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To: msnimje

Update:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/nyregion/07alert.html?oref=login

The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the operation resulted in two people being taken into custody. They said a third was being sought.

Information about the threat, the officials said, came to light last weekend from an intelligence source who told federal authorities that the three men in Iraq had planned to meet with other operatives in New York. One official said the group would number roughly a dozen. Another official said the total was closer to 20 people involved.

The men planned to use strollers, briefcases and packages to hide a number of bombs that they planned to detonate on the subways. "It was a conspiracy involving more than a dozen people aimed at delivering a number of devices into the subway," one of the officials said.

One official said the information suggested an attack could happen as early as today; another pointed to the middle of the month.

The department will also increase the use of radiation detectors, and detectives from the department's Intelligence Division will check parking lots and garages in Manhattan and in other areas of the city.


862 posted on 10/06/2005 8:11:01 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123
One official said the information suggested an attack could happen as early as today; another pointed to the middle of the month.

Happy Ramadan!

864 posted on 10/06/2005 8:18:08 PM PDT by msnimje (If you suspect this post might need a sarcasm tag..... it does!)
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To: jimbo123

The least the Mayor could have done was put an immediate ban on strollers in the subways.

What mother wants to take a baby down in the subway anyway when there is what amounts to a RED alert?


868 posted on 10/06/2005 8:23:26 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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