The ever-present terrorist threat this Christmas

[Virginian]

The unclassified shopping mall threat information was circulated by the FBI on November 7th, based on intelligence received by the FBI in late September. The full text of one version of that report is as follows:
December 2007 Al-Qa’ida Plan to Target US Shopping Malls in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
As of August 2007, al-Qa’ida planned to strike US shopping malls in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California during the 2007 Christmas season. Al-Qa’ida hoped to disrupt the US economy and had been planning the attack for the past two years.
FBI Comment: This information was obtained through a lengthy chain of acquisition, and was provided to the source by a sub-source who spoke in confidence. The veracity of the information is uncertain but the threat is being reported due to the nature of the information.

As usual, keep your eyes open for anything suspicious. Don't let this kind of hearsay change your plans though.

[gozling]

well thank gosh i shopped on the internet
and i was done before turkey day

they are just nasty little fuckers

[Car 4]

Just in case this isn't some asshole terrorists wet dream, lets all take our best weapon and a spare magazine when we go to the mall this year. Two years ago it was an off duty cop who stopped Dominic Maldanado from shooting more than the 7 he started out with at the Tacoma Mall.

But lets all be careful......in the same incident, some civilian with a gun jumped out from behind cover, took his best shooting stance, screamed "Freeze, drop your gun", failed to fire his weapon when he didn't and got shot for his trouble. What else do you expect from guys who watch too much TV.

Car 4