February 17, 2003, 00:22
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Rumor has it...
According to some inside information I've heard from a local fire department, the alert status for the USA will be upgraded to red on the 18th and war with Iraq will begin on the 22nd. This information isn't supposed to be public yet, but since it's gonna happen anyway, I figured I would post to see if anyone else has heard anything similar. AFAIK, only the higher up officials (fire chiefs, etc.) know about this.
Keep in mind, this isn't confirmed, but I did hear it from a reliable source.
Any thoughts? I think it sucks.
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February 17, 2003, 00:26
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So who did your fire department buddy hear this from?
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February 17, 2003, 00:28
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You heard it here first Apolyton!
On the other hand, I wonder why a fire department of all things would be privy to such high level top secret info.
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February 17, 2003, 00:29
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Red means "Bend over and kiss your ass goodbye" so I doubt that anyone outside of DC would know about an increase in alert level beforehand.
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February 17, 2003, 00:29
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Not a buddy. The chief. I guess they got a notification from... somewhere. I didn't get all the details. They were told because of the fire departments emergency response duties I guess.
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February 17, 2003, 00:30
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Hey, I could be wrong... but lets wait 2 days and see.
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February 17, 2003, 00:31
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I didn't think war would start for another couple weeks, but maybe this could be an alert to our Iraqi posters to start digging in to their camoflauge trenches.
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February 17, 2003, 00:31
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I think something is going to happen though soon.
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February 17, 2003, 00:32
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alert level is a joke
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February 17, 2003, 00:40
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If they attack on the 22nd, then there'll be a terrorist attack before the 24th.
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February 17, 2003, 00:51
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I seriously doubt that anybody at the Fire Chief level knows when the attack against Iraq is going to occur. Further, isn't the 22nd half moon? I could buy around March 1, but not the 22nd.
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February 17, 2003, 03:11
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Pardon my ignorance here.........but what the frick does a half moon have to do with anything?
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February 17, 2003, 03:26
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bush is a mystic? 
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February 17, 2003, 03:29
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but what the frick does a half moon have to do with anything?
More light during the night. We have night goggles, which makes it more advantageous for us to fight during dark nights.
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February 17, 2003, 03:33
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I would've sworn that there was an article posted on poly before, about the attack starting on feb 22nd, but that could be my imagination.
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February 17, 2003, 03:33
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February 17, 2003, 03:44
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Ah yes, try this thread posted by MarkG.
edit: is that midnight gmt or est?
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February 17, 2003, 03:47
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Well, the dates agree with each other. And yes, I know it seems unlikely that the fire chiefs would have this info, but I guess they're expecting some kind of terrorist attack and they want the emergency response to be ready. Seems like another reason not to go to war if you ask me.
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February 17, 2003, 03:48
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Originally posted by BustaMike
Well, the dates agree with each other. And yes, I know it seems unlikely that the fire chiefs would have this info, but I guess they're expecting some kind of terrorist attack and they want the emergency response to be ready. Seems like another reason not to go to war if you ask me.
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maybe the war is a trick to make the al qaeda cells activate?
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February 17, 2003, 03:54
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i hope not, that would really cause a lot of havoc...
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February 17, 2003, 03:56
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This post has reached us just in time for the threat level to be reduced from orange.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Feb16.html
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February 17, 2003, 03:56
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Terror alert red means alot of government offices have to be closed, we won't go red unless its really serious, as in an imminent danger of an attack and we have a specific threat. The alert level we are now on, orange, means it is likely that an attack will occur. We won't go red unless it's REALLY serious.
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