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Old 15th Oct 2003, 15:40
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Old King Coal
 
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Ah, Airbubba, are you aware that the Intelligence service in the USA has also produced reports on the following:

Watch out for toy model aircraft packed with explosives ! The FBI Law enforcement bulletin reported that they ‘faced off’ a “terrorist threat” from an “unconventional weapon” in the form of “Satin [sic] gas” after a tiny canister was seized from a model aeroplane builder and flown to a special army base by hazard materials support personnel in a special military aircraft - albeit that the modelling enthusiast admitted that he labelled the empty canister “Satin [sic] gas” as a “joke”.
Nonetheless, the US government issued an alert to be on the lookout for model aircraft that could fly explosives into a building, and cable news channels presented experts in mid-July 2003 to warn of the grave danger.

People lurking near train tracks preparing to derail trains ! The FBI issued a warning to law enforcement agencies throughtout the US about a possible attack against transportation systems, particularly railways, in October 2002. “Intelligence” officials said they had seen captured al Qaeda photos of train engines and railroad crossings. ( Perhaps OBL is a closet train spotter ? )

Al Qaeda may be setting wildfires in the western US ! The FBI issued a memo to law enforcement agencies to alert them that al Qaeda had developed a plan to set midsummer forest fires in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, so that “once it was realised that the fires were terrorist acts, US citizens would put pressure on the US government to change its policies”.

Especially keep an eye out for undercover al Qaeda agents with portable blow torches attempting to cut through the 21,736 wires holding up the Brooklyn Bridge ! The FBI nabbed a truck driver who had been casing the bridge and counting the wires. Best estimate is that you could cut through the wires in about a week, so be on alert !

Report any powdery substance you come across ! After receiving a suspicious powdery substance in the mail, a New Orleans woman called the authorities, and fire-fighters, postal officials, police officers and FBI agents quickly arrived to investigate. It turned out to be a free sample of laundry detergent. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t terrorists out there ( even if the authorities suspect that the anthrax scare of 2001 was an inside job by someone who had access to the substance in US government or government approved programs ).

So, we’ve got exploding model aeroplanes ! Satin gas ! Forest fires ! ....... Lions ! Tigers ! Bears ! Dragons ! The Boogeyman ! ....... and they’re all out to get you ! Run for your lives !!!

And which US President was the one who said, “We’ve nothing to fear but fear itself !” ?
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