Is Al-Qaeda Behind California Fire Disaster?
A match is certainly an easier weapon to use inside the USA than an airplane, nuke or car bomb.
July 2003: Al-Qaeda Detainee Spoke of Fire Plot - USA TODAY (h/t – Drudge)
Today: Officials: Arson Behind Santiago Fire – CBS News
CBS News has learned a task force of agencies, including the FBI, ATF, the Orange County Fire Authority and the California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire – which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage – is being officially declared an arson, and a $50,000 reward is being offered to find the arsonist.
Investigators have identified two separate “points of origin” where they believe the fire was set, CBS News has learned. FBI agents secured the scene to “maintain its integrity.”
A terror-fire connection is COMPLETE speculation at this point… but if it did turn out to be true, I wonder how the MSM will try to cover it up and spin it into an anti-Bush story?
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
UPDATE (from GPW): The LA Times reports that police have captured one suspect and killed another, but that “No additional information, including [the suspect’s) identity will be released until Thursday” (Via Hugh Hewitt). Looks like we’ll have to wait to confirm (or contradict) Bruce’s suspicion, one I should note, which also corssed my mind when I learned it was arson.
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Pingback by Politics: 2008 HQ » Blog Archive » Is Al-Qaeda Behind California Fire Disaster? — October 24, 2007 @ 7:29 pm - October 24, 2007
Harry Reid of Nevada — said the administration has for years shortchanged funding for prevention efforts to remove the dead trees and shrubbery that provide the fuel for the fast moving blazes.
What a lying sack. He and the war profiteer DiFi. It’s been the liberals doing everything they can to oppose anything that might upset the Famous Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — October 24, 2007 @ 11:52 pm - October 24, 2007
Interestingly..in the article detailing the detainee who mentions fire as a terror weapon was from Phoenix, Az. Apparently the man shot while trying to escape arrest was also from Arizona. Curiouser and curiouser.
Comment by Linda Strickland — October 25, 2007 @ 8:40 am - October 25, 2007
Odd the link to the arsonist in the Santiago Fire from CBS news no longer works…???
Comment by Linda Strickland — October 25, 2007 @ 9:50 am - October 25, 2007
even the government blames the bush admin!
4 months ago!
Comment by gil — October 25, 2007 @ 11:39 am - October 25, 2007
even the government blames the bush admin!
No, they don’t.
Once again, you didn’t bother reading the link you referenced as proof, did you?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — October 25, 2007 @ 7:59 pm - October 25, 2007