The planning for the attacks to follow involves "multiple targets in multiple venues" across the United States, one official said.
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* U.S. intelligence officials said they think that several al Qaeda terrorists already in the United States are part of the plot, although their identities and locations are not known.
* "The goal of the next attack is twofold: to damage the U.S. economy and to undermine the U.S. election," the official said. "The view of al Qaeda is 'anybody but Bush.' "
* The officials also said the terrorist group has begun using female members for preattack surveillance and possibly as suicide bombers, thinking that women will have an easier time getting past security checkpoints at airports, borders and ports.
* The al Qaeda attack plans call for bombings using trucks and cars, and hijacked aircraft, including commercial airliners and helicopters.
* "There is a particular concern that chemical trucks will be used," one official said.
* Regarding the new bin Laden message, the officials said there are intelligence reports, some of them sketchy, that a new tape from the al Qaeda leader will surface soon.
* In the past, video and audio messages by bin Laden or his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, were broadcast days or weeks before an attack, the officials said.
* "The message likely will be the signal for the attack to be launched," one official said.
* A second U.S. official said one intelligence agency was aware of unconfirmed reports of a new bin Laden tape.
"There may be such a tape, but it hasn't surfaced and we haven't seen it," this official said
* Frances Townsend, a White House homeland-security adviser, said Sunday that the government has received a steady "stream" of intelligence indicating that an al Qaeda attack is planned.
All indicators were the attack would occur before the elections, and the clock is ticking away -- not much time left if indeed that information is true. It's been too quiet for too long. The bigger questions are where, when, and what? the who and why won't be known until they are caught or kill themselves. Please use caution everyone and be safe as you can wherever you are! If ever there was a time for concern for your personal safety, this is it!