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 Homeland Security: "Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Pearl Harbor Are Potential Terrorist Targets"Aug 8 2004 by Greg Kuhl
The Bush Administration says residents of Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Pearl Harbor should be on high alert after new intelligence indicated they may be targets of the next terrorist attack."We know that no one has considered those places as targets for a long, long time. In Gettysburg's and Vicksburg's cases, the Civil War; and World War II for Pearl Harbor," said Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. "But the latest intelligence and chatter reveal - okay, it was some old maps and charts, as well as a couple history books - that these sites may be terrorist targets," Ridge said. Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Pearl Harbor join specific buildings in New York City, Newark and Washington, D.C., as potential terrorist targets. One day after Ridge named the latter three areas, officials admitted that the intelligence was three or four years old, much of it before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Nonetheless, Ridge made no apologies after scaring the bejabbers out of workers and residents in those areas. "You never know when attacks might occur," Ridge said. "The same goes for Vicksburg, Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor. There was chatter indicating that great-great-great grandchildren of Civil War vets, especially in the South, were still angry about the outcome of the war. "And the Japanese have been strangely silent about Pearl Harbor lately," Ridge added. "Is this an indication they plan to attack again, in retaliation for Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Probably not, but you can never be too careful." Ridge's announcement was greeted with yawns at a Tote-Sum convenience store just outside the gates of Vicksburg Battlefield Park. "Vicksburg? Terrorist attack? Is he insane?" asked 89-year-old Bob Hilburn, a lifelong Vicksburg resident. "The biggest threats here are the mosquitoes and the Mississippi summer humidity. It's a darn wet heat. "If terrorists decide they want to attack Vicksburg," said Hilburn, the grandson of a captain in the Confederate army, "then we're all in big trouble." Related Articles James Earl Jones Named CIA Chief Aug 2 2004
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