AL QAEDA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG
Jun. 9th, 2010 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogITEM: The Terrorists® have come up with a new way to terrorize Americans® – leave suspicious bags everywhere with nothing dangerous in them.
Put another way ... terrorists have figured out how to take the “If you see something, say something” campaign and make it work in their favor by planting stuff for people to report, then sitting back and watching the fun as we shut down everything in a panic to deal with it.
It’s sort of like jiu jitsu terrorism. Or practical-joke terrorism.
Which is better than trying to set off real bombs, of course. On the other hand, you do wonder if Cry Wolf Syndrome would set in if they did this enough times ... thus making it easier to plant suspicious items that could really hurt/kill people.
Insidious!
To be sure, I can’t say how accurate the FBI’s info on this tactic is. We’ve been told in the past that al Qaeda plans to use other common things you see every day – pregnant women, huge boobs, white people, etc – as terrorist weapons, none of which seem to have come to any fruition (depending on who you ask).
Either way, I’d say that at this rate, when it comes to terrorizing the public, the govt, the media and the public are doing a lot of the heavy lifting here.
As Rick Moranis said:
PRODUCTION NOTE: Yes, THAT Rick Moranis.
Loose lips sink ships,
This is dF
Bomb expert Kevin Barry with 20 years experience in the NYPD says the bags could be filled not with bombs, but with innocuous items like water bottles or socks.
The potential terrorists would be watching the response.
"How they evacuate. The standoff distances. How long it takes additional emergency services to come to the scene," Barry said.
The potential terrorists would be watching the response.
"How they evacuate. The standoff distances. How long it takes additional emergency services to come to the scene," Barry said.
Put another way ... terrorists have figured out how to take the “If you see something, say something” campaign and make it work in their favor by planting stuff for people to report, then sitting back and watching the fun as we shut down everything in a panic to deal with it.
It’s sort of like jiu jitsu terrorism. Or practical-joke terrorism.
Which is better than trying to set off real bombs, of course. On the other hand, you do wonder if Cry Wolf Syndrome would set in if they did this enough times ... thus making it easier to plant suspicious items that could really hurt/kill people.
Insidious!
To be sure, I can’t say how accurate the FBI’s info on this tactic is. We’ve been told in the past that al Qaeda plans to use other common things you see every day – pregnant women, huge boobs, white people, etc – as terrorist weapons, none of which seem to have come to any fruition (depending on who you ask).
Either way, I’d say that at this rate, when it comes to terrorizing the public, the govt, the media and the public are doing a lot of the heavy lifting here.
As Rick Moranis said:
If you see something,
Say something.
If you say something,
Mean something.
If you mean something,
You may have to prove something.
If you can't prove something,
You may regret saying something.
Say something.
If you say something,
Mean something.
If you mean something,
You may have to prove something.
If you can't prove something,
You may regret saying something.
PRODUCTION NOTE: Yes, THAT Rick Moranis.
Loose lips sink ships,
This is dF
