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To: freeperfromnj

I think this story is important because it gives clues as to the types of attacks that may be in the pipeline.

AP Exclusive: Administration freed terror suspect despite evidence he planned 'martyr' attack

By JOHN SOLOMON
The Associated Press
6/3/04 1:28 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nabil al-Marabh, once imprisoned as the No. 27 man on the FBI's list of must-capture terror suspects, is free again.

He's free despite telling a Jordanian informant HE PLANNED TO DIE A MARTYR BY DRIVING A GASOLINE TRUCK INTO A NEW YORK CITY TUNNEL, TURNING IT SIDEWAYS, OPENING ITS FUEL VALVES AN DHAVING AN AL-QAIDA OPERATIVE SHOOT A FLARE TO IGNITE A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.

Free despite telling the FBI he had trained on rifles and rocket propelled grenades at militant camps in Afghanistan and after admitting he sent money to a former roommate convicted of trying to blow up a hotel in Jordan.

http://www.nj.com/breakingnews/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0404_BC_TerrorSuspectDeported&&news&tradecentercrash


1,752 posted on 06/03/2004 4:32:06 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj

Seems like they've been practicing that maneuver, doesn't it?


1,767 posted on 06/03/2004 5:54:27 AM PDT by Velveeta
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