The more details that come out in this story, the curiouser and curiouser they get.
I wouldn't be surprised if the body in the car belongs to other than Katherine Smith at this point.
Can't have been these guys who did it. After all, we have been repeatedly informed that Islam is a very peaceful religion, and its practicioners are paragons of politically correct peacefulness.
Still, those guys have to have been more than a little upset at finding their Tennessee Driver's License photos on all those FBI Identification Orders....
The FBI issued an alert on Feb. 11, 2002 about a possible attack on the United States or against U.S. interests in Yemen as early as Feb. 12. The FBI said Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei, a Saudi-born Yemeni man, may be a possible ringleader. Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei is pictured in this undated FBI handout photo. (FBI via Reuters) - Feb 12 8:25 AM ET 
Twelve of the associates of terrorist suspect Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei, are seen in this combo of photos released by the FBI on Monday, Feb. 11, 2002. The FBI issued an extraordinary terrorist alert Monday night, asking law enforcement and the American public to be on the lookout for al-Rabeei, and several associates who might be plotting a terrorist attack as early as Tuesday, Feb. 12. From left top row: Ahmad al-Akhader Nasser Albidani, Alyan Muhammad Ali al-Wa'eli, Issam Ahmad Dibwan al-Makhlafi, Bassam Abdullah Bin Bushar al-Nahdi, Samir Abduh Sa'id al-Maktawi, Ammar Abadah Nasser al-Wa'eli. From left bottom row: Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh bin Otash, Shuhour Abdullah Mukbil al-Sabri, Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari, Omar Ahmad Omar al-Hubishi, Abdulrab Muhammad Muhammad Ali al-Sayfi, Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari. (AP Photo/FBI)
Attack Against U.S. Possible Tuesday, FBI Says
Mon Feb 11,11:27 PM ET
By JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A terror attack on the United States or against U.S. interests in Yemen is possible as early as Tuesday in a plot believed to be led by a Saudi-born Yemeni man, the FBI (news - web sites) said on Monday.
In the most specific alert about possible attacks that the FBI has issued since the Sept. 11 strikes on America, the bureau said evidence an attack may be imminent emerged from interrogations of prisoners captured in the Afghan war.
"Recent information indicates a planned attack may occur in the United States or against U.S. interests in the country of Yemen on or around February 12, 2002," the FBI said.
While mentioning the names and nationalities of the "extremely dangerous" suspects, the alert did not specify possible targets.
The FBI said one or more operatives may be involved in the strike and named a suspected ringleader Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei, identified as a Yemeni man who also has a number of aliases. The FBI did not immediately offer a physical description of him.
The alert listed more than a dozen aliases for al-Rabeei including "Furqan" and said he may be traveling on a Yemeni passport. It is not known whether he is in the United States or abroad, the statement said.
The fourth alert issued since the September attacks blamed on Saudi-born Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s al Qaeda network also named 16 possible associates of al-Rabeei, saying most of them were Yemeni nationals but a few may be Saudi or Tunisian.
The FBI alert did not specifically link the alleged plot to the al Qaeda guerrilla network.
The FBI said it sent its alert to law enforcement agencies around the United States and the world. "Law enforcement officers are requested to stop and detain these individuals and to contact the FBI for further guidance," the statement said.
The Bush administration, which launched a military campaign in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in response to the September attacks, has said it believes al Qaeda has "sleeper cells" in the United States.
U.S. law enforcement authorities have detained hundreds of people suspected to be linked to al Qaeda with the stated goal of disrupting possible planned attacks by a network that is believed to operate out of about 60 nations.
"SECOND-HAND INFORMATION"
A U.S. intelligence official, who requested anonymity, told Reuters, "A detainee passed second-hand information on about a possible threat to U.S. interests, but he was unclear whether it was in the United States or in Yemen."
The United States currently is holding 254 captives from the war in Afghanistan -- identified as being members of al Qaeda or the toppled Taliban regime -- at the U.S. Navy (news - web sites) Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The captives are being questioned by U.S. authorities.
U.S. interests have been targeted with destructive effect in recent years in Yemen, a poor Arab nation located at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula.
Two suicide bombers blew a hole in the side of the guided missile destroyer USS Cole (news - web sites) in 2000, during a port call in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 U.S. sailors.
The United States has called bin Laden a key suspect in the Cole bombing. Yemen in December began a hunt for suspected militants linked to bin Laden.
A Yemeni official told Reuters last week Yemen had sent a team of investigators to the United States to help interrogate Yemenis captured in Afghanistan. At that time, 17 Yemenis were reported to be among the captives being held at Guantanamo Bay.
On Feb. 6, CIA Director George Tenet told the Senate Intelligence Committee attacks on American targets could be launched by al Qaeda cells already in major cities in Europe and the Middle East, and the network could exploit connections to other groups in countries including Yemen.
The FBI has issued three previous terror alerts, on Dec. 3, Oct. 29 and Oct. 11. No previous FBI alert has specified the nationalities or names of suspects plotting possible attacks.
The FBI has been criticized for raising alarm by issuing warnings perceived not to be specific enough to help Americans or law enforcement officers actually be on alert.
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