http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020618-17361288.htm FBI searches L.A. coast for al Qaeda crew, cache By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Federal authorities have been searching for a merchant ship carrying a group of al Qaeda terrorists and a large cache of weapons that is believed to be headed for Los Angeles, The Washington Times has learned. The FBI has been investigating an intelligence report about the ship and a group of up to 40 al Qaeda terrorists on board for the past several weeks, but it has been unable to find the vessel or any similar plot, according to law enforcement and intelligence officials. An FBI official said investigators can not completely dismiss the threat, although they have "worked through this thing pretty well." "There's a much greatly reduced concern based on the investigation and the interviews," the official said. According to the officials, FBI agents in Los Angeles have been investigating the classified intelligence report since it was circulated within the U.S. government in late May. The intelligence report stated that a group of between 35 and 40 al Qaeda terrorists were heading for the United States to carry out a terrorist operation in Los Angeles. The men were aboard a Middle Eastern-flagged freighter that left a port in the Middle East in May. The plan called for the ship to unload the terrorists and their weapons near Santa Catalina Island, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. U.S. intelligence officials said the merchant ship was on its way from an unidentified port in the Middle East and was due to arrive sometime during the last week in May. The FBI questioned several suspects in the Los Angeles area last week in an effort to find out about the shipment. FBI spokesman Mike Kortan said, "At this point, the investigation has not been able to substantiate or otherwise support this information." The threat of a terrorist attack in Los Angeles comes amid numerous intelligence reports indicating that Islamic terrorists are planning more attacks on the United States. Intelligence officials have said there are heightened concerns in government about attacks against numerous targets, including commercial aircraft, shopping malls, oil production facilities and subways. A spokesman for al Qaeda stated in an interview published earlier this month that the terrorist group would strike the United States again. The spokesman, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, stated in an article published on an Islamic Web site that al Qaeda is working to "strike against the United States," the Dubai-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat reported. "What is in waiting for the Americans will not be inferior to what the United States has already gone through," the terrorist spokesman was quoted as saying. "Let America be prepared to fasten its seat belt because, thanks to God, we are going to surprise it in a place where it is not expecting." Abu Gharith has appeared in the past in television interviews with Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader blamed for the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that U.S. military operations against al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan "instigated a dispersion of these people." More than 60 nations are working with the United States to track down the terrorists and are "making life difficult for them," Mr. Rumsfeld said. "And that is a good thing," he said. "They would be doing more terrorist acts were that pressure not on them. They would be raising more money, recruiting more people and killing more innocent men, women and children
Yeah, go ahead guys. The Cryps and the other gangstas out there would take their guns and leave em beaten and bloody in SouthCentral!
I forgot to tell you. One week ago a note was slipped under my door at 2 a.m. warning me that the Al Qaeda have been rumored to be considering terrorist plots in my area that included blowing up apartment buildings... and to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. I live in NW Washington DC near the VPresident. Just thought I'd throw that in for an FYI.
do you live in a high rise apartment building? there was a 'terrorist alert' to be on the lookout for 'suspicious activity' in hi-rise apartments put out a while back...
Nope. In fact, there aren't any high rises in DC because no building is allowed to be taller than the Washington monument. So it's kinda strange. I'm not sure what the deal was with all of this.
There was a warning issued by the government to apartment buildings that the next terrorist attack could be against an apartment complex. Several apartments notified their tenants afterwards. I had a similar note afixed to my apartment complex a couple of months ago.
No way they work with Al-Qaeda. Considering Al-Qaeda wants to kill every American, they would know they were next.
Evil does tend to team up, but eventually they kill each other as they fight over the prize. That's the beauty of it. Evil stands a better chance when it stands alone and takes small pieces of the prize. It thrives that way. The irony being that it can never have the whole prize. Therein lies it's failure to ever succeed. Goodness is weak when it is alone, but as it comes together, it grows even stronger in achieving a goal for everyone. That is why evil can never win. It's not unlike John Nash's theory in Beautiful mind when you think about it. If everybody is fighting for one prize everbody loses. But if everybody is figthing for a little something for all, then everybody wins. That's the best outcome. And that's why evil can never win.
That sounds like something a "great philosopher" once said... Dark Helmet: "Now you see that evil will always triumph...because good is dumb."
where do you think Al-Qaeda recruited "Dirty Bomb" suspect Jose Padilla? right out of a Chicago prison, that's where! criminals, gangsters, etc. are easily influecable, since they have an anti- American sentiment about them.
