15 April 2007. Vice-President Dick Cheney tells NBC's Tim Russert on Meet the Press that the greatest threat now to America is “a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities.” (11)
16 April 2006. Writing in the Washington Post, former Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, alleges that the now-six retired generals who demanded Rumsfeld’s resignation were speaking for many of their colleagues. Holbrooke reminds his readers that Gen. Newbold said he spoke out with “the encouragement of some still in positions of military leadership.” (12)
1 June 2007. A longstanding Texan friend is alleged to have called on George Bush recently and confided to his Washington hosts that Mr. Bush had said three times, bringing a clenched fist to his chest, "I'm the president." Reminding visiting political opponents of this might be normal, but the close friend said he was a taken aback a bit as he had never before seen Mr. Bush in this mode.
Capital Hill Blue editorialized that “what these close friends see is a madman on the edge, a delusional paranoid whose brain is fried by too many years of hard drinking and probably too much cocaine up his nose.” (13)
[Note: As background to the last allegations, see the following:
17 Nov. 2005. Internet journalist Tom Flocco reports that Secret Service members attached to White House domestic security, FBI agents, CIA agents, and written national security field reports say that President Bush has been using drugs which could be affecting his performance as the nation’s war-time commander-in-chief.
Multiple federal agents having direct knowledge and access to Bush’s medical records say the President has switched from using Ritalin to taking Prozac while also succumbing to periodic alcoholic binges which have led to tirades and explosive personal conduct among White House aides….
Federal law enforcement agents have at different times witnessed President Bush doing lines of cocaine in the early morning hours at the White House and drinking straight shots of whiskey in the evening hours. (14)
3 June 2007. Dennis Milligan, Chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, is quoted as commenting: "I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001]." (15)
1 July 2007. ABC News reports that "a secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror ‘spectacular’ this summer." (16)
10 July 2007. Webster Tarpley reports that Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff said on July 10 that the U.S. faces a danger of attack in the summer of 2007 and that his warning is based on a “gut feeling.” (17)
16 July 2007. The Manchester Guardian reports that the Cheney war party had again gained the upper hand in the secret councils of the Bush White House, pushing aside the purported hesitations of Condaleeza Rice, Secretary Gates, and the NATO allies to chart a direct course towards war with Iran. (18)
16 July 2007. The same article reports that, “a few days ago, a group of lawyers from western Massachusetts met with local congressman, Democrat John Olver. Their request was that Olver take part in the urgent effort to impeach Bush and Cheney. Olver responded by saying that he had no intention of doing anything to support impeachment. He went further, offering the information that the United States would soon attack Iran, and that these hostilities would be followed by the imposition of a martial law regime here.” (19)
16 July 2007. Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, quotes right-wing writer and radio show host William Norman Grigg saying recently that the GOP is "praying for a terrorist strike" to save the party from electoral wipeout in 2008. (20)
17 July 2007. The Bush administration releases an unclassified summary of its National Intelligence Estimate, which claims the US is facing a “heightened threat environment” for terrorist attacks because Al Qaeda has found a safe haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas, from where it can plot such attacks. The Bush administration seizes upon the report, ominously entitled The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland, as a pretext for possible military intervention in Pakistan and a justification for its war policy in Iraq as well as further domestic surveillance measures at home. (21)
19 July 2007. Paul Craig Roberts warns: “This is a wake-up call that we are about to experience another 9/11-WMD experience.” (22)
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Remember that so called mistake flight that flew atomic weapons over the US on its way to Louisiana? And it became a mistake, because someone reported it. All we know Cheney is cooking up his own suitcase bomb, to give to some radical they picked up from Iran on a rendition flight, and tell him to go to some city in the USA and detonate it. That would be our 2nd 911, and do you think we are going to point the blame at Cheney or Bush?
It is pretty clear to see what city they would not explode it in. Certainly not the Midwest, or in the South. I don't think they will target the Western States either. California is probably off the list because Bush caters to the Spanish crowd, and Bush is really pro immigrant amnesty. California is a food basket growing region. Which leaves where? Chicago, but that would affect Detroit the auto manufacturers wouldn't it? They have New York again, except they won't hit the trade towers again, but wouldn't that be a juicy spot? The insurance has to be much more than the old towers, that is do they have the New Freedom Tower Constructed yet? Probably not.
But they do have Wall Street to blast apart, New Jersey, Maryland, Boston Mass, Scranton Pennsylvania, Albany, but maybe they will do Detroit. Hell it is a drug infested haven, and we are not going to be getting oil out of Iran or Iraq for a while. This will force Wall Street to put money into the renewable energy sector. It will help our pal Senator Grassley. Your guess is as good as mine.
I think Chicago. Perfect spot, to get a terrorist in. He can cut across from Canada. We'll blame the Canadians for unsecure borders. Everyone will understand because most of our money went to secure the border South to keep the Mexicans out. Lots of trucks go in there. We can ship the Acase up with a trucker, where our friend can pick it up at Dunkin Donuts, jump in a taxi and go to downtown Chicago. Hey Happy New Year, and the fire works begin with Iran.
They have all the military behind him. And they are not going to let this time frame slip by I think. Cheney wants to conquer Iran before he dies, and Bush is the guy to help them realize their dreams. damn Iranian terrorists.
Chicago will be a mushroom, lots of work available to get the people back on their feet. New Auto plants will be built for renewable energy, this way the renewable energy crowd will not cause a stir because we are trying to help the environment. This will open the way for us to start drilling in Anwar Alaska to use the Oil to rebuild Chicago and when that runs out, things will be settled down in Iraq and Iran to take their Oil. Good plan!
Well America can then go attack Iran now. The Middle East region will become a nuclear zone like Japan was, and most of the fighting will stop across the region. The USA had to shoot themselves in the foot, so Russia, France, and other Superpowers will not stand in their way when the US applies it justice. After all Iranian intent to get Atomic weapons in this administrations eyes is the same as using them, and now their damn terrorist has attacked Chicago! They only needed a small bomb to attack us. We can blame the liberals for getting in the way, and not allowing us to preemptively strike Iran when we had the chance. But its to late. Chicago is in ruins.
It will be a major rerun of 911 with a much greater disaster. The generals will all rally the President and Airforce units and Aircraft Carriers will shock and awe Iran with nukes until we ask everyone in the country what did you do? I ran!
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Dom Jermano (20 articles, 0 quicklinks, 40 diaries, 934 comments)
on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 7:27:45 AM
Well, Larry Silverstein did recently buy the Sears Tower so that would support your theory of Chicago being the next target. There is also Portland, during Operation Noble Resolve, but that is in October and the market money is betting on before Sept. 21.
Now we have the sixth nuke to track down from the B52.
How bizarre to being discussing this! Thousands, if not millions, of people could die or be harmed if a nuke is set off in an American city. Why isn't anyone with any influence doing something about it???
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Steve Beckow (11 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 36 comments)
on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 1:01:48 PM
I missed the possibility, but my wife pointed it out.
Maybe the object of buying the put options was actually to LOSE the money and feed it into the market to help prop it up a bit?
I know, I'm just grasping at straws, since I do believe Portland (or Eugene, slightly to the south) is a likely target for a false flag nuke attack. Though I was "happy" to hear that Silverstein bought the Sears Tower, as that gives Chicago a definite edge.
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Charlie L (2 articles, 2 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 638 comments)
on Monday, September 17, 2007 at 12:25:18 AM
