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'Dirty bomb' plot included targets in N.Y.C., feds charge
NY Daily News ^

Posted on 06/01/2004 10:26:24 AM PDT by esryle

Hotels and apartment buildings on hit list

WASHINGTON — Jose Padilla, a detainee held in U.S. custody, was training to blow up hotels and apartment buildings in the United States in addition to a possible attack with a “dirty bomb” nuclear device, according to government documents.

The documents, released Tuesday by the Justice Department, said that Padilla and an al-Qaida accomplice were to enter the United States through Mexico or Puerto Rico.

“Padilla and the accomplice were to locate as many as three high-rise apartment buildings which had natural gas supplied to the floors,” the government summary of interrogations revealed.

“They would rent two apartments in each building, seal all the openings, turn on the gas, and set timers to detonate the buildings simultaneously at a later time,” the papers alleged.

The documents said al-Qaida officials were skeptical of Padilla’s ability to set off a dirty bomb but were very interested in the apartment operation.

Top al-Qaida officials “wanted Padilla to hit targets in New York City, although Florida and Washington, D.C. were discussed as well,” the summary said.

Padilla was to conduct an Internet search on buildings that had natural gas heating, open a bank account and obtain documents needed to rent an apartment.

The plot called for blowing up 20 buildings simultaneously, but Padilla said he could not rent multiple apartments under one identity without drawing attention.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: enemycombatant; jihadinamerica; padilla
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1 posted on 06/01/2004 10:26:26 AM PDT by esryle
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To: esryle

The wannabee dirtybomber again! *BUMP*!


2 posted on 06/01/2004 10:31:27 AM PDT by ex-Texan
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To: esryle

They`re all dirty bombers..Dirty stinking yellow bellied good for nothing liberal emboldened rat bastard bombers.


3 posted on 06/01/2004 10:39:01 AM PDT by stillnoprotestsagainstmuslims (I`m still waiting for the protests against terrorism.)
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To: esryle
The Feds are really getting desparate if they have to "leak" this.

In my area, every two or three years a gas leak randomly blows up a house. It usually concides with street work that cracks a gas pipe, the gas flows into the basement, the water heater switches on, KABOOM.

You'd think they'd come up with a better story than this after grilling him for two years. Typical government bumblers.

4 posted on 06/01/2004 10:39:55 AM PDT by Peter vE (Ceterum censeo: delenda est Carthago.)
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To: cyncooper

Here is an article already about the Padilla matter.


5 posted on 06/01/2004 10:41:43 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peter vE
The Feds are really getting desparate if they have to "leak" this.

Your right.....those damn dumb desperate FBI dorks who are out there WARNING us that this is what these islamist a-holes were planning.

In my area, every two or three years a gas leak randomly blows up a house. It usually concides with street work that cracks a gas pipe, the gas flows into the basement, the water heater switches on, KABOOM.

SO?

You'd think they'd come up with a better story than this after grilling him for two years. Typical government bumblers.

Yeah, typical bumblers......oh wait....if it werent for them...WHO would be stopping the terrorists?

6 posted on 06/01/2004 10:44:23 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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7 posted on 06/01/2004 10:45:09 AM PDT by nutmeg (Land of the Free - Thanks to the Brave)
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To: esryle
Padilla and an al-Qaida accomplice were to enter the United States through Mexico

I'm so glad our borders are secure.

After listing to the DoJ spin meister, I'm ready to send a bouquet of flowers to the DoJ for securing our borders and keeping foreign criminals and terrorists out of the country.

The rash of crimes committed by illegal aliens is another lie of the liberal press.

8 posted on 06/01/2004 10:49:12 AM PDT by george wythe
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"Padilla and an al-Qaida accomplice were to enter the United States through Mexico I'm so glad our borders are secure."

You do realize that Padilla is the one we *caught*, yes?!

9 posted on 06/01/2004 11:12:28 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
those damn dumb desperate FBI dorks who are out there WARNING us that this is what these islamist a-holes were planning.

Why now? Padilla has been held for a long time. You think he fessed up just last week?

10 posted on 06/01/2004 11:13:30 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: Shermy
maybe its because they have gotten all the information out of him that they are going to get.

maybe they realize that these animals are going to try to "madid-style" the US elections much like they did in Spain.

11 posted on 06/01/2004 11:19:58 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Shermy; oceanview; swarthyguy
Shermy.....why now?

I'll bet there is a piece of info they have right now they aren't sharing .... that made them do this....alot was revealed here.....and they don't like to do that kind of thing.

Something is coming down and they are trying to warn someone off is my guess.

12 posted on 06/01/2004 11:26:43 AM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: Peter vE

Perhaps you'd prefer living in France?


14 posted on 06/01/2004 11:28:55 AM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: Dog

I still say - Thomas, Rehnquist or Scalia gave them the heads up.


15 posted on 06/01/2004 11:29:59 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: esryle

I don't understand why if the governement is going to release this type of information, that they can't bring him to trial. The government says they need to hold him in communicado for security reasons and that we can't hold a trial because it would create a threat to national security. Then the government lets out this type of information. Either indict him and bring him to trial or set him free.


16 posted on 06/01/2004 11:31:07 AM PDT by NC28203
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To: oceanview

the heads up on the SCOTUS decision that is.


17 posted on 06/01/2004 11:32:54 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: NC28203

he cannot be given the opportunity to have his ACLU lawyers depose the witnesses. What are we going to do, send the ACLU to visit KSM in the secret prison where he is being held?


18 posted on 06/01/2004 11:33:56 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: NC28203
Either indict him and bring him to trial or set him free.

Fry the mother!

19 posted on 06/01/2004 11:36:29 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: NC28203
They are in a bind.

If they try him ..they open up the methods used to gather the info against him. For all we know the US could have a mole inside AQ right now....and that can not be revealed to AQ by a Mark Geragos type.

20 posted on 06/01/2004 11:43:21 AM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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