Actually, Jag's an Aussie by way of Switzerland. No doubt he learned how to make nuclear bombs when he was in Geneva, right Jag? ;)

From here.

Personally, I can't vouch for the truth of the article. Just pointing out the claims being made. :confused:

I hope old Osama's heard of "Operation Glass Mecca", where following a nuclear terror attack in the US, the US military nuclear carpet-bombs the Middle East.

No, I just made that up. (or did I?)

Anyway, I figure if Al Qaeda had a nuke in the US, they'd have used it by now.

I think Marichiko may be on to something -- today's bozos might be copycats.

No. No you did not.

Last news reports I've heard seem to indicate that todays events were poorly made bombs which were fully intended to do what the apparently better-constructed devices did two weeks ago.

I'd like to think that all of them apparently failing (detonators only going off) is an indication that the perps are either running out of quality materiel or qualified bomb makers.

"Well, I'm sorry, sir, but Ibrahim showed us how to do this before he got picked up in the sweep, and yes, we wrote it all down, but then Mustafa spilled his coffee ... I got a bit of a scratch and my jeans are burnt here, can I have, say a half-dozen or so of the virgins anyway?"

"What ever you do Abu, don't let your pack get damp."

"Don't put the pack on a ramp. OK, we are ready for the operation."

well they apparently have killed one of the suspects......story here

Last time I checked, over here, we aren't allowed to shoot suspects once they're down.

i think the basis is they`re possibly carrying suicide bombs, there was some stuff about this guy having wires poking out of him or somesuch, so orders are to shoot for the head but 5 into the head at close range and they`ll have trouble IDing by dental records.

i read that he was wearing a large bulky coat and had been trying to evade police on his way to the station. with the fears of what may be under bulky clothes when he hit the ground they unloaded on him.

Frankly, I can't say as I blame 'em for unloading the rounds into him. If I had one of the terrorists from 9/11 down on the ground under those circumstances, I'd unload my weapon on him, too. I guess that makes me a bad human being, but I don't care.

While I'm fully in favoring of capping terrorists, I sure hope this doesn't turn out like "Top Secret!", where the police dogs are getting all over this guy, and the Gestapo haul him away, tearing open his package, out of which spill dog biscuits...

if i read correctly, this guy was already a target that they were attempting to pick up. he chose to evade, acted sufficiently suspicious, and *BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!* call it a day.

I'm just sayin' it makes the suspect more difficult to question ...

In other, more local news, there was a bomb threat called into a 911 dispatch center. Haven't heard anything about the resolution at this point.

I don't know if not hearing is a good thing, or a bad thing ...