Despite media spin and rhetoric from the Obama Administration calling today's incident in Texas a "Criminal Act", its obvious this was a planned Terror Attack in retaliation for Mullah Baradar's capture.
The Taliban is angry because U.S. Soldiers have detained one of its top commanders and they are sending us a message.
In essence this could be considered Obama's 9-11.
Since Obama eliminated many of the Bush Administration's Counter Terrorism operations, I wonder what he plans to do about this attack.
Let's see how well his Arrogant, know-it-all staff handles this National Security Emergency.
About as well as the Christmas Day Bombing?
God help us!
I suggest we all fall to our knees and begin praying right now.
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Small Plane Crashes Into Texas Office Building
A small plane crashed Thursday into a multistory office building in Austin, causing a fire and sending black smoke billowing from the seven-story structure, officials said. At least two people were injured and a third was unaccounted for.
Federal officials said the incident did not appear to be terrorism-related but authorities were investigating whether the pilot intentionally crashed the plan, according to media reports.
Authorities were investigating whether the plane crash was related to an Austin-area house fire earlier in the day.
The plane hit the Echelon Building, which is next to a major highway in north Austin.
Fires were burning from the second through fourth floors, KXAN reported. Crews used ladder trucks and hoses to battle the blazes. Dozens of windows were blown out of the hulking black building and vehicles traveling on a nearby highway paused to look.
Authorities were conducting a roll call to try to account for all the workers who were in the building.
Two people were taken to a hospital, Austin Assistant Fire Chief Harry Evans said. The nature and severity of their injuries wasn't immediately clear. A third person was unaccounted for, Evans said.
The IRS, CIA and FBI all have offices in the complex where the building is located, though it was not clear if they are in the building that was hit. The FBI said its office was not in the building that was struck.
"At this time we have no reason to believe there is a nexus to criminal or terrorist activity," said Department of Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary Matt Chandler.
It was not immediately known where the plane was headed. The nearest airport is Austin Bergstrom International Airport, which is some 15 miles away.
FBI sources told the Austin Statesman-American that several eyewitness accounts saying that the plane did not slow down is making some authorities wonder if it was an intentional act.
'Huge fireball'
A witness who described himself as a small-aircraft pilot told KXAN-TV that he witnessed the accident from the parking lot of a nearby restaurant.
“It was really low,” he said. “He brushed along a parking lot light … (and) shot right across the road. It was going really fast. … It sounded like the engine was on full blast. Then it whacked in-between the first and second floor.”
Austin-Travis County EMS Assistant Director James Shamard said smoke was visible for at least a mile and that paramedics had set up a triage center at the scene. "We have no idea right now if there are any patients, or how many," he told the Austin American-Statesman.
Tucker Thurman was driving to work when he said he saw a small plane flying very low over the highway. He said he saw it then bank heavily to the right before heading into the building.
"There was a huge fireball. It's right into the building," Thurman told the Statesman.
Another witness told KXAN that the plane buzzed a nearby apartment building before hitting the office building.
“It looked like he had full control, but as soon as he cleared the apartments, he just dropped down. … It was within feet of the top of the apartment complex,” he said.
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