Posted on 07/31/2004 3:45:34 PM PDT by tmp02
Edited on 07/31/2004 4:31:44 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Big Apple Terror?
Sources: Al Qaeda Plotting to Attack New York City Corporations
ABCNEWS.com
N E W Y O R K, July 31, 2004? ABC News has learned that federal and New York City officials have received credible intelligence that al Qaeda has been plotting to carry out suicide attacks on corporations based in the city. |
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| Sources at several law enforcement agencies tell ABC News that an "overseas source" has provided the information about the threat to New York and that it is more significant than the usual "chatter" intercepted from likely terrorists that has prompted warnings in the past. Officials from dozens of local and federal agencies met into the night Friday and again this morning. "Intelligence reporting indicates that al Qaeda continues to target for attack commercial and financial institutions, as well as international organizations, inside the United States," the New York City Police Department said in a statement released today on the "ongoing al Qaeda threat." "The NYPD recommends that corporate and institutional security directors review their protection of HVAC systems, parking installations, and security in general," the statement added. "The alert level for New York City remains unchanged at 'orange' or 'high.'" Border Worries Intelligence sources say al Qaeda plans to move non-Arab terrorists across the border with Mexico. Authorities already have in custody a woman of Pakistani-origin arrested after crossing into Texas. She carried a South African passport with several of the pages torn out, $7,000 in cash and an airplane ticket to New York. New York is already on heightened alert for the Republican National Convention, which meets at Madison Square Garden in a month and will bring scores of high government officials to town. The sources tell ABC News that Wall Street firms may be among the targeted U.S. corporations based in New York City. Which corporations or how many may be targeted has not been revealed. Suicide Truck Bombings Particularly disturbing to authorities were the intelligence reports that the attack may involve one or more suicide truck bombings, a tactic never seen in the United States, but one widely used by terrorists elsewhere. "I think they want to try and shake our psyche again," says Jerry Hauer, an ABC News consultant and former director of New York City's Office of Emergency Management. "And I think the easy types of attacks right now are car bombs, truck bombs." Law enforcement officials acknowledge such bombs are extremely difficult to prevent. As to the timing of any planned attack, sources say it could take place between now and Election Day in November. As the government tries to verify the reports of the threat, there are no plans to raise the national threat level, a senior Bush administration official tells ABC News. ABCNEWS' Pierre Thomas and Bob Jamieson contributed to this report. |
can you determin what the hot spots or corporations that are involved in the picture?
I that large building on the left Jacob Javitz? Empire state building is one.
Madison Square Garden sits directly above New York's Penn Station, a nexis of subway, commuter, and Amtrak trains. I just have thoughts of an Amtrak train with a WMD in the baggage. I presume and hope all train service under MSG will be suspended when Bush addresses the convention.
they said the trains were running during the convention....
Of course we can't racially profile. Who are the terrorists? Why Arab men with mustaches between the ages of 18 and 40. The Olympics, The cruise ship, The Marine barracks, The embassies in Africa, The first Trade Center bomb, The Cole, The Trade Center II Airplane assault, but don't profile.
Of course we can't racially profile. Who are the terrorists? Why Arab men with mustaches between the ages of 18 and 40. The Olympics, The cruise ship, The Marine barracks, The embassies in Africa, The first Trade Center bomb, The Cole, The Trade Center II Airplane assault, but don't profile.
And the Democrats will scream that Bush failed to protect us, that he should apologize to the country, bla, bla, bla...
Hard to drive trucks into Manhattan Island. Van or larger vehicles are subject to random searches. If suicide bomb trucks are used, the bombs have to be assembled inside of Manhattan and loaded on to the van/trucks shortly before the attack. That means the terrorists have to be inside Manhattan somewhere right now.
Javitz, Empire State Building, Penn Station, Times Square, United Nations from what I can tell. I wonder if the red buildings are car bomb targets and the other red flashes are individual suicide bomber targets.
I think that the United Nations should be shut down until we can GUARANTEE their safety. We don't want anything to happen to THEM so they should just GO HOME until further notice. DON'T CALL US, WE WILL CALL YOU!!!
If I were a terrorist, I would target New York if only because of it's symbolic importance but also in the hopes of killing as many Republican convention delegates as I could. Yes, New York in four weeks or no attack at all is my prediction.
General Links of Interest:
LINKS OF INTEREST
http://www.truthusa.com/LinksOfInterest.html
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA" (Updated)
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html
You'll see the tone was "someone in the know".
Kerry speaks in nuance.
This could be a very dangerous time --- and as much as the democrats are hoping that something happens to disrupt the Republican Convention and would celebrate over it --- it could make people realize the terrorists would love a Kerry-Edward win and begin to open their eyes.
terrorists would not tell you where they plan to hit. What is that thing?
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