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Threats Claim Nuclear Bombs Hidden All Over U.S.
CBS Chicago ^ | March 30, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 03/30/2011 6:22:44 AM PDT by library user

CHICAGO (CBS 2) – The threats came in the mail and to date, there have been 25 letters that warn of nuclear bombs destroying America.

People who got them called the FBI and CBS 2′s Kristyn Hartman learned, the Bureau’s Chicago office is leading the investigation.

FBI Special Agent Andre Zavala said, “Yes, they alarmed a lot of people.”

Attorney Tracy Rizzo was alarmed. A number of days ago, an envelope, with a Chicago postmark and a hand-written address to her private investigations firm, came in the mail.

The letter inside said, “The Al-Qaeda organization has planted 160 nuclear bombs throughout the U.S. in schools, stadiums, churches, stores, financial institutions and government buildings.” It also said, “This is a suicide mission for us.”

The writer, who claims to be Osama Bin Laden, tells the reader the nukes are remotely controlled. “It was clear the writer wanted to scare me,” said Rizzo, “Yes, it frightened me.” Rizzo was one of eight people in the Chicago area to contact the FBI.

Agencies in Oregon, California, Texas and Florida also got the letter with the Chicago postmark.

“There are items in the letter that lead us to believe it is a hoax,” said Zavala. “There are several demands documented that aren’t fully coherent.”

He said much of what’s in the message doesn’t add up, but in a post 9-11 world, the FBI can’t let it go – even if it does appear to be a hoax.

“The FBI investigates every element. We can’t take that chance,” said Zavala.

So, why the threats?

The writer alluded to how families in Afghanistan have to live. The FBI said it will find that writer, and when it does, he could face 5 to 10 years in prison for each letter mailed. Anyone who’s received a similar letter should call the FBI.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; US: California; US: Illinois; US: Oregon; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedanukes; andrezavala; bhonukes; binladen; bombs; crushislam; globaljihad; islam; jihadinamerica; killislam; nuclear; nuclearbombs; obl; tracyrizzo
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To: Hotlanta Mike

How do we know they don’t have nukes? Because Israel hasn’t been hit, the second they get their evil paws on one they will use it within 10 minutes.


61 posted on 03/30/2011 7:09:03 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Col Frank Slade

Bin Laden was criticized by Muslim religious leaders for NOT giving a warning before 9/11. They said he should give infidels a chance to convert before killing them.


62 posted on 03/30/2011 7:09:37 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Lazamataz
Enjoy! Lennie James does an amazing job. I had never seen him until Jericho, and didn't even know that he was British until I saw him on a BBC America commercial during the time period that show was still on network TV.
63 posted on 03/30/2011 7:09:37 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: library user

What kind of Nukes?


64 posted on 03/30/2011 7:10:30 AM PDT by crz
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To: library user

i would maybe worry if they had said there was one or two bombs. But 160 is just ludicrous. Although maybe certain govt officials havent been destroying arms like they were supposed to be and planning their own little 9/11.


65 posted on 03/30/2011 7:11:11 AM PDT by eak3
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To: library user

160?? Get outa here. And Osama is dead since 2005. Obama is very actice, though, and Chicago is his stomping ground :)).


66 posted on 03/30/2011 7:12:05 AM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: library user
FBI ought to take a look at Northern Baltimore County just above 695 ... it's loaded with newly arrived Muslims.

A friend in Virginia states the same situation in the D.C. suburbs.

Why are these people here? They've arrived after 9/11.

67 posted on 03/30/2011 7:14:01 AM PDT by xtinct (The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
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To: Straight Vermonter
You're right, in the past he gives warnings that are non-specific as to time and place.

Something like sending letters all over the place isn't AQ’s style, so I still say it's a hoax.

Lot's of crazies out there .....

68 posted on 03/30/2011 7:14:09 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Lazamataz

‘Jericho’ was one of the only shows I would tune in for every week...outstanding! Of course; it got canceled.


69 posted on 03/30/2011 7:14:54 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: CPOSharky
Dirty bombs?

Dirty muslims.

70 posted on 03/30/2011 7:15:54 AM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: library user
There have been stories of Russian suitcase bombs in the USA. These devices were outdated and probably poorly maintain and for sure can not be maintained by a Carmel jockey!
71 posted on 03/30/2011 7:15:54 AM PDT by mountainlion (America land of the free because of the Brave.)
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To: library user
Could be we already have ‘one’ in the big Cau-casian Hac-ienda.
72 posted on 03/30/2011 7:16:05 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
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To: library user

If they said they had a couple of dirty bombs hidden, I’d be worried. But this sounds absurd. There’s no way they could get their hands on 160 “nuclear bombs.”


73 posted on 03/30/2011 7:18:18 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Col Frank Slade

Agreed.


74 posted on 03/30/2011 7:18:26 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: PATRIOT1876
TOP THREE INCOHERENT SUSPECTS:

Oh, I don't know. Have you seen anything written by Obama, not using a teleprompter or Bill Ayers?

75 posted on 03/30/2011 7:18:26 AM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: Triple

If they’re writing letters they either don’t have the bombs (dirty or fission) or can’t operate them (little different from not having them).

The only thing that worries anyone about threatening screeds is that someone is unhinged enough to write a threatening screed and should probably be removed from society.

160? 16? Heck, 6? Whatcha waitin’ fer, guys? CNN needs something to hyperventilate about! Talk is cheap. Detonating a dirty bomb would make history; threatening to makes the dustbin of history. They know this; that’s why I don’t believe the letters.


76 posted on 03/30/2011 7:18:38 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Great children's books - http://www.UsborneBooksGA.com)
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To: library user

Al Qaeda has planted exactly ZERO nuclear bombs in America.
Somebody phone it in.


77 posted on 03/30/2011 7:21:29 AM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: library user

No one will detonate nuclear bombs while a Democrat controls the country. They are all on the same side.

They will wait for their true enemy to come to power.


78 posted on 03/30/2011 7:22:24 AM PDT by Soothesayer (smallpox is not a person)
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To: edpc
Were they sent by a Jennings & Rall employee?

I miss "Jericho"!

79 posted on 03/30/2011 7:24:50 AM PDT by CarolinaGOP ("Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: KJC1

“State of the Union”?


80 posted on 03/30/2011 7:25:00 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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