subways on alert

kyw news website Philadelphia ^ | 6/7/02 | kyw news

[zigsmilitary]

KYW) (Philadelphia) Jun 7, 2002 5:05 pm US/Eastern In an Eyewitness News exclusive, KYW has obtained an FBI terror alert on Friday, warning of a potential nerve gas attack against American subway systems.

On Thursday, the FBI issued the alert to state and local law enforcement officials – its an internal warning to cops around the nation, cautioning that al-Qaida supporters in the United States may use nerve gas to poison subway systems in New York, Washington D.C. and other major cities before or during the fourth of July.

The alert states that "this activity is allegedly intended to bring America to its knees on its Independence Day."

The only successful nerve gas attack against a subway system took place in March, 1995 in Japan, when members of a cult released Sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway, killing 12 and injuring over 5,000 people.

SEPTA spokesman Richard Maloney told Eyewitness News that the agency was notified Thursday of this unspecified threat and that the public transit agency is responding appropriately.

Earlier on Friday, we rode the Market-Frankford Line but found no evidence of increased security.

Maloney says there is extra security in place that riders won't see. "I think we have plenty of security, considering the level of threat we have. You see some law enforcement - some law enforcement you don't see," Maloney told KYW Anchor Robin Rieger.

Some SEPTA riders we talked to reacted by saying they were scared and that the public has a right to know about these threats.

While SEPTA was willing to talk to Eyewitness News, the Philadelphia Police and the FBI had no comment on the terror alert and they wouldn't explain to us why the warning hasn't been shared with the public.

[Rightwing Canuck]

This is scary stuff. There was aparently a plot to do the same to the metro up here a year or two ago. Very troubling for those of us who use public transportation regularly.

[dighton]

Man Charged With Storing Deadly Cyanide in Chicago Subway System

[RaceBannon]

no comment

[TomGuy]

"this activity is allegedly intended to bring America to its knees on its Independence Day."

That would be the worst move al-Qaeda could ever make, trying anything on Independence Day. That would be just dumb. Talk about the wrath of the sleeping giant.

[doug from upland]

No comment back at you.

[TomGuy]

Man Charged With Storing Deadly Cyanide in Chicago Subway System

Yes, and something like 1300 pounds from that cyanide theft in Mexico last month is still missing. Good thing our borders are protected, right? (sarcasm).

[doug from upland]

Let's all be on the lookout for elderly women walking with canes, albino dwarfs, and Boy Scouts.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

No, no, no, Islam is a religion of peace. I live not too far away from the Iaslamist sub-station in Tampa, but there are no subways in Florida. My town hardly has bus service. Good luck to you urbanites. But, whatever you do, DO NOT do ethnic profiling. Might annoy the Arabs, you know.

[anniegetyourgun]

Headlining Drudge now....

[anniegetyourgun]

I thought they caught that Chicago guy - and ELF/eco-whacko type?

[Wolfstar]

Scary stuff, indeed. The dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks congress-critters back in DC can point fingers all they want (and try pointing a few at themselves while they're at it), but the stark fact is that another attack is a virtual certainty. Doesn't mean we avoid doing everything humanly possible to prevent it. Just that these radical Islamist terrorists use a form of guerrilla warfare that is extremely difficult to defend against. They pick the day, time, the means, and the target. They mix in unobstrusively with the civilian population until they act. And their target is the civilian population itself. If it were easy to stop, there would be no more suicide bombings in Israel.

[dighton]

Here's what google turns up for Joseph Konopka. (Alas, many links have expired). He was indicted in May on thirteen Federal counts. More legal trouble is on the way.

I don't expect he'll get much sun anytime soon.

[Savage Beast]

"this activity is allegedly intended to bring America to its knees"

A bunch of queer towel-heads!??! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hahahahaha! Oh stop! Hahahahahahaha! My side hurts. Hahahahahahahahaha. These guys are a hoot! Talk about delusions of grandeur!

"Muslims should continue to be afraid, very afraid of the consequences of any further crap the world has to take from them."

amstaff1

[aristeides]

They seem not to have learned from our reaction to 9/11 that this kind of stuff does not advance their cause.

[PPHSFL]

Just the thing I need to hear about before I go to DC for Independence Day.

[Savage Beast]

"They seem not to have learned from our reaction to 9/11 that this kind of stuff does not advance their cause."

Right. They seem not to have learned anything during the past 1,000 years. What a bunch of loosers. Unable to learn. Unable to accomplish anything. Unable to inspire anything but ridicule--all over the world. These towel-heads are a joke.

[TLBSHOW]

just like islam is false and not even a religion but a cult

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

They seem not to have learned from our reaction to 9/11 that this kind of stuff does not advance their cause.

Their cause is to kill Americans. They've done so multiple times. If they kill one more American on our soil, they've advanced that cause. Their 'ideology' is a mask for their bloodlust. Just like Scientology front groups are masks for Scientology recruitment.

[Concentrate]

Besides, NYC is ripe for another attack, as PC is back again in full force. Gone are most of the flags in shops and on hats, etc. When I wear my flag-hat on the subway, or on the street, the white likely New York Times readers look at me with distain. I don't know why I stay here. NYC Commies just can't open their minds.