Feds: Chicago Train Derailments, Track Sabotage "Unrelated"

Northeast Intelligence Network

5 October 2007: Trains are a favorite target for Islamic terrorists. It was just three years ago that Islamic terrorists detonated bombs on trains in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and injuring nearly 2,000 others. In fact, there have been over 200 incidents of Islamic terrorist attacks on trains, train tracks and rail facilities within the last ten years – although these reports rarely secure the public interest they deserve in the media. Perhaps that is why many people throughout the U.S. have not heard about the sabotage to the rail tracks in the Chicago metro area discovered by authorities on 24 September 2007. Inspectors checking the track found that over 30 railroad spikes that hold down metal plates that bind the rails to wooden ties underneath were intentionally removed “by a person or persons unknown.” The spikes were taken from tracks that affect three commuter lines including the Metra Electric Line to University Park and Blue Island, and the South Shore Line to Michigan City and South Bend, Indiana Combined, these lines carry about 40,000 people daily.

According to one federal law enforcement source close to the investigation speaking to the Northeast Intelligence Network on the condition of anonymity, investigators found that the spikes were removed from a specific and strategic portion of the tracks in an open and unguarded area. According to this source, the number of spikes removed and the location from where they were taken are of particular concern, and suggest that the perpetrators had studied the lines and perhaps even conducted surveillance on the trains. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information pertaining to the potentially deadly incident.

This week, however, authorities publicly denied that the removal of the railroad spikes had anything whatsoever to do with the separate derailments of two commuter trains this week – derailments that occurred on the same track as the removal of the spikes last week. According to authorities investigating the derailments, they determined that heavy vehicular and train traffic caused a “slight separation between the tracks,” leading to the derailments of two slow-moving trains near a busy crossing on Tuesday night. The cars remained upright and no injuries were reported.

The federal law enforcement source speaking to the Northeast Intelligence Network expressed concerns of an increased number of similar incidents in the Chicago area, adding that the security is not keeping up with the demand as it should. Currently, the United States has more than 140,000 miles of track that carry millions of rail passengers every year, and hundreds of freight trains that carry hazardous materials which pose a significant risk to those who work on or live near railroad tracks.

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And Finally, A Little Humor For The Weekend...

Arkansas Woman Killed in "Mistaken Rapture"

ARKANSAS CITY (EAP) -- A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car's sunroof during an incident best described as a "mistaken rapture" by dozens of eye-witnesses.

Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile-up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman, who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the road who she believed was Jesus.

"She started screaming `He's back! He's back!' and climbed out through the sunroof and jumped off the roof of the car," said Everet Williams, husband of 28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene.

"I was slowing down but she wouldn't wait till I stopped," Williams said. "She thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift her up into the sky," he went on to say.

"This is the strangest thing I've seen since I've been on the force," said Paul Madison, first officer on the scene.

Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was on his way to a toga costume party, when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blow-up sex dolls filled with helium, which then floated up into the sky.

Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration and said "Come back," just as the Williams' car passed him, and Mrs. Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into heaven as they drove by him.

"I think my wife loved Jesus more than she loved me," the widower said when asked why his wife would do such a thing.

When asked for comments about the twelve sex dolls, Jenkins replied "This is all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen."

Remember, no matter how scary the times are that we live in, a good sense of humor will keep your sanity intact.