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jammerbirdi
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jammerbirdi
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Posted: 09/12/05 3:16 am ::: |
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Okay. I guess it's an ABC News exclusive.
Sept. 11, 2005 In an apparent Sept. 11 communiqu broadcast on ABC News, an al Qaeda operative threatens new attacks against cities in the U.S. and Australia.
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Allah willing. And this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."
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BBallFanCT729
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 2666 Location: UConn Territory
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Posted: 09/12/05 9:41 am ::: |
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jammerbirdi wrote: |
Okay. I guess it's an ABC News exclusive.
Sept. 11, 2005 In an apparent Sept. 11 communiqu broadcast on ABC News, an al Qaeda operative threatens new attacks against cities in the U.S. and Australia.
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Allah willing. And this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Investigation/story?id=1115448&page=1 |
Hmmm. I hope to any higher deity that nothing happens in either of those cities.
Why Melbourne?
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Luuuc #NATC
Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 21931
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Posted: 09/12/05 10:11 am ::: |
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BBallFanCT729 wrote: |
Why Melbourne? |
I'm guessing because Melbourne is host to Australia's 2 biggest sporting events - the AFL Grand Final, in just under 2 weeks, when just under 100,000 people fill the MCG stadium, and the Melbourne Cup (our Kentucky Derby), held in November, and attracting even more people than the grand final.
The thought of a terrorist threat to either of those events would have people seriously shitting themselves.
(Including me, as I'm hoping to go to the game if my team can win this Saturday)
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BBallFanCT729
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BCBG25
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Posted: 09/12/05 11:27 am ::: |
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Doesn't Australia have troops in Iraq?
That could be one thing, as shortly after the London attacks, Al Qaeda vowed to attack Rome and Copenhagen (Italy and Denmark also have troops in Iraq).
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Luuuc #NATC
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Posted: 09/12/05 11:30 am ::: |
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Yeah, we do.
When George asks us to jump our only response is "how high?"
For that reason we've always been fairly high up on the hit list.
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