West, TX fertilizer plant explodes, collapses nearby nursing home with it

[finglobes]

New al Qaeda document sheds light on Europe, U.S. attack plans



"CNN) -- A previously secret document found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan sets out a detailed al Qaeda strategy for attacking targets in Europe and the United States.

The document -- a letter written to bin Laden in March 2010 by a senior operational figure in the terror group -- reveals that tunnels, bridges, dams, undersea pipelines and internet cables were among the targets....

CNN has obtained details of the document from sources briefed on its contents. The 17-page letter is in Arabic.

Al-Mauretani proposed that al Qaeda recruits take jobs with companies transporting gasoline and and other sensitive companies in the West, and await the right moment to strike.

He said targets should include tunnels, airports and even "Love Parades" -- gay and lesbian events held every summer in Germany."

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/20/world/new-qaeda-document


I would think a fertilizer company could be a "sensitive" target. No way do I think this is an "accident" a couple days after Boston. I don't care what kind of Benghazi style BS Obama comes up with

 

[Doppel]

1) Awful tragedy
2) People do need to stop with portrait mode when filming on their phones. That shit is well and truly unacceptable
3) I very strongly doubt this was terrorism

 

[Quantos]

New al Qaeda document sheds light on Europe, U.S. attack plans



"CNN) -- A previously secret document found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan sets out a detailed al Qaeda strategy for attacking targets in Europe and the United States.

The document -- a letter written to bin Laden in March 2010 by a senior operational figure in the terror group -- reveals that tunnels, bridges, dams, undersea pipelines and internet cables were among the targets....

CNN has obtained details of the document from sources briefed on its contents. The 17-page letter is in Arabic.

Al-Mauretani proposed that al Qaeda recruits take jobs with companies transporting gasoline and and other sensitive companies in the West, and await the right moment to strike.

He said targets should include tunnels, airports and even "Love Parades" -- gay and lesbian events held every summer in Germany."

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/20/world/new-qaeda-document


I would think a fertilizer company could be a "sensitive" target. No way do I think this is an "accident" a couple days after Boston. I don't care what kind of Benghazi style BS Obama comes up with

And why exactly would Al Qaeda blow up a plant in West, TX? This is very volatile stuff in the first place, I wouldn't be surprised at all that this is an accident.

 

[Steeplerot]

Regulations are for socialist. Where better to ditch grandma then by the decrepit fertilizer plant? /Texan logic

 

[GTaudiophile]

So if shit does happen in 3s... Boston, Texas,...???

 

[corwin]

And why exactly would Al Qaeda blow up a plant in West, TX? This is very volatile stuff in the first place, I wouldn't be surprised at all that this is an accident.

While I agree in general that this is likely an accident, what better way to make all Americans feel terrorized than to attack targets where people least expect them? I've long thought if they really wanted to cause terror they would hit lots of small towns and random places instead of just "big" targets...

Regulations are for socialist. Where better to ditch grandma then by the decrepit fertilizer plant? /Texan logic

Never miss a chance to bash on a superior state I see

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Based on local news there are nine confirmed deaths. 6 firefighters, 2 EMS, and 1 policeman.

As for the comment about a fertilizer plant being built so close to a town, chances are the town was built up due to having a fertilizer plant.

 

[TallBill]

Based on local news there are nine confirmed deaths. 6 firefighters, 2 EMS, and 1 policeman.

As for the comment about a fertilizer plant being built so close to a town, chances are the town was built up due to having a fertilizer plant.

This is what I was guessing as well.

 

[OutHouse]

New al Qaeda document sheds light on Europe, U.S. attack plans



"CNN) -- A previously secret document found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan sets out a detailed al Qaeda strategy for attacking targets in Europe and the United States.

The document -- a letter written to bin Laden in March 2010 by a senior operational figure in the terror group -- reveals that tunnels, bridges, dams, undersea pipelines and internet cables were among the targets....

CNN has obtained details of the document from sources briefed on its contents. The 17-page letter is in Arabic.

Al-Mauretani proposed that al Qaeda recruits take jobs with companies transporting gasoline and and other sensitive companies in the West, and await the right moment to strike.

He said targets should include tunnels, airports and even "Love Parades" -- gay and lesbian events held every summer in Germany."

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/20/world/new-qaeda-document


I would think a fertilizer company could be a "sensitive" target. No way do I think this is an "accident" a couple days after Boston. I don't care what kind of Benghazi style BS Obama comes up with

Just stop posting and go back to watching bugs bunny.

 

[OutHouse]

Based on local news there are nine confirmed deaths. 6 firefighters, 2 EMS, and 1 policeman.

As for the comment about a fertilizer plant being built so close to a town, chances are the town was built up due to having a fertilizer plant.

the plant is only 1500sqft and employed only 20 people.

 

[Tweak155]

Just stop posting and go back to watching bugs bunny.

Hey whoa wait what? Don't dis bugs bunny.

 

[(sic)Klown12]

Just stop posting and go back to watching bugs bunny.

He strikes me more as a Daffy Duck kinda person.

 

[waggy]

Texas City was almost wiped out in the forties when a fertilizer ship exploded at the dock.

That stuff packs a lot of energy.

yeah. the shit has a ton of power. the Oklahoma city bombing used a truckload. imagine the power of the explosion of a factory.


It's nothing to mess with.

 

[ultimatebob]

Ban fertilizer plants?

Be careful... I pissed off the moderators when I left a "Ban trash cans, people can stick bombs in them!" comment in the Boston bombing thread. People around here just don't have a morbid sense of humor.

Besides, this is Texas. Their politicians are more rational than your typical New England Democrat.

 

[Chiropteran]

Mandatory 10 day waiting period on fertilizer plant purchases.

 

[CPA]

Regulations are for socialist. Where better to ditch grandma then by the decrepit fertilizer plant? /Texan logic

Yeah, lack of regulations, that's what caused this explosion.

 

[waggy]

Yeah, lack of regulations, that's what caused this explosion.

after the Oklahoma city bombing they did a ton of regulations. though this does not look like a terrorist attack.

 

[spacejamz]

Based on local news there are nine confirmed deaths. 6 firefighters, 2 EMS, and 1 policeman.

As for the comment about a fertilizer plant being built so close to a town, chances are the town was built up due to having a fertilizer plant.

According to the news this morning, there was a school right across the street that got destroyed...imagine if this happened during school hours?

 

[waggy]

According to the news this morning, there was a school right across the street that got destroyed...imagine if this happened during school hours?

yeah it could have been bad.

 

[corwin]

According to the news this morning, there was a school right across the street that got destroyed...imagine if this happened during school hours?

I'm sure the school would have been evacuated, the fire was going on for a while before the boom...

 

[(sic)Klown12]

I'm sure the school would have been evacuated, the fire was going on for a while before the boom...

Yeah. Being that close to a potentially dangerous site they had to be well aware of the dangers that would accompany any kind of fire.

 

[SheHateMe]

So if shit does happen in 3s... Boston, Texas,...???

Does mailing Ricin to the President and your State's Congressman count?

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Ever seen the edge of a chemical fire flash outward, away from the chemical cloud mass it is igniting? No, nobody has.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Ever seen the edge of a chemical fire flash outward, away from the chemical cloud mass it is igniting? No, nobody has.

wut? On reddit it was determined this was just the camera shutter failing to keep up with the flames.

Nothing but an artifact.

 

[corwin]

wut? On reddit it was determined this was just the camera shutter failing to keep up with the flames.

Nothing but an artifact.

Nuh-uh...it's a missile damnit