Posted on 11/08/2007 3:12:59 PM PST by RDTF
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In what one FBI spokesman described as "almost an annual ritual," the bureau has obtained uncorroborated intelligence indicating al Qaeda would like to strike shopping malls during the holiday shopping season, two law enforcement sources said Thursday.
Those sources confirmed there is intelligence dating back to August that al Qaeda would like to attack malls in Los Angeles, California, and Chicago, Illinois.
The FBI's information is contained in an intelligence report and is intended for law enforcement and intelligence partners.
"There is no information to state this is a credible threat," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said in a statement.
The information is being shared "for situational awareness," he said, and the FBI is reminding people to "remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to authorities."
A spokesman for the FBI's Chicago field office, Ross Rice, stressed the intelligence came "from an uncorroborated source and it's non-specific."
Rice said there was no mention of particular malls in Chicago and Los Angeles that might be the focus of a threat. And he added that "it's almost an annual ritual" for information to come to light about mall threats at holiday shopping time.
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Another reason I shop until the postman drops.
Today’s scoffed at “annual ritual” might very well become tomorrow’s 9/11.
There’s always eBay.....
“uncorroborated source”= Amazon
FWIW they seem to be pretty jumpy in the Atlantic City casinos around Christmas / New Year’s Eve as well.
To:.......Muslim World
From:...REDACTED
SUBJECT:.... Final Notice
Cease all terrorist activity against civilian targets within the Free World...
Failure to comply will result in the attack upon and total destruction of sites within the Muslim world which are irreplaceable and revered as the holiest of Islamic sites.
The secondary effect of such a loss, would prove to your citizens that Allah can NOT protect them or himself from the wrath of the modern “Crusaders”
Knock your silly shit off......NOW.
Well all I can say is ifn they start interferin with women on a shoppin mission they aint go no idea what they are in for.
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