Showing posts with label Terrorist Attacks.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrorist Attacks.. Show all posts
How safe are our railroads? Is the T.S.A. doing all it can to ensure our safety on the rails?
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Amtrak,
Freight Railroads,
National Security,
T.S.A.,
Terrorist Attacks.
We travel exclusively by train uless it is a family emergency. Has been this way since I was very young. I grew up in a family that always traveled by train. I am sure many are wondering how safe our rails really are? Here is a report from the T.S. A. It is not just Amtrak we are talking about here but also the freight railroads and the cargos they haul on a regular basis. How much protection and security do you notice at passenger stations and freight yards?
Rail Security
Securing Our Nation’s Rail Systems
Our nation’s railroads, both passenger and freight, are important pieces of the transportation network. The London subway and Madrid rail bombings demonstrated the critical need for protecting trains from terrorist attack.
Our work focuses greater information sharing, increased training and public awareness, and providing greater assistance and funding for rail transit activities. Grants and awards to rail systems around the country total millions of dollars yearly.
While state and local governments are primarily responsible for rail security, we have taken a number of steps to ensure the security of these crucial assets by working in concert with the Department of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, industry experts, and our local counterparts.
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Hat Tip: China Confidential
Rail Security
Securing Our Nation’s Rail Systems
Our nation’s railroads, both passenger and freight, are important pieces of the transportation network. The London subway and Madrid rail bombings demonstrated the critical need for protecting trains from terrorist attack.
Our work focuses greater information sharing, increased training and public awareness, and providing greater assistance and funding for rail transit activities. Grants and awards to rail systems around the country total millions of dollars yearly.
While state and local governments are primarily responsible for rail security, we have taken a number of steps to ensure the security of these crucial assets by working in concert with the Department of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, industry experts, and our local counterparts.
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Hat Tip: China Confidential
Do not count on Government protection when you are struck by a terrorist attack. You will be on your own.
Labels:
HSA Failure flight 253,
Terrorist Attacks.
"The experts I speak with tell me point-blank that our nation and the world are not prepared - or refuse - to confront radical Islam. That is what the terrorists are counting on as they prepare for their next strike'
I wish I could disagree with that statement above or the facts that our
goverment is ill equipped to handle or protect us from the next major
terrorist attack(s). After watching the fallout and blame casting after the
near disaster of Flight 253 on Christmas Day, and being told that our
system worked, we should all be breathing ahuge sigh of relief. So explain
to me again HOW that system worked Ms. Napolitano?
When Terrorism Hits You Are On Your Own
by Douglas MacKinnon
Town hall
As the farcical and almost-tragic facts about the Nigerian-Muslim terror suspect play out, one thing has become crystal clear: Your government can't protect you from a terrorist attack. Worse, when the next one hits -and only delusional elected officials would deny this certainty - you are on your own.
Although a clearly incompetent Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano saying "One thing I'd like to point out is that the system worked" (after the suspect paid cash for his ticket, had no check-in luggage, smuggled a bomb onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253 and then proceeded to try and detonate it) may be amusing to some, it was deadly serious to the almost 300 passengers and crew whose lives were spared only because the explosive malfunctioned.
As Republican Rep. Peter King of New York said, "It's not reassuring when the secretary of Homeland Security says the system worked … it failed in every respect." Even President Barack Obama has belatedly agreed.
There is zero surprise in any of this. This latest breach of our post-Sept. 11 "security" only serves to reinforce what intelligence and Pentagon officials have been telling me privately for years: No matter how well the government says you are protected, the fact is that you and your family are on your own and will be on your own when we are next hit with a large-scale terrorist attack. Plain common sense tells all of us that our nation is too big, is too open, has too many targets of opportunity, and has a security system too suicidally weakened by political correctness to fully protect us from fanatical terrorists willing to kill themselves in the hope of slaughtering hundreds or thousands of innocent human beings.
If we take a deep breath and give this a moment's thought, we all know it to be true. That said, how many of us are prepared for this horrific reality? We have become dangerously complacent to the growing threat of terrorism. While we would all like to bury our heads in the sand and pretend it's not happening, radicalized fanatics are working feverishly, 24-7-365, to develop or acquire chemical, biological or nuclear weapons of mass destruction. The dream target of those weapons being the United States of America.
In spite of this pending menace, it's become passé or even embarrassing to sit down with family members and go over a few of the basics - basics that many in earthquake country cover. Such as: Do you have a week's supply of water and food along with batteries, a radio, flashlights, candles, cash and other survival gear at home, as well as a smaller supply in your vehicle and office? Do you and your family have an agreed-upon place to meet should/when the unthinkable happens? Doubtful.
Remember, when the next large attack happens, you are on your own. Your government won't be there because its members will be either too busy covering their butts, protecting their particular partisan and useless political party, looking after themselves and their family members, or just totally confused and not sure what just happened or who to speak with. Cell phones and land lines may be overloaded for days or could completely fail. As will other communication outlets, banks, water supplies, power generating facilities, gas stations and the like.
Don't believe any of this or think it's an exaggeration? Fine. That's up to you. We are all responsible for our actions or lack thereof.
The experts I speak with tell me point-blank that our nation and the world are not prepared - or refuse - to confront radical Islam. That is what the terrorists are counting on as they prepare for their next strike.
Hat Tip: China Confidential
I wish I could disagree with that statement above or the facts that our
goverment is ill equipped to handle or protect us from the next major
terrorist attack(s). After watching the fallout and blame casting after the
near disaster of Flight 253 on Christmas Day, and being told that our
system worked, we should all be breathing ahuge sigh of relief. So explain
to me again HOW that system worked Ms. Napolitano?
When Terrorism Hits You Are On Your Own
by Douglas MacKinnon
Town hall
As the farcical and almost-tragic facts about the Nigerian-Muslim terror suspect play out, one thing has become crystal clear: Your government can't protect you from a terrorist attack. Worse, when the next one hits -and only delusional elected officials would deny this certainty - you are on your own.
Although a clearly incompetent Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano saying "One thing I'd like to point out is that the system worked" (after the suspect paid cash for his ticket, had no check-in luggage, smuggled a bomb onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253 and then proceeded to try and detonate it) may be amusing to some, it was deadly serious to the almost 300 passengers and crew whose lives were spared only because the explosive malfunctioned.
As Republican Rep. Peter King of New York said, "It's not reassuring when the secretary of Homeland Security says the system worked … it failed in every respect." Even President Barack Obama has belatedly agreed.
There is zero surprise in any of this. This latest breach of our post-Sept. 11 "security" only serves to reinforce what intelligence and Pentagon officials have been telling me privately for years: No matter how well the government says you are protected, the fact is that you and your family are on your own and will be on your own when we are next hit with a large-scale terrorist attack. Plain common sense tells all of us that our nation is too big, is too open, has too many targets of opportunity, and has a security system too suicidally weakened by political correctness to fully protect us from fanatical terrorists willing to kill themselves in the hope of slaughtering hundreds or thousands of innocent human beings.
If we take a deep breath and give this a moment's thought, we all know it to be true. That said, how many of us are prepared for this horrific reality? We have become dangerously complacent to the growing threat of terrorism. While we would all like to bury our heads in the sand and pretend it's not happening, radicalized fanatics are working feverishly, 24-7-365, to develop or acquire chemical, biological or nuclear weapons of mass destruction. The dream target of those weapons being the United States of America.
In spite of this pending menace, it's become passé or even embarrassing to sit down with family members and go over a few of the basics - basics that many in earthquake country cover. Such as: Do you have a week's supply of water and food along with batteries, a radio, flashlights, candles, cash and other survival gear at home, as well as a smaller supply in your vehicle and office? Do you and your family have an agreed-upon place to meet should/when the unthinkable happens? Doubtful.
Remember, when the next large attack happens, you are on your own. Your government won't be there because its members will be either too busy covering their butts, protecting their particular partisan and useless political party, looking after themselves and their family members, or just totally confused and not sure what just happened or who to speak with. Cell phones and land lines may be overloaded for days or could completely fail. As will other communication outlets, banks, water supplies, power generating facilities, gas stations and the like.
Don't believe any of this or think it's an exaggeration? Fine. That's up to you. We are all responsible for our actions or lack thereof.
The experts I speak with tell me point-blank that our nation and the world are not prepared - or refuse - to confront radical Islam. That is what the terrorists are counting on as they prepare for their next strike.
Hat Tip: China Confidential
Muslims admit to murder of Russian priest. What a shocker?
Islam is a savage, violent cultish ideology
that is proud to boast of all those that
is has murdered or subdued. At least the
ones we hear about about. There is no
equal to the death and violence that
Islam spawns. Islam insults me and it is
insulting to the world.
Muslims Proudly Claim Credit for Brutal Murder of Russian Orthodox Priest
Atlas Shrugs: "This was a horrific murder, reported here at Atlas back in November: Russian priest outspoken against Islam murdered 'They've threatened to cut my head off 14 times'.
The beloved priest left behind a wife and three children.
Muslim chechen members claim responsibility for murdering Russian Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev on 20 November, 2009 in Moscow.
26 December 2009, AFP via yahoo news: (hat tipTC)
Excerpt - 'The statement on the ****Kavkazcenter.com website, which is often used by militants (i.e. death-cultists), accused Sysoyev of writing several pamphlets insulting Islam.'
****Kavkazcenter.com is a known/designated terrorist website -active for about 10 years or longer
Obama say, RESPECT IT!"
We would be better off without it. There is
nothing to respect about Islam, or inside of
Islam.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/muslims-proudly-claim-credit-for-brutal-murder-of-greek-orthodox-priest.html
that is proud to boast of all those that
is has murdered or subdued. At least the
ones we hear about about. There is no
equal to the death and violence that
Islam spawns. Islam insults me and it is
insulting to the world.
Muslims Proudly Claim Credit for Brutal Murder of Russian Orthodox Priest
Atlas Shrugs: "This was a horrific murder, reported here at Atlas back in November: Russian priest outspoken against Islam murdered 'They've threatened to cut my head off 14 times'.
The beloved priest left behind a wife and three children.
Muslim chechen members claim responsibility for murdering Russian Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev on 20 November, 2009 in Moscow.
26 December 2009, AFP via yahoo news: (hat tipTC)
Excerpt - 'The statement on the ****Kavkazcenter.com website, which is often used by militants (i.e. death-cultists), accused Sysoyev of writing several pamphlets insulting Islam.'
****Kavkazcenter.com is a known/designated terrorist website -active for about 10 years or longer
Obama say, RESPECT IT!"
We would be better off without it. There is
nothing to respect about Islam, or inside of
Islam.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/muslims-proudly-claim-credit-for-brutal-murder-of-greek-orthodox-priest.html
Somalia: Man dressed as a woman in a Burqua sets off bomb at graduation ceremony
Here is the perfect example for banning the Burka.
This is not the first time this brave tactic had been
used by these cowardly Muslims. Muslim on Muslim
violence, sounds good to me.
A joyous occasion tuned into a nightmare. Medical,
computer and engineering students, who were
graduating, were just the SECOND class that had
graduated from this school.
One way or another Islam, Muslims turn joy, life
prosperity into death and carnage. People all
around the globe are becoming weary of all
the insults and violence Islam takes with it, no
matter where it spreads. The multiple heads of this
evil snake must be severed and destroyed, completely,
totally with little mercy. Sounds harsh but it will
NOTHING like life under Islam and Shariah law.
Tip of the mug to Bare Naked Islam.
Barenakedislam
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/why-muslim-burkas-should-be-banned-suicide-bomber-disguised-himself-as-a-woman-complete-with-a-veil-and-a-females-shoes/
This is not the first time this brave tactic had been
used by these cowardly Muslims. Muslim on Muslim
violence, sounds good to me.
A joyous occasion tuned into a nightmare. Medical,
computer and engineering students, who were
graduating, were just the SECOND class that had
graduated from this school.
One way or another Islam, Muslims turn joy, life
prosperity into death and carnage. People all
around the globe are becoming weary of all
the insults and violence Islam takes with it, no
matter where it spreads. The multiple heads of this
evil snake must be severed and destroyed, completely,
totally with little mercy. Sounds harsh but it will
NOTHING like life under Islam and Shariah law.
Tip of the mug to Bare Naked Islam.
Barenakedislam
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/why-muslim-burkas-should-be-banned-suicide-bomber-disguised-himself-as-a-woman-complete-with-a-veil-and-a-females-shoes/
Pakistan: Taliban expand terror campaign in Punjab - Adnkronos Politics
Labels:
Pakistan,
Terrorist Attacks.
Pakistan: Taliban expand terror campaign in Punjab - Adnkronos Politics
Pakistan is under relentless attack.
What else can be said. This is just
a snapshot of what is to come, not
only here but in many places where
attacks have not been felt before.
Pakistan: Taliban expand terror campaign in Punjab
Islamabad, 8 Dec. (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - Taliban militants have used a ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur to remobilise and expand their operations. As the military began its offensive against militants in South Waziristan in mid-October, those aligned with Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Taliban began launching terror attacks in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province.
But this week's suicide attacks in the heart of eastern Punjab province are the latest wave in a daring campaign driven by Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud to destabilise the government and outmanoeuver the military.
Working with the Islamist militant group Laskhar-i-Jhangvi, the Taliban has launched several recent attacks.
On Tuesday militants targeted Pakistan's ISI military intelligence services in a car bomb attack in Multan area that killed 12 people, including security personnel. Several houses collapsed because of the high intensity of the blast.
Late on Monday militants targeted a busy market in Lahore, the Moon Market, and at least 49 civilians were killed, while last Friday, armed militants bombed a high profile target, a military mosque situated in the garrison town of Rawalpindi where top military officials gathered for Friday prayers.
A major general, brigadier and many other officers, as well as their family members including 17 children died.
The Taliban was quick to accept responsibility for the Rawalpindi massacre.
Mufti Waliur Rahman Mehsud, chief of the Taliban in South Waziristan, told the media that military officers in the mosque were the “primary targets” of the bombing.
Waliur Rahman warned that the Taliban would continue to target the army and his grim prediction has been realised in the past 24 hours.
According to militant sources, they claimed to have outmaneuvered the armed forces when they struck the peace deal with two Taliban groups including commander Gul Bahadur and commander Mullah Nazir from the Shakai region of South Waziristan.
Before he was killed in a drone attack in August , Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud had urged Gul Bahadur to retain the long running agreement with the military as he believed it would help militants escape through the region in the case of a military operation.
Baitullah Mehsud was killed but his strategy worked when the Pakistan army came with full force to destroy the sanctuaries of the Taliban.
Most of the militants had already left the area and settled in North Waziristan.
From there they regrouped and made their base in the Orakzai tribal region from where they carried out attacks in Peshawar.
Once they had consolidated their positions around Peshawar, the TTP gave the green light to its Punjab cells who carried out the attacks in Rawalpindi, Lahore and now in Multan.
The Taliban's increasingly violent strategy has been executed as president Asif Zardari is facing fresh scrutiny over the amnesty granted to him by former president Pervez Musharraf in relation to alleged corruption and embezzlement.
In such a turbulent period the amnesty, known as the National Reconciliation Ordinance, could jeopardise the rule of Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party and the coalition government.
Frequent high profile attacks by the militants have placed Pakistan in a quagmire without any sign of a solution.
adnkronos
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.4083348333
Pakistan is under relentless attack.
What else can be said. This is just
a snapshot of what is to come, not
only here but in many places where
attacks have not been felt before.
Pakistan: Taliban expand terror campaign in Punjab
Islamabad, 8 Dec. (AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - Taliban militants have used a ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and North Waziristan Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur to remobilise and expand their operations. As the military began its offensive against militants in South Waziristan in mid-October, those aligned with Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Taliban began launching terror attacks in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province.
But this week's suicide attacks in the heart of eastern Punjab province are the latest wave in a daring campaign driven by Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud to destabilise the government and outmanoeuver the military.
Working with the Islamist militant group Laskhar-i-Jhangvi, the Taliban has launched several recent attacks.
On Tuesday militants targeted Pakistan's ISI military intelligence services in a car bomb attack in Multan area that killed 12 people, including security personnel. Several houses collapsed because of the high intensity of the blast.
Late on Monday militants targeted a busy market in Lahore, the Moon Market, and at least 49 civilians were killed, while last Friday, armed militants bombed a high profile target, a military mosque situated in the garrison town of Rawalpindi where top military officials gathered for Friday prayers.
A major general, brigadier and many other officers, as well as their family members including 17 children died.
The Taliban was quick to accept responsibility for the Rawalpindi massacre.
Mufti Waliur Rahman Mehsud, chief of the Taliban in South Waziristan, told the media that military officers in the mosque were the “primary targets” of the bombing.
Waliur Rahman warned that the Taliban would continue to target the army and his grim prediction has been realised in the past 24 hours.
According to militant sources, they claimed to have outmaneuvered the armed forces when they struck the peace deal with two Taliban groups including commander Gul Bahadur and commander Mullah Nazir from the Shakai region of South Waziristan.
Before he was killed in a drone attack in August , Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud had urged Gul Bahadur to retain the long running agreement with the military as he believed it would help militants escape through the region in the case of a military operation.
Baitullah Mehsud was killed but his strategy worked when the Pakistan army came with full force to destroy the sanctuaries of the Taliban.
Most of the militants had already left the area and settled in North Waziristan.
From there they regrouped and made their base in the Orakzai tribal region from where they carried out attacks in Peshawar.
Once they had consolidated their positions around Peshawar, the TTP gave the green light to its Punjab cells who carried out the attacks in Rawalpindi, Lahore and now in Multan.
The Taliban's increasingly violent strategy has been executed as president Asif Zardari is facing fresh scrutiny over the amnesty granted to him by former president Pervez Musharraf in relation to alleged corruption and embezzlement.
In such a turbulent period the amnesty, known as the National Reconciliation Ordinance, could jeopardise the rule of Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party and the coalition government.
Frequent high profile attacks by the militants have placed Pakistan in a quagmire without any sign of a solution.
adnkronos
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.4083348333
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