from the article . . .
” . . . The court heard how Altimimi was linked to terrorists in Holland and to Junade Ferouze, 31, from Blackburn, who was jailed last month for 22 years for his part in bomb plots led by Dhinen Barot, named as al Qaida’s “general” in the UK.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7913-2004Aug17.html
Britain Charges 8 In Alleged Terror Plot
Plan Targeted U.S. Financial Buildings
By John Mintz and Kamran Khan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, August 18, 2004; Page A01 (excerpt)
” . . . One of those charged was Dhiren Barot — known publicly until yesterday as Eisa Hindi — who is suspected of conducting surveillance of U.S. financial buildings that was detailed in computer files seized recently in Pakistan. The discovery of the computer documents led the U.S. government on Aug. 1 to raise the terrorism alert to orange, or “high risk,” for the financial sectors in Washington, New York and Newark.
Besides Barot, the names of most of the seven other men charged had not been disclosed publicly until yesterday. He and Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, 24; Abdul Aziz Jalil, 31; Omar Abdul Rehman, 20; Junade Feroze, 28; Zia Ul Haq, 25; Qaisar Shaffi, 25; and Nadeem Tarmohammed, 26, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit a public nuisance by using “radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals and/or explosives to cause disruption.” The charges said those crimes were committed between January 2000 and this month.”
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595081268,00.html
Deseret Morning News, Monday, August 02, 2004
Targeted companies labor to assure workers on security
By Justin Bachman
AP business (excerpt)
” . . .The 13 institutions are: Morgan Stanley Inc., the Nasdaq Stock Market, the American Stock Exchange, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., Wachovia Corp., American International Group Inc., Citigroup, MetLife Inc., JP Morgan Chase and Co., and the New York Stock Exchange.”
Do you think this is sincere?
A friend of mine, who should know, told me the ‘chatter’ now is as high as it was before the 9/11 attacks.
I wondered if you fine folks on this thread think so too?