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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342677/posts
Sources: NY Transportation Hub Likely Target of Terror Plot
CNN ^ | 9/18/09
Posted on September 18, 2009 4:12:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A terror plot that came to light this week following raids in New York may have been targeting a major transportation center, sources close to the investigation told CNN on Thursday.
There was planning and preparation for an attack, presumably in the New York area, where there would be a large number of people and where security screening is lax such as a large railroad or subway station, essentially where there is no airport-style screening, the sources said.
Authorities are taking the plot seriously, because, the sources said, they think it involves “real-deal terrorists” operating and planning an attack in America.
Because of that fear, an unprecedented level of resources is being devoted to the investigation, the sources said. That includes the placement of a hostage rescue team in New York for possible raids and the deployment of additional resources to the Denver area in Colorado, where another phase of the probe is taking place.
The federal terrorism probe emerged Monday with a series of raids in the New York borough of Queens.
A former counterterrorism official who has been briefed on the investigation said bomb instructions were found, but could not say where.
The former official said backpacks, computers and maps were found during the searches in New York, and field tests turned up positive for explosives. But initial tests often yield false positives, and the former official was unaware whether more definitive tests had been concluded.
The backpacks support a theory that an attack similar to the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, Spain, was being planned.
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Ya beat me to it... ;)
(but then, I couldn’t resist the temptation to editorialize... ;))
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“A dozen on constant watch including Najibullah Zazi in FBI’s terrorist probe”
by JAMES GORDON MEEK IN WASHINGTON, JUDITH CROSSON IN DENVER, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Friday, September 18th 2009, 4:00 AM
SNIPPET: “Zazi had taken video with his cell phone camera inside and outside Grand Central Station. But the video looked like a tourist tape, a law enforcement source said.”
SNIPPET: “While the interrogators focused on Zazi, authorities expanded their attention to include more potential suspects in a plot that raised concerns about the city’s subway system.
When the probe began this week, five Colorado men cited as members of the cell were under a round-the-clock watch.
By yesterday, police sources said, that number had risen to as many as 12. A half-dozen were reportedly in New York, where Zazi arrived for a visit last week.”