Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout
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The IRA had moved towards economic terrorism before entering into peace negotiations. Their bombs were targeted at the financial areas of London. Primarily to cause great expense and loss of confidence in London as a financial centre. It certainly caused great expense and tragically cost several people their lives. It is potentially, a very effective form of terrorism since governments tend to care more about the economy than the lives of a few of their citizens. I doubt whether the blackout was terrorism though.
If Al Quaida really wanted to disrupt the world they'd target Intel and AMD plants. Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net
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If Al Quaida really wanted to disrupt the world they'd target Intel and AMD plants. Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net
Rob Manderson wrote: target Intel As Dan said the IRA approach to target towns with economic targets gets them noticed and worries civilians. Taking a large plant out is difficult. During one of the IRA campains years ago I was an apprentice with the MOD, we had to road test a van so we went shopping in the local town, parking was a problem, but there was plenty of space when we came back, it had "bomb disposal" written on the side. People were obviously caucious, the bombing campaign was therefore working!
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And the software to control the people, developed in India? But what are you then going to do with the Canadians? The are a problem too! Cheers Mike Johannesburg, South Africa
Mike Epprecht wrote: And the software to control the people, developed in India? Yes, yes! Let me do the dev work!
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http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_5.html[^] True or conspiracy theory?
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People can't seriously be considering that. It is silly. The paper reads like a high school prank. "Ummmm, we did it, but we aren't going to tell you how because..... um weellllll because." "Terrorism could be the only cause since the whole grid failed and that just doesn't happen. Well, um, like if you ignore the blackouts in the 60s and 70s and the California blackout in the 90s. Like dude, it never happens on a large scale. We had to do it." Oh PLEEEEEEEEEASE people. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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I live in Phoenix Arizona and have recently visited Manhattan (I'd move there in a second if I had the chance - I loved it!!). A few months ago (during the early weeks of the US invasion of Iraq (with which I don't agree but until I get the vote here my opinion doesn't count for much)) my wife hinted at doubts about her safety here in Arizona. Apart from the Intel plant at Chandler I see no reason to believe that Phoenix is going to be a terrorist target. Why? Just look at the difference between Manhattan and Phoenix. Manhattan goes up and up and up. Phoenix just goes out and out and out. I think the reason the WTC was a target was the sheer number of people concentrated in a small space. Hit a 110 storey office building with a fully fuelled 757 and you get a lot of dead people. Hit Phoenix with the same plane and you get a large scar in the ground. So I believe the intent is to kill people. Blackout 2003 killed so few people that it hasn't even hit the news. Ergo, not a very believable theory. Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net
Phoenix a target? Who'd miss it? As you say, it's far too spread out, and the misery of actually living there far exceeds any that an enemy could inflict. We have people here who are terrified that terrorists might strike - here! LOL!!! All we have is a dam, and while blowing that dam would certainly kill a few thousand people and inconvenience electricity users in LA, it would be a waste of explosives. There are far juicier targets in almost any state other than Arizona, especially the Coast states.
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People can't seriously be considering that. It is silly. The paper reads like a high school prank. "Ummmm, we did it, but we aren't going to tell you how because..... um weellllll because." "Terrorism could be the only cause since the whole grid failed and that just doesn't happen. Well, um, like if you ignore the blackouts in the 60s and 70s and the California blackout in the 90s. Like dude, it never happens on a large scale. We had to do it." Oh PLEEEEEEEEEASE people. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
Tim Smith wrote: reads like a high school prank. Exactly. Blackouts happen, and the causes are usually simple. We had one here a few years ago, causes by something so simple as an untrimmed tree in the Northwest somewhere shorting a high tension line. The infrastructure isn't nearly as robust as the power companies would like us to believe, and it doesn't take a terrorist to take it down.
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