You Be the Terrorist.....

jtur88 · March 28th, 2007, 02:18 AM

The survival of our nation (we are told) depends on anticipating how the evildoers would next do us harm. OK, you be the terrorists. How would you strike with the maximum effect, using the minimum of resources?

Ladies and Gentlemen, who would like to begin the discussion?

dlb · March 28th, 2007, 03:48 AM

I think multiple small attacks in obscure yet densely populated targets would be the best. Imagine if one Saturday morning, 100 shopping malls in towns you never heard of were struck by suicide bombers, killing 5,000 - 10,000 people. Suddenly, it could happen anywhere.

TylerDurden · March 28th, 2007, 06:52 AM

When I was younger I contemplated such threads. 'Red Gaming' I think its called.

I could come up with dozens of things that terrorists have done, have planned to do, or are probably thinking about doing, but the discussion wouldn't get very far.

But the ultimate preventible scenario in my mind would be attacks on chemical storage facilities, trains, and trucks. Chlorine, Phosgene, etc.

Security around them is a joke. Its been left to the corporations themselves to keep them secure, with little oversight, regulation, or aid from the government. Even though recent events in Iraq have proven the very real interest terrorists have in using such chemicals (another chlorine bomb today killing at least 8 Iraqi cops) there has been miniscule debate here at home.

A terror cell with a high-powered sniper rifle, a few cell-phone bombs (a la Iraq & Madrid), and intelligence of when the next Chlorine tanker train is coming around could bring Washington D.C. to a screeching halt even if the gas release results in minimal casualties.

jtur88 · March 28th, 2007, 07:02 AM

Yes, I have thought of this. A terrorist attack in Akron would scare people in Amarillo a lot more than one New York. It is true, though, that if tragedy is magnified arithmetically, its news value increases geometrically. If there are 5separate car crashes in Georgia this weekend killing a total of 6 people, it would be in the "News in Brief" box in Monday's Atlanta Constitituion. But if six are killed in a single crash, CNN will have round-the clock helicopter coverage of the removal of the wreckage and live interviews of EMT's asking us to keep the families of the victims in our hearts and prayers. George W. Bush might even step in and make avaiable his own special link to God. But a drunk hitting a tree south of Ludowici, repeated 6 times? No way.

jtur88 · March 28th, 2007, 07:08 AM

I have also thought of a way that the most hated of US instutions could also share part of the blame. I would set up a very dirty bomb somewhere, wired to go off when a certain land-line phone rings, which is listed in the directory. And then announce that there is such a device in place, at an undisclosed location. Then the terrorists just announce that they will patiently wait for a Telemarketer (or the McCain campaign) to blow up a major American city.
They wouldn't even have to actually placd the bomb. Simply interfering with telemarketers would be classified as a terrorist act.

Top Cat · March 28th, 2007, 07:19 AM

Great idea. Let's do their planning for them.

ganja · March 28th, 2007, 07:37 AM

What a horrible thread!

I'd attack the American corn crop with some kind of biological weapon. The American food economy is extremely heavily based off of corn products. Obliterating the corn crops in American would be detrimental not only economically, but in respect to having enough food as well. We'd be in serious trouble without corn to say the least. It'd be a lot like Ireland's potato famine.

Nat · March 28th, 2007, 09:39 AM

I'd bomb Bush & Cheney's choppers simultaneously, making Nancy Pelosi our next president.

ctjayfan · March 28th, 2007, 09:47 AM

"I'd attack the American corn crop with some kind of biological weapon. "

COOL...nothing better than a little BIOBOMBING!!

March 28th, 2007, 02:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	You Be the Terrorist..... The survival of our nation (we are told) depends on anticipating how the evildoers would next do us harm. OK, you be the terrorists. How would you strike with the maximum effect, using the minimum of resources? Ladies and Gentlemen, who would like to begin the discussion?

March 28th, 2007, 07:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	I have also thought of a way that the most hated of US instutions could also share part of the blame. I would set up a very dirty bomb somewhere, wired to go off when a certain land-line phone rings, which is listed in the directory. And then announce that there is such a device in place, at an undisclosed location. Then the terrorists just announce that they will patiently wait for a Telemarketer (or the McCain campaign) to blow up a major American city. They wouldn't even have to actually placd the bomb. Simply interfering with telemarketers would be classified as a terrorist act. Last edited by jtur88; March 28th, 2007 at 07:10 AM.

March 28th, 2007, 03:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
dlb Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,511	I think multiple small attacks in obscure yet densely populated targets would be the best. Imagine if one Saturday morning, 100 shopping malls in towns you never heard of were struck by suicide bombers, killing 5,000 - 10,000 people. Suddenly, it could happen anywhere.

March 28th, 2007, 06:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
TylerDurden Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,339	When I was younger I contemplated such threads. 'Red Gaming' I think its called. I could come up with dozens of things that terrorists have done, have planned to do, or are probably thinking about doing, but the discussion wouldn't get very far. But the ultimate preventible scenario in my mind would be attacks on chemical storage facilities, trains, and trucks. Chlorine, Phosgene, etc. Security around them is a joke. Its been left to the corporations themselves to keep them secure, with little oversight, regulation, or aid from the government. Even though recent events in Iraq have proven the very real interest terrorists have in using such chemicals (another chlorine bomb today killing at least 8 Iraqi cops) there has been miniscule debate here at home. A terror cell with a high-powered sniper rifle, a few cell-phone bombs (a la Iraq & Madrid), and intelligence of when the next Chlorine tanker train is coming around could bring Washington D.C. to a screeching halt even if the gas release results in minimal casualties.

March 28th, 2007, 07:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Yes, I have thought of this. A terrorist attack in Akron would scare people in Amarillo a lot more than one New York. It is true, though, that if tragedy is magnified arithmetically, its news value increases geometrically. If there are 5separate car crashes in Georgia this weekend killing a total of 6 people, it would be in the "News in Brief" box in Monday's Atlanta Constitituion. But if six are killed in a single crash, CNN will have round-the clock helicopter coverage of the removal of the wreckage and live interviews of EMT's asking us to keep the families of the victims in our hearts and prayers. George W. Bush might even step in and make avaiable his own special link to God. But a drunk hitting a tree south of Ludowici, repeated 6 times? No way.

March 28th, 2007, 07:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Top Cat Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellingham Posts: 2,309	Great idea. Let's do their planning for them.

March 28th, 2007, 07:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
ganja Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 194	What a horrible thread! I'd attack the American corn crop with some kind of biological weapon. The American food economy is extremely heavily based off of corn products. Obliterating the corn crops in American would be detrimental not only economically, but in respect to having enough food as well. We'd be in serious trouble without corn to say the least. It'd be a lot like Ireland's potato famine.

March 28th, 2007, 09:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
Nat Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,353	I'd bomb Bush & Cheney's choppers simultaneously, making Nancy Pelosi our next president.

March 28th, 2007, 09:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
ctjayfan Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: CT Posts: 5,488	"I'd attack the American corn crop with some kind of biological weapon. " COOL...nothing better than a little BIOBOMBING!!