http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1038976/posts "Sources: Al-Qaida outfitting ambulances for Iraq attacks"
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, December 12, 2003
Posted on 12/12/2003 2:30:36 AM PST by JohnHuang2
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Al-Qaida has prepared 15 cars filled with explosives for suicide attacks in Iraq, reports intelligence newsletter Geostrategy-Direct..
Iraqi security sources said the vehicles include ambulances designed to penetrate protected facilities, such as police stations and Coalition Provisional Authority offices.
Some of the vehicles, outfitted with TNT and shrapnel, had been stolen or obtained along the Iraqi-Turkish border, the sources said.
Other ambulances have been stolen in Baghdad and have been prepared for suicide attacks in northern and central Iraq.
"The idea is for them to be disguised as service vehicles that would not normally be seen as suspicious," an Iraqi security source said. "They could include ambulances or even garbage trucks.""
Suspicious Packages Cause Metro Problems - Washington DCPosted on 12/12/2003 10:07:23 AM CST by tmp02
Updated: Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 - 11:04 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Police now say a second suspicious package has turned up in Northeast Washington.
Sergeant Joe Gentile of the D.C. Metropolitan Police says a package that appears to be a briefcase was found in the 500 block of Oklahoma Ave., NE. It is being taken to parking lot "B" at RFK Stadium, where it will be disrupted.
An FBI spokeswoman tells WRC-TV the package was found about 25-yards from the first one. The location is right by the tracks that carry Orange and Blue Line trains. At the request of police, Metro has suspended service on parts of those two lines. Police are also closing Benning Road from 21 St. to Route 295.
The Orange Line has no service between Eastern Market and Minnesota Avenue, while the Blue Line is closed between Eastern Market and Benning Road.
An FBI spokeswoman says the first package has been blown open and is now being examined.
D.C. police say they received numerous threatening calls this morning.