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Allahpundit at Hot Air:
Report: NYC terror plot was/is on scale of 9/11
Not sure what that means — were the Madrid bombings, for instance, “on the scale of 9/11″? — but an awful lot of people in the know are scrambling. Combine this with that ominous Journal piece from last night and it sure sounds like someone’s worried about WMD, probably of the chemical variety given the FBI warnings to cops about foul odors and large window fans.
The Post IDs the Colorado suspect as an Afghan known as “Najibullah” and claims that he trained with Al Qaeda. Could be that AQ wants to put an Afghan stamp on the next attack to frame it as some sort of reprisal for the U.S. occupation, but that’s just me guessing. As for how he got away, it seems we jumped too soon:
Great work, imam. You’re a true patriot. No arrests so far, no bomb materials recovered. Where do they go from here?
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Report: NYC terror plot was/is on scale of 9/11
Allahpundit at Hot Air:
Report: NYC terror plot was/is on scale of 9/11
Not sure what that means — were the Madrid bombings, for instance, “on the scale of 9/11″? — but an awful lot of people in the know are scrambling. Combine this with that ominous Journal piece from last night and it sure sounds like someone’s worried about WMD, probably of the chemical variety given the FBI warnings to cops about foul odors and large window fans.
Hundreds of FBI agents are on the ground in Colorado, conducting
round-the-clock surveillance on five suspects - including a man who recently
visited Queens, sources told The News…
“The FBI is seriously spooked about these guys planning another 9/11,” a
former senior counterterrorism official told the News. “This is not some … FBI
informant-driven case. This is the real thing.”…
The 24-7 counterterror operation included Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act warrants used to intercept calls and e-mails, as well as overseas-linked
wiretaps to eavesdrop on Arabic and Pashto-speaking targets.
Sources said the investigation’s targets are Afghans - an unusual development.
Al Qaeda prefers Arabs and Pakistanis as there [sic] overseas operatives.
The Post IDs the Colorado suspect as an Afghan known as “Najibullah” and claims that he trained with Al Qaeda. Could be that AQ wants to put an Afghan stamp on the next attack to frame it as some sort of reprisal for the U.S. occupation, but that’s just me guessing. As for how he got away, it seems we jumped too soon:
The FBI, meanwhile, is furious with the NYPD for bungled intelligence
gathering that tipped off Najibullah that he was under surveillance, sources
said.
Federal agents working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force asked their NYPD
counterparts to discreetly gather intel on Najibullah.
Rather than slyly contact their list of sources and informants the NYPD
canvassed the suspect’s old Flushing neighborhood and flashed around his
picture.
Eventually the imam of the Masjid Hazrat Abu Bakr Islamic Center learned of
the investigation and contacted the man’s family to let them know that he was
subject of a law enforcement inquiry.
Great work, imam. You’re a true patriot. No arrests so far, no bomb materials recovered. Where do they go from here?
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The RCMP have arrested two people in connection with a homegrown terror plot to derail a New York-to-Toronto passenger train on the Canadian side of the border, CTV News has learned. The suspects, one in Montreal and one in Toronto, were arrested Monday...
-
NBC: Exclusive: Wall Street Execs On New Terror Threat Info By JONATHAN DIENST Security officials are warning the leaders of major Wall Street banks that al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen may be trying to plan attacks against those financial institutions or...
- New York City On High Alert For Islamic Bomb Attacks: Scouring Stadiums, Mass Transit, Hotels, Entertainment Complexes Update: "especially Troubling"
From Atlas Shrugs: Bomb sniffing dogs are out in force. New York City is in a low grade state of war readiness, though clearly on the defensive. Is this any way to fight a war?Law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they were...
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- Plot To Attack Sears Tower Thwarted
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