I’m passing this article on so we continue to be aware.
NEW AMERICAN TARGET IN THE CROSS HAIRS August 11, 2017 By Calvin Freiburger While the madman dictator of North Korea dominates the headlines, another enemy who’s sworn death to America is back in the news with a new threat. The Washington Times reports that the Al Qaeda propaganda magazine Inspire is slated to identify America’s rail system as a target for jihad. This how-to guide for evil will apparently come complete with instructions on how to use trains to cause mass deaths, fear, and economic chaos. Trains are reportedly an appealing target because they lack the security scrutiny airlines have been under since the September 11 attacks. Adding trains to the terrorist’s priority list would put at risk virtually every mode of transportation and place added pressure on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) put out a report on Friday saying al Qaeda has teased the Inspire articles with a trailer appearing on Telegram app channels operated by its fans. “The trailer highlights that derailments are simple to design using easily available materials, that such a planned attack can be hard to detect, and that the outcome can substantially damage a country’s transportation sector and the Western economy in general,” MEMRI said. The U.S. maintains over 100,000 miles of rail. But the trailer features scenes of just one system, the subway. Its shows cars flashing through urban tunnels. It quotes from U.S. Government Accountability Office reports on the vulnerability of rail lines to sabotage. It then shows what appear to be rudimentary devices that can be clamped onto a line to cause a derailment. Despite a certain former president’s nasty habit of declaring Al Qaeda t
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I’m passing this article on so we continue to be aware.
NEW AMERICAN TARGET IN THE CROSS HAIRS August 11, 2017 By Calvin Freiburger While the madman dictator of North Korea dominates the headlines, another enemy who’s sworn death to America is back in the news with a new threat. The Washington Times reports that the Al Qaeda propaganda magazine Inspire is slated to identify America’s rail system as a target for jihad. This how-to guide for evil will apparently come complete with instructions on how to use trains to cause mass deaths, fear, and economic chaos. Trains are reportedly an appealing target because they lack the security scrutiny airlines have been under since the September 11 attacks. Adding trains to the terrorist’s priority list would put at risk virtually every mode of transportation and place added pressure on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) put out a report on Friday saying al Qaeda has teased the Inspire articles with a trailer appearing on Telegram app channels operated by its fans. “The trailer highlights that derailments are simple to design using easily available materials, that such a planned attack can be hard to detect, and that the outcome can substantially damage a country’s transportation sector and the Western economy in general,” MEMRI said. The U.S. maintains over 100,000 miles of rail. But the trailer features scenes of just one system, the subway. Its shows cars flashing through urban tunnels. It quotes from U.S. Government Accountability Office reports on the vulnerability of rail lines to sabotage. It then shows what appear to be rudimentary devices that can be clamped onto a line to cause a derailment. Despite a ce
Well they know next to nobody rides Amtrak, subway is enclosed which will increase the killing power of any explosive. So they would probably focus on underground subways, in my opinion. I think I said in the past though but in case I didn’t. Transatlantic Airfares is what is keeping them in Europe more than anything else. It’s just very expensive to fly a team across the Atlantic, establish them in a major city to put a plan together and execute on it…has almost nothing to do with our security measures, in my opnion.
If it was our security measures they would have hit Canada or Mexico by now. I mean C’mon we have all experienced Canadian security at one point in our lives…
Well now in reality if Canadian Border Security sends you to secondary then you will be a very nervous chap and it’s almost for certain you will be facing a fine more than $500 plus a likely seizure.
If secondary calls in the RCMP then you are in trouble.
If they arrive in dress scarlet then you need a miracle from the Almighty.
Above- Your Department of D-Fence along the Mexico border made with Canadian Rail ( Algoma Steel) from an abandoned prairie branch In Alberta/Saskatchewan.
Well now in reality if Canadian Border Security sends you to secondary then you will be a very nervous chap and it’s almost for certain you will be facing a fine more than $500 plus a likely seizure.
If secondary calls in the RCMP then you are in trouble.
If they arrive in dress scarlet then you need a miracle from the Almighty.
Above- Your Department of D-Fence along the Mexico border made with Canadian Rail ( Algoma Steel) from an abandoned prairie branch In Alberta/Saskatchewan. /quote]
Miningman,
That photo reminds me of something once told to me by a signal maintiner friend. He watched two guys trying to steal a 39 ft section of 136 lb rail. He thought if they could carry it and get it in their pickup they could have it. Needless to say they failed.
Fact or fiction I don’t know but it was interesting.
I suspect that most of them don’t understand the sheer size of the US - most of the states are bigger than their countries.
If they do realize that, they likely know that blowing up the local convenience store in Podunk, Anywhere, isn’t going to garner the same media coverage (which is what they want/need) as pulling something off in a major population/media center.
Just hoping we remain vigilant. I think we took our intelligence eyes off of the Middle East in the late 90’s because our attention was drawn to all that was going on in the Balkans (Kosovo, etc.). It’s as if we didn’t learn from the 1993 WTC bombing.
