Posted on 10/06/2005 6:22:53 PM PDT by FairOpinion
A recent U.S. military raid on a terrorist group's hideout south of Baghdad, Iraq, netted intelligence that prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to warn Thursday that the metropolis' sprawling subway system faced an explicit threat of terrorist attacks.
U.S intelligence and law enforcement officials in Washington, however, cautioned that the information that triggered Bloomberg's warning was shaky.
"The intelligence community believes that, although the information is specific, it is of doubtful credibility," said Russ Knocke, the spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.
Knocke said U.S. experts were continuing to evaluate the information but had passed it on to New York and New Jersey officials early on out of an "abundance of caution."
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This way we have a chance of preventing the attack.
What does Cindy Sheehan say about this?
She will say that there would have been no plot but for our presence in Iraq, because al Qaeda is only trying to end our occupation there.
The problem with that argument is that it doesn't explain the 1993 WTC and 9-11 attacks.
She endorsed it.
Check this story out.....do you think it has something to do with the Norman bombing? Did th jihadi stuff on Joel Jihad's computer lead the Feds/Army to the Iraqi info? Just a guess....
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