US TERROR LEVEL - "HIGH"

[jiml1126]

US TERROR ALERT

The Department of US Homeland Security has raised the terror alert level from "Elevated" to "High", due to credible source of possible terrorist attack(s) during the Christmas and New Year Holidays.

-Attack(s) could "rival or exceed" 9/11
-Rumoured: New York could hit by female suicide bomber
-al qaeda continues to pursue their attacks by using planes as weapons

[Leftseat86]

Gee thanks for the warning.

-Clovis

[mikecweb]

SOBs. Viewing parks closed!!!!!!!
Flying on Tuesday.

[Jbrewster1012]

Does this mean its gone from YELLOW to ORANGE???

[Cubana]

Let's hope everything will be fine during this December holidays...

Cheers

Marcos

[GrantT]

I could have sworn i've heard this about 50 times this year.

[SWA733Captain]

I could have sworn i've heard this about 50 times this year.

No, it's only happened 3 times in the past 2 years

[Greg]

SOBs. Viewing parks closed!!!!!!!

BWI spotting park was open.

[GrantT]

I could have sworn i've heard this about 50 times this year.

No, it's only happened 3 times in the past 2 years

Four actually but obviously you don't know when someone is exaggerating something.

[matt1168]

Oh Shit...

If only they could have done this 2 months earlier...

then I could've saved a shitload of $$ on my flight coming up this Thursday (X-Mas).

I payed $500 for seat 34-B on a 757 !!

[SWA733Captain]

Four actually but obviously you don't know when someone is exaggerating something.

Aren't exaggerations supposed to be funny?

[jiml1126]

PREVIOUS ORANGE LEVEL

20 May 2003: after Saudi, Morocco bombings
17 Mar 2003: run-up to invasion of Iraq
7 Feb 2003: intelligence on increased al-Qaeda threat
10 Sep 2002: on first anniversary of 9/11 attacks

[GrantT]

Aren't exaggerations supposed to be funny?

Nope.

[mason]

What a load of crap those warnings are...

Though either way, it's a win/win sitation for Bush. Up goes the terror alert for the holidays. If there's no terrorist attacks, Bush took America through the holidays safe, if there is an attack.. "I told you so."

Meh.

[Leftseat86]

I really don't think anyone gives a flying f**k what the alert level is...I certainly don't.

-CLovis