Al Qaeda warning "FIRE BOMBS"

[Not So Fast]

Just got this E-mail ????????????????? :idea: :idea: :idea: Does anyone rmember that we were warned before Pearl Harbor and it got the same amount of attention??? NSF
FBI: al-Qaeda detainee spoke of fire plot
PHOENIX (AP) — The FBI alerted law enforcement agencies last month that an al-Qaeda terrorist now in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.
Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, told The Associated Press that officials there took note of the warning but didn't see a need to act further on it.
The contents of the June 25 memo from the FBI's Denver office were reported Friday by The Arizona Republic. Davis declined to share a copy of the memo and an FBI spokeswoman in Denver didn't immediately return a telephone call.
The Republic reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country.
The memo noted that investigators couldn't determine whether the detainee was telling the truth.
The newspaper said many forest law enforcement officers it contacted had no idea the warning had been issued.
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[socalmoney]

There was FBI all over Silverado yesterday

[Havasu_Dreamin]

There was FBI all over Silverado yesterday
As soon as the fire crosses over into the National Forest it and it is of suspicious origin it becomes a Federal case. At least that is what the talking heads said on tv...Don't know if Silverado Canyon is anywhere near the Cleveland National Forest but it appears the fire has spread into it...

[LaveyJet]

Al Qaeda Suicide Fire Starter
http://www.makezine.com/blog/bowdrill1.jpg

[hkunz]

I hate to side with the bureaucrats, but 20-20 hindsight is easy; figuring out which of the dozens of iffy leads you get are valid is hard.
Some of my fav BTDTs in this category from over the years:
Shah of Iran
Ferdinand Marcos
Noriega
Saddam's SILs that defected and then went back
I would think that the original warning would be a good way to tie up intel forces for a while, if that was your intent.