the bulletin said officials had doubts about the threat's credibility.

'Abundance of caution'

The mayor received the memo from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, the same day he announced the existence of the threat in a press conference.

more...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4323366.stm

[jumptheshadow]

31. Another way the Bush administration has made us vulnerable...

they have cried wolf so many times that many people now will question any terror alert, even if it is justified. In turn, local officials may get gunshy about notifying the public when they believe there is a true threat. And the hardworking folks who use public transportation are caught in between...

[Cha]

32. This is what Randi Rhoads

was talkin' about on c-span vs janet pursedlips when Randi said.."WE'RE FIGHTING THE TERRORISTS HERE IN THE SUBWAYS"..slight parphrasing.

[greyl]

34. NYC Terror Plot Uncorroborated

LBN thread