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To: LindyBill who wrote (252231)	5/30/2008 7:36:23 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793838

Some folks would call that fear-mongering. Heck, they'd argue even if they nuked DC, it wouldn't make terrorism an existential threat ... which is sorta true in that it wouldn't kill every last one of us.

To: LindyBill who wrote (252231)	5/30/2008 9:25:24 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793838

Notice the Dome continues to stand tall. Even the The Statue of Freedom on top is untouched. Interesting from people who are so into symbolism.

To: LindyBill who wrote (252231)	5/30/2008 2:07:00 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

SITE red-faced as Islamist 'Washington ruin' image turns out to be from Fallout 3 game By Tom Chivers This image of Washington after a nuclear holocaust, which a US intelligence group claimed showed the ambition of Islamic extremist terrorists, was actually lifted from a computer game. The SITE Intelligence Group said that the image, showing a ruined Capitol Building in Washington, was created by extremists as part of discussions about the feasibility of nuclear strikes against the US and Britain. The images appeared in a video, called Nuclear Jihad: The Ultimate Terror, posted on two password-protected websites, al-Ekhlass and al-Hesbah, believed to be affiliated with al-Qa’eda. SITE also released translated several chatroom threads from al-Ekhlass and al-Hesbah, discussing the possibility of nuclear attacks on the West. However, it has transpired that far from being a detailed simulation created by terrorist masterminds, the apocalyptic vision is in fact lifted from the computer game Fallout 3, by US game designers Bethesda Softworks. The game bills itself as “America’s first choice in post-nuclear simulation”, with players roaming a ruined landscape some time after a nuclear war in 2077. telegraph.co.uk