Posted on 06/09/2004 11:33:50 AM PDT by truthandlife
Feds say terrorists -- some within 25 miles of the White House -- will strike this summer
Hidden stockpiles of deadly terrorist weapons that Al Qaeda planned to use to murder innocent Americans, have been found in the U.S., top government sources tell The ENQUIRER exclusively. The startling discoveries in upstate New York and New Jersey were the secret reason Attorney General John Ashcroft recently issued the chilling warning that terrorists are operating in the U.S. and getting ready to strike this summer.
And it has set off a massive hunt for more weapons and terrorist safe houses -- some believed to be located just 25 miles from the White House!
THEY ARE HERE
"Many Americans think that terrorism is somewhere 'over there,' in the Middle East and Europe, far away from daily life in the United States," a member of the Justice Department's antiterrorism task force told The ENQUIRER.
"That is no longer true. The intelligence information we are getting and the finding of terrorist weapons here in the United States puts the threat of terrorism right at our doorstep."
Acting on crucial information supplied by Britain's MI-5 and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, members of the Justice Department's special antiterrorism task force uncovered one cache of arms in New York and another in New Jersey that were being readied by the terrorists, said a Justice Department source.
DEADLY CACHE
The weapons discovered by the feds included automatic rifles, bomb-making materials and rubber boats.
During the top-secret raids conducted by the FBI, Justice Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and a special antiterrorism unit of the New York City police, the task force also found several maps and papers now being scrutinized at the FBI lab in Quantico, Va.
"Getting the weapons and the maps was a real coup," said the source. "The maps and papers show the terrorists have occupied safe houses in Virginia, within 25 miles of the White House.
"We have been on to these guys for years. The terrorists are difficult to trap. They stay on the move and frequently change locations.
"But the difference now is that they are getting bolder. And the more they show their hand, the harder we will come down on them."
The antiterrorism task force is now concentrating their searches in the mountain regions of New York, New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina, said the Justice source.
And they are working hard to infiltrate terrorist cells.
CLOSE WATCH
Attorney General Ashcroft released photos of seven suspected terrorists in his press conference, but the task force knows of and is actively watching another 100 men and women across the United States, said a task force insider.
"Many of the suspects do not realize we are on to them. We even have a man inside an Al Qaeda cell. It is all very secretive. Our man has not yet learned who some of the other cell members are," the insider revealed.
"One terrorist cell is not aware of what another is up to."
New information gathered by Britain's MI-5 agents and relayed to the U.S. just weeks ago suggests that Al Qaeda has planned devastating attacks in the coming months for London and Washington, D.C.
But this is no time to panic, said the task force member.
IT'S UP TO US
"It is time for Americans to show some real concern, to be vigilant and to inform the FBI or local authorities of any suspicious activities in their neighborhood," the task force member urged.
"If the strangers down the block act strange or are unusually quiet about their activities, then we want to know about them. It is not un-American to inform on suspicious people. It is the right thing to do -- the patriotic thing to protect America." -- MICHAEL HANRAHAN
If this is national policy, it could be a good thing.
I know some anti-gun liberals living nearby who seem unusually quiet to me. I never hear gunfire from their place. Time to drop a dime?
A Bugs Bunny Classic! The first time I saw it (I was about 12 or so) I did a high velocity projectile nasal release of Nestle's Chocolate Milk out to 12 ft. with a 10ft cone spread.
I don't doubt this at all. They are here, and hopefully we are finding them and their weapons.
Seems to be the case AlQaida is quite "cheap" and instead of renting a townhouse for 2 or 3 of these guys, they would rent a townhouse for 10 to 15 of them.
Living like that is uncomfortable for most people so the only way to break the tedium is to go outside and walk around.
With 60 AlQaida support people living in that neighborhood, that meant a lot of walking around.
After 9/11 these guys, and their taxicabs, disappeared. We must presume they moved on to safer territory.
This is the same neighborhood where the terrorist Kansi used to help repair taxicab brakes. (This is the guy who killed two folks up at the CIA headquarters back in the early 1990s.)
We know AQ reads the National Enquirer... they targeted their corperate offices with anthrax. It seems like who ever is leaking this is speaking directly to Al Qaeda.
Whether or not its true, well... AQ will have to figure that out themselves.
Kinda reminds me of the scene in Manhunter where the Federal Agent talks to a tabloid reporter to lure a serial killer into a trap.
At first I agreed with that sentiment, but upon further reflection it would, whether true or not, be a great way to sew dissention and suspicion in the AQ ranks.
Ironically, when the article mentioned we've got insiders, I thought of Nick Berg...
This, from a Task Force Official...
I sense a change in the zeitgeist in the air.
A quote to remember.
Dr. Ford... Paging Dr. Larry C. Ford...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Dr.+Larry+C.+Ford
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