I can't remember if I saw this posted but it's only a part of an Oct. 31st NYT article:
"The Terrorist Threat Integration Center, a joint FBI-CIA intelligence-gathering organization, has drawn up possible attack scenarios for officials to look out for — based on information gathered from communication intercepts and interviews with al Qaeda detainees.
The most extreme of those scenarios includes a multi-pronged biological- and chemical-weapons attack; more airline hijackings; assaults on financial institutions with the use of car and truck bombs and an attack similar to the Madrid subway bombing in march.
Many believe that the ringleader of any possible attack is Adnan Shukriagumah, a 28-year-old Saudi-born Guyanese man who grew up in South Florida.
A $5 million reward has been offered for Shukriagumah, who has bomb- making skills, is trained to fly commercial jets and has been linked to Sept. 11 ringleader, Mohamed Atta.
Intelligence reports say Shukriagumah has hooked up with the El Salvadorian street gang, MS-13, which is known to be very adept at smuggling drugs and people into the United States."
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/33063.htm
Heads up from our friend Jill St. Claire. From her site:
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11/1/04
The Missing 13 Minutes......
One of the main reasons that I started this site was to try to keep us all informed of the terrorist threats that are currently putting the United States citizens at risk of an act of terrorism in our homeland.
As we all know by now, through the media, and various US Federal Commission, Congressional, or Committee reports, intelligence was known by federal agencies BEFORE September 11th, 2001 of an imminent terrorist attack, but Jane and Joe citizen was kept in the dark.
I am deeply concerned that the same type of silence by US officials is happening again.....I could be wrong, but all reports that I received about Osama bin Laden's tape, indicated that there was pre-election threat made on it...BUT, all copies of the censored 5 minute translation that I have seen, do not show that at all.
That 18 minute tape was dubbed 'A message To The American People', yet America was only allowed to see / hear approximately 5 minutes of it! What happened to the other 13 minutes? And why were attempts made to try to have Al Jazeera not air the tape at all????
Well folks, I don't have the answer to those questions, but I do feel we all have a right to know what was said in the missing 13 minutes. Even the jihadi's are wondering what happened to them.
I will be posting an analysis later today that will show you the threats that have been made in the past three years, and why November 2, 2004 is a potential date for a terrorist attack IN the United States.
I urge all of you to check back later in the day to read my analysis!
http://www.homelandsecurityus.net/
A little off topic but there's a tiny interview with OBL's half brother:
Updated: 06:48 AM EST
10 Questions for Yeslam bin Ladin
Osama's Brother Talks About His New Perfume, Osama and Life
By SCOTT MACLEOD, TIME
(Oct. 31) -- The bin Laden name has become infamous, but one family member is trying to give it a different odor. Osama's older half brother (they share the same father) has just put his name on a new perfume, a jasmine-heavy scent dubbed Yeslam. Bin Ladin (his spelling), a resident of Geneva who has dual Swiss-Saudi citizenship, spoke with TIME's Scott MacLeod in Paris.
Aren't people going to say, "Come on, a perfume from Osama's brother"? I'm not only a bin Laden. I am Yeslam bin Ladin. I have my own identity. It is my perfume, my creation. I was about to do it several years ago, but then I had to stop because of the events of Sept. 11. I expect people out of curiosity will try it, and they will find the smell out of this world.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OSAMA's LATEST VIDEOTAPE?
It was upsetting.
It's the violence. It wasn't a surprise to know that he was still alive. I always thought that if he was killed, everybody would know it. It seems that he might have seen the Michael Moore movie Fahrenheit 9/11.
WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING A BIN LADEN AFTER 9/11?
Very difficult. I had to defend myself. The Attorney General of Switzerland decided to come one day uninvited. He took away cartons and cartons of documents. I understand that after Sept. 11 there was lots of suspicion and that everybody wanted to check everything. The investigation has finished, the file has been closed, and nothing was ever found.
IS IT HARD TO MAKE PLANE OR RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS?
Luckily, when you go out in public, nobody knows who you are. You walk the street like everybody. I've heard comments when I make reservations. If I am going to have lunch with somebody, the reservations would be in his name.
IS OSAMA STILL CONSIDERED PART OF THE FAMILY?
I think every person is responsible for his acts. If somebody has done something that is illegal, nobody on earth will help him or stand by him. The family will not be responsible for the acts of one of its members.
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP?
He was more religious than the rest of us.
He was one of the very few who did not leave Saudi Arabia to study. I don't know him very well. I think I saw him before he left [for Afghanistan in the 1980s], and I haven't seen him since. The only memory is that he didn't want music on in the house. He wanted it off. It wasn't "ethical." I thought that was weird.
ANY BROTHERLY FEELINGS?
It has become a name in a newspaper. The story has become ink on paper.
WHAT ABOUT MICHAEL MOORE'S COMPLAINT—THAT LOTS OF BIN LADENS FLED THE U.S. AFTER 9/11 WITHOUT BEING QUESTIONED PROPERLY BY THE FBI?
They did not feel welcome anymore in the U.S. at that time. I want you to put yourself in their shoes. Many senior members of the family were interviewed by the U.S. authorities prior to 9/11. [Those authorities] knew everything about the family before. I have been interviewed by the U.S. authorities.
DO ANY BIN LADENS STILL SUPPORT OR SYMPATHIZE WITH OSAMA?
I don't think so. What he has done hurts the family. Financially, if somebody wants to work with you, they think twice. I have been investigated for the past three years because of that. Should ever anybody help him, that person will be responsible for his actions.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE 9/11 ATTACKS?
Innocent life is sacred.
I was shocked. My mother that evening fell ill with the news.
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20041031120709990008