The Drudge Report is reporting that a captured Al-Qaeda leader has told his captors of a 4th of July plan to attack nuclear power plants in the U.S. no link is provided yet, but Drudge is updating his page with information.
That's not the type of fireworks I'm looking for. If there is some truth to this rumor, I just hope that everyone is aware this time.
I still can't believe they let the National Guard leave from the airports. Now HPD is handling security out there. os
Dave2000, ME TOO! Damn...and I was actually supposed to be in NYC and in the WTC Building the Thursday before September 11th. I'd rather not try to play with fire twice. Damn....!
The administration is confirming that they are taking the threat quite seriously....apparently they'll have a news conference today to answer some limited questions on it.
I'm not anti Islam but if they do this. . . .then it will be very hard for people to convince me to not blow their countries into the dark ages. I know u say innocent folx and all . .. but d*mmit enough is enough. Rocket River
River, Exactly. The only thing that stopped the Japanese in WW2 from Suicide attacks was a massive show of force by using the A-bomb. I would hate to think that humanity would need to see that again in order to get the message. DaDakota
I can't help but believe there's some nut in the Middle East saying the same thing about America : "The only way we can make them understand is by using a massive show of force like attacking a nuclear power plant."
update U.S. won't dismiss possible July 4 plot May 13, 2002 Posted: 9:56 PM EDT (0156 GMT) From David Ensor CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Islamic terrorists may be plotting an attack on a nuclear power plant around July 4, according to information passed to the United States by a foreign intelligence service. While officials stressed the information may not be reliable, they said they're not dismissing it either. The intelligence report led to the posting of a recent alert to U.S. nuclear power plants and FBI counterterrorism units to be watchful for people who might be photographing or doing surveillance of key facilities. The information comes from an unnamed foreign intelligence service that has not always been accurate in the past, an official said. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declined Monday to say how much credibility he places in the report. "I don't discuss intelligence, to confirm it or to deny it," he told reporters. U.S. officials earlier confirmed that Abu Zubaydah, the senior al Qaeda prisoner, has told American interrogators at least two al Qaeda operatives in the United States were planning to build a radiological bomb -- a conventional bomb laced with radioactive material to heighten panic. Zubaydah suggested the material would be obtained in the United States. Officials say this latest report about a July 4 threat to a nuclear power plant did not come from him. The existence of the July 4 threat information was first reported by The Washington Times, which said an unidentified Islamic terrorist group was planning to attack Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Pennsylvania or another one in the United States. U.S. officials say no particular facility is named in the threat information from the foreign intelligence service.
Just like spiderman ironically, the circle just keeps on going. The more good you do the more evil you create.
Calling the "Middle-East" and "Arab-Israeli" problem an Islamic problem is ignoring the fact that Arabs make up less than 15% of the Global Muslim Population. The Terrorists in the 9/11 attack, the Al-Queda Group, the Foundation of the Taliban and the Iraqi's are all ARAB states. This battle is more cultural rather than religious, it just makes it more feasible for many to manipulate religion to control the masses, sounds familiar, huh? Even within the Arab world, it is very Christian as well. Close to 20% of Palestinians are Christians. Characterizing the terror as Islamic rather than ethnic is not portraying the truth in this struggle. Islam is the only other religion in the world that Believes in Jesus Christ, and to push the agenda of destroying them is ignorance.
