U.S. Uncovers Plans for More Attacks

AP ^ | 10/12/2003

[Mossad1967]

Some of the al-Qaida operatives whose activities led to a U.S. security warning last month have been captured, while others remain at large, U.S. counterterrorism authorities say.

"We have received a lot of good information from these detainees over the past several weeks and corroborated the fact there were active plans, ongoing, to conduct another attack in the United States," said William H. Parrish, a top intelligence official with the Homeland Security Department, during a recent interview with The Associated Press.

"This attack as they indicated was probably going to be multiple attacks, simultaneous," he said...

[elfman2]

"The thing that worries me is simultaneous attacks on churches during Sunday services throughout the country. Those are the most vulnerable places and would take little planning. Hope my fears are never realized."

Not very “spectacular”, to use an over used word. It’s easier to recruit people who are capable enough to operate away from their ideological social support and in a foreign country and still end their lives in a spectacular mission to bring down a world famous enemy land mark than to kill a few dozen people at worship.

[11B3]

Professional sporting events would be my greatest fear. For one thing, you've got a huge number of people in a small area. Secondly, by taking away the American's interest in attending sporting events would be a huge economic loss to many people.

"On any given Sunday......."