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Oh This is nice another 9/11 who are they
kidding!!!
The Mermaid xxxxx
www.albawaba.com
May
14, 2002
Is the 4th of July earmarked on Bin Laden
calendar?
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Islamic terrorists are planning an attack against
a U.S. nuclear power plant to coincide with the July 4 celebrations, U.S.
intelligence sources were quoted as saying by The Washington Times.
U.S. officials are taking the threat seriously, though they maintain it is
not necessarily wholly reliable, the newspaper added.
The
administration has already taken steps to tighten security at U.S. nuclear
power facilities, a White House spokesman said. "As the president said
earlier this year, we know that al Qaeda has been gathering information
and looking at nuclear facilities and other critical infrastructure as
potential targets," said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the Office of
Homeland Security. "Because of that, we have strengthened security at
those facilities."
The claims of a plot were gathered recently by
U.S. intelligence agencies. It coincides with other reports indicating
that two al Qaeda members are planning an attack inside the United States
using radioactive material in a conventional bomb.
According to
the newspaper, the nuclear plant threat indicated that an unidentified
Islamic group is planning to attack the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear
facility in Pennsylvania, or another nuclear facility in the state or
elsewhere in the Northeast.
The intelligence on the nuclear plant
targeting followed earlier intelligence obtained from Abu Zubaydah, 31,
who was wounded in a shootout with Pakistani police on March 28. He is
considered a key lieutenant of Osama bin Laden.
Abu Zubaydah told
his U.S. investigators that two of al Qaeda members were operating in a
secret cell within the United States and were planning an attack. He also
disclosed that an American and an African national were planning to
construct a radiological bomb for the attack.
Some doubt, however,
has been cast on the Abu Zubaydah claims. "He seems to be supplying some
good information to enhance his credibility," said one official familiar
with debriefing reports on the captured terrorist. "On the other hand, it
could be part of a larger deception effort."
American officials
told The Washington Post the attack on the nuclear plant was
initially scheduled for May 1, but later intelligence reports indicated
that the mission was set to be carried out July 4. "TMI was one of the
places named in the threat warnings," one official said. "The problem is
the date keeps changing."
U.S. sources disclosed that there have
been at least two instances in the past several weeks where Middle Eastern
nationals were spotted "casing" U.S. nuclear facilities. In one, an Arab
couple with a child was seen photographing a building housing regulators
of nuclear power plants. A second instance involved an outdoor gathering
of Arabs near a nuclear power facility.
There are 66 nuclear power
facilities in the United States, according to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. The TMI facility was the site of a serious nuclear accident in
1979. A malfunction in a water system used for steam generators caused a
meltdown within a reactor core, setting off the release of radioactive
gas. (Albawaba.com)
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