competitive analysis report us terrorism attacks enron building evacuated however updating tragic volatile situation regularly contacts robert johnston x 39934 cell 713 594 7995 clay seigle x 31504 cell 713 875 8778 brendan fitzsimmons x 54763 cell 832 455 5887 1 us attack state emergency casualties likely thousands two us critical infrastructures transportation finance cornerstones us economy severely damaged 2 discount gossip responsibility put many groups many groups claim responsibility facts time 3 nonetheless limited number terrorist groups could coordinate attack many targets level sophisticaton indeed likely state sponsor kind would required provide financial intelligence support attack 4 virtually certain groups countries based middle east almost equally certain massive us response middle eastern target forthcoming enormous domestic political pressure bush administration vengeance attack least partially offset reluctance inflame arab radicalism middle east persian gulf 5 mentioned addition horrendous human cost economic market consequences oil ipe nymex closed oil futures course react strongly dramatic uptick middle eastern uncertainty equities general flight quality investors selling equities putting funds cash many major brokerages trading firms wiped wtc collapse take time days weeks firms restore operations currencies swiss franc us dollar benefit flight quality shipping major ports border crossing closed surrounding areas jammed traffic impact commodities steel lumber pulp paper crude products shipments lng etc ships sea back affecting pipeline deliveries freight impacted road chaos major us cities metals gold platinum benefit flight quality update soon get information