[NYTr] Surrealism 101: How to Spot a Terrorist
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Things are getting more and more bizarre as we move steadily closer to a
full-fledged totalitarian state.
As New York temperatures approach 100 degrees, local media have been
disseminating the following advice, cooked up by the brilliant minds in
the MTA security department:
"New York subway and bus riders are being told to look out for
passengers with clenched fists, or who are sweating profusely, or reek
of excessive cologne--all possible indicators of a suicide bomber."
Additionally, WINS radio reported that terrorists avoid making eye
contact, a suspicious behavior trait to which all subway riders must be
alert and vigilant.
Alas, this is not a scene from a Bunuel film. Rather, it is the very
real and concrete manifestation of the suspicion and paranoia that
invade and colonize mass consciousness in a fascist society. We are
becoming a nation of snitches, indeed a frightening prospect. What is
more frightening, however, is that so many people truly believe that
snitchery is a noble civic virtue. And act accordingly.
Watch your collective asses.
-TOPLAB
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City Transit Officials Urge Vigilance
Associated Press via Newsday.com - July 26, 2005
http://www.newsday.com/news/yahoo/sns-ap-transit-security,0,5976792.story?coll=ny-newsaol-headlines
By Devlin Barrett
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -- Subway and commuter train riders must take a greater role
in their own security to help thwart a London-style transit attack in
the United States, big-city officials said Tuesday.
Transit security officials from New York City, Los Angeles and
Washington focused on low-tech solutions, such as asking the public and
transit employees to be on guard for suspicious behavior.
"The most important technology that is out there, right there today, is
the human element," said William Morange, head of security for New
York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city's
subways, buses, and commuter trains.
After the hearing before the House Homeland Security subcommittee on
emergency preparedness, science and technology, the head of emergency
response for the Los Angeles transit system said he believed a
London-style terror attack was "inevitable."
"I and my colleagues already believe that terror cells are here," said
Paul Lennon of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority.
New York subway and bus riders are being told to look out for passengers
with clenched fists, or who are sweating profusely, or reek of excessive
cologne--all possible indicators of a suicide bomber.
"It's very important that our customers and our employees are fully made
aware of their surroundings, and that's something that falls on us,"
Morange told the panel.
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"My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the
battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
--George W. Bush, May 1, 2003
"...I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult, and
that we would prevail. Well, it has been difficult--and we are
prevailing."
--George W. Bush, June 28, 2005
U.S. military fatalities through May 1, 2003: 140
U.S. military fatalities through June 28, 2005: 1743
U.S. military fatalities as of July 27, 2005: 1784
Iraqi civilian fatalities through May 1, 2003: 1982
Iraqi civilian fatalities through June 28, 2005: 22,563 25,560 (estimated)
Iraqi civilian fatalities as of July 27, 2005: 22,938 25,980 (estimated)
Source: http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
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