LA Drone-Making Company Under Terror Threat
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, July 2, 2011, 4:06 PM
Al-Qaeda terrorists threatened to attack 11 senior staff members at AeroVironment Inc. located near Los Angeles. The company makes unmanned surveillance aircraft.
Times of India reported:
Al-Qaida militants could target senior executives of a US company that builds unmanned surveillance aircraft, a media report said.
The terror group threatened to attack 11 senior staff at the AeroVironment Inc. (AV), based in Monrovia near Los Angeles, Xinhua reported quoting San Gabriel Valley Tribune on Friday.
AV makes a variety of unmanned surveillance aircraft systems, including the Dragon Eye, Raven, Wasp and Puma AE, that are used by US forces in the war on terrorism.
Top US military leaders and AeroVironment CEO Timothy Conver and other executives have been identified as targets on several jihadist websites, the Tribune said citing a blog post on Homeland Security Today, a New York-based website that follows security issues.
Monrovia city officials said security at the facility would be beefed up over the July 4 weekend after the threats surfaced on a jihadist website.
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Published May 21, 2012 at 12:19 am - 55 Comments
bg commented:
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ooh, that reminds me..
Pakistan tells US to leave ‘drone’ attack base
[can't find my original link, but that'll suffice]
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daryl commented:
What better time than the 4th of July weekend to light up every known Al Queda training base in the world with a half dozen or so drone hits to show them we don’t take threats such as this lightly.
A few raids on known terrorist groups right here in the good old U.S.of A. couldn’t hurt either.
Marsh626 commented:
This is why we put all the Japanese in camps during WWII after Pearl Harbor. The traitor Left demonized the hell out of that decision – along with the McCarthy trials – and cracking down on enemy 5th columns within our country has been impossible ever since. Make no mistake that leftists and islamists who want to destroy this country from within are here in force.
a former dem commented:
Why is the information as to the makers of these drones even public?
Did the NYT or Huffy-poo expose this information??
american patriot commented:
Wherever Muslims show up, trouble follows.
#1AMERICAN commented:
and the terrorists probably know them because the moo slime in chief gave them the names
TexasFred commented:
Looks like a good time to employ some of those nasty old Blackwater guys to protect the plant and people involved!!
Mad Hatter commented:
#7 Texas Fred,
The Blackwater guys are needed to weed out the third world rot that has infested many parts of this country.
rampart ranger commented:
…And we find this out via The Times of India and the Chinese Xinhua news service.
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:
We as a nation need to stand behind and in front of our defense contractors. They should not be subject to attack by our enemies for supplying our war needs.
Relocate the factory to a military base if necessary. But their identities should have been secret in the first place, to protect their families and themselves.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Anyone that works at that company that legally owns a firearm should be issued a CCW permit.
Freddy commented:
No doubt Code Pink will be leading unrelated protests at these peoples homes in the near future.
Mannie commented:
They’re in the Criminal State of Kalifornia, so self defense ability will be tricky. Hopefully they have the political pull to get a CCW and can charge off the bodyguards as allowable overhead.