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#1 2008-07-18 7:25 am
- ShnickyShnack
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President Bush dodges a bullet
Israelis make arrests in alleged plot to assassinate Bush
Israel's Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said one of the suspects had used his mobile phone to film helicopters at a sports stadium in Jerusalem that was used as a landing site for Bush's delegation.
The suspect then posted queries on Web sites frequented by al Qaeda operatives, asking for guidance on how to shoot down the helicopters, the agency said in a statement.
Sounds like a pretty sophisticated plot!
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#2 2008-07-18 7:59 am
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Sounds like a sting.
"Do you agree that the magical potency of today's ceremony is exactly equal to the magical efficacy of ceremonial baptism with dihydrogen oxide, and do you agree that the power of all magical ceremonies is nonexistent?" After a resounding "amen" from the audience, the first person in line yelled, "Dry me brother! I'm free!"
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#3 2008-07-18 12:12 pm
Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Sounds to me like a 'credible threat' of a rumor of a possible event that means the Occupant's life is at risk.
Leaked to boost His JAR, imho.
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#4 2008-07-18 12:18 pm
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
If they wouldn't have had the power to tap Americans' phones, they never could have seen this plot.
QUESTION: What did Iraqi have to do with that?
BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?
QUESTION: The attacks upon the World Trade Center.
BUSH: Nothing
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#5 2008-07-18 12:22 pm
Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
I hadn't thought of it that way; my mistake.
Think they can break that ring in the EU waiting for the Dem nominee, too?
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#6 2008-07-18 3:07 pm
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Did he ever get his Rolex back?
"Do you agree that the magical potency of today's ceremony is exactly equal to the magical efficacy of ceremonial baptism with dihydrogen oxide, and do you agree that the power of all magical ceremonies is nonexistent?" After a resounding "amen" from the audience, the first person in line yelled, "Dry me brother! I'm free!"
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#7 2008-07-18 4:17 pm
- Duke Stratosphere
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
ShnickyShnack wrote:
Israelis make arrests in alleged plot to assassinate Bush
Israel's Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said one of the suspects had used his mobile phone to film helicopters at a sports stadium in Jerusalem that was used as a landing site for Bush's delegation.
The suspect then posted queries on Web sites frequented by al Qaeda operatives, asking for guidance on how to shoot down the helicopters, the agency said in a statement.Sounds like a pretty sophisticated plot!
Sounds like the opposite to me, unless you consider broadcasting your intent all over the Internet to be a sophisticated tactic.
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#8 2008-07-18 4:18 pm
- bratboy
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
sarcasm
"One thing we've learned is there's a difference between being disappointed and having madmen in authority."
--Paul Krugman
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#9 2008-07-18 4:57 pm
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
bratboy wrote:
sarchasm
Fixed
Have you tried repairing permissions?
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#10 2008-07-18 6:16 pm
- ShnickyShnack
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Duke Stratosphere wrote:
ShnickyShnack wrote:
Israelis make arrests in alleged plot to assassinate Bush
Israel's Shin Bet counter-intelligence agency said one of the suspects had used his mobile phone to film helicopters at a sports stadium in Jerusalem that was used as a landing site for Bush's delegation.
The suspect then posted queries on Web sites frequented by al Qaeda operatives, asking for guidance on how to shoot down the helicopters, the agency said in a statement.Sounds like a pretty sophisticated plot!
Sounds like the opposite to me, unless you consider broadcasting your intent all over the Internet to be a sophisticated tactic.
duh.
"Welcome to real leadership. Doing whats right based on the information at hand, not following the transient whims of public opinion polling." -- Steyr
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#11 2008-07-18 6:30 pm
Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Sounds to me like a forum post that has a sensational headline not used in the actual article, for the purpose of instigating sarcastic mockery about how close these guys actually were to carrying out a plan.
But maybe that's just me.
I don't believe in gravity, the Earth just sucks.
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#12 2008-07-18 8:09 pm
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Kinda like getting a bunch of doofuses in Florida to be led by an FBI agent in a pledge to support AlQueda.
"Do you agree that the magical potency of today's ceremony is exactly equal to the magical efficacy of ceremonial baptism with dihydrogen oxide, and do you agree that the power of all magical ceremonies is nonexistent?" After a resounding "amen" from the audience, the first person in line yelled, "Dry me brother! I'm free!"
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#14 2008-07-18 9:54 pm
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Re: President Bush dodges a bullet
Sounds like an joint Israeli-US strike on Iran's nuclear facility is under way.
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