http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/07/nyregion/07tunnel.html?ex=115250400
0&en=77784dfacac57a31&ei=5087%0A
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"...Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a press conference today with New
York Assistant F.B.I. Director Mark J. Mershon, Superintendent Samuel
Plumeri Jr. of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and New
York City's police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly.
By JOHN O'NEIL
Published: July 7, 2006
A terrorist plot to set off explosives in the PATH railway tunnels
under the Hudson River in October or November was disrupted in its
planning stages, and several suspects in the plot have been
apprehended, law enforcement officials said today.
Related
Video: Statement by F.B.I. Official
Mark J. Mershon, the agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's New York office, said at a news conference this
afternoon that Lebanese officials had taken the plot's "mastermind"
into custody in Beirut and that he had confessed. Mr. Mershon said
that the Lebanese officials had identified the suspect as Assem
Hammoud, a 31-year-old Lebanese native, and reported that Mr. Hammoud
had sworn allegiance to Al Qaeda.Mr. Mershon said two of the other
eight people he described as "principal players" in the plot had been
taken into custody in other countries, although none had yet been
charged with any crimes. He said that an investigation was
continuing, involving six countries on three continents.
Also at the news conference were Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly of New York. Mr. Bloomberg said
the thwarted plot illustrated once again why the city deserves more
federal funds to counter terrorism.
"This is just another example, in a long line of them, as to why we
have to continue to keep our vigilance up, and why, with homeland
security funding, we can do that," he said. "The American government
should give out homeland security monies based on risk."
No one involved in the plot had set foot in the United States, Mr.
Mershon said. Mr. Kelly said no bomb materials had been acquired and
no reconnaissance had been conducted by the plotters.
But Mr. Mershon said the arrests overseas were made at a crucial
time. "The plot had matured to the point where the individuals were
about to go to a phase where they would attempt to surveil targets,
establish a regimen of attacks and acquisition of the resources
needed to effectuate the attacks," he said.
A statement issued jointly by the F.B.I. and the Department of
Homeland Security earlier today said that while "Al Qaeda continues
to have an interest in attacking the United States," there is "no
specific or credible information that Al Qaeda is planning an attack
on U.S. soil."......" (und so weiter, unbedingt weiter lesen..)
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID5693590_REF1,00.html
"....Der Plan, so Experten, sei gut durchdacht gewesen, was den
Anschlag auf die Beton-Tunnelröhre 13 Meter unter dem Hudson anging.
Die Idee ein Kathrina-Szenario in Dowtown anzurichten, sei allerdings
äußerst naiv, liegt Manhattan doch am Tunneleingang rund drei Meter
über Wasserniveau.....
....Doch während Politiker und Sicherheitsexperten den Florida-Fall
als aufgeblasen und die dortigen Verdächtigen als Angeber
einschätzen, gilt diese vorzeitig durch die Daily New enthüllte
Ermittlung als ernstzunehmender Erfolg der Sicherheitsbehörden, wenn
auch New Yorks Senator Schumer anmerkte: "Dies war ein Fall, wo
Geheimdienste am Ball waren, aber die Typen gehörten nicht zu den
Klügsten in der Terrorszene, machte ihr Plan doch keinen Sinn.".."
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,425642,00.html
"..."An der Geschichte ist eine Menge dran", sagte der Republikaner
Peter King, der auch Mitglied im Ausschuss für Heimatschutz des
US-Repräsentantenhauses ist. Mehr könne er zum dem Bericht nicht
sagen, erklärte er in CNN. "Aber ich kann bestätigen, dass es im
Moment ernstzunehmende Pläne gibt, Anschläge gegen das New Yorker
Verkehrssystem zu verüben.".."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/07/tunnel.plot/index.html?section=cnn_u
s
".....Mershon said the plan was "what we believe was the real deal,"
a scheme involving al Qaeda members on three continents.Mershon said
none of the suspects has been to the United States. The investigation
remains classified, he said. (Watch the FBI's Mershon reveal what
links the plot had to bin Laden -- 3:29)
"They were about to go to a phase where they would attempt to surveil
targets, establish a regimen of attack and acquire the resources
necessary to effectuate the attacks," Mershon said. "At that point I
think it's entirely appropriate to take it down."Mershon said six
countries participated in the investigation. He would not say which
countries, but sources said they include Canada, Pakistan and Iraq.
UNd so WeITER und SO WeiTER:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=opera&rls=en&q=+tunnel+
plot+&btnG=Search
UND WAS SCHREIBT ALTER(WIE VERÄNDERN) NET ZU DIESEM THEMA???
http://www.alternet.org/story/38700/
"....NYC Tunnel Plot: Just Online Chatter, Sources Say
By Larisa Alexandrovna, Raw Story. Posted July 8, 2006.
Two CIA officials and a former field intelligence officer confirm
that an alleged plot to bomb the Holland Tunnel was nothing more than
some online rantings. One former intelligence field officer says, and
two other CIA officials confirm, that the alleged plot by Muslim
extremists to bomb the Holland Tunnel in New York City was nothing
more than chatter by unaffiliated individuals with no financing or
training in an open forum already monitored extensively by the United
States Government, Raw Story has learned.
"The so-called New York tunnel plot was a result of discussions held
on an open Jihadi web site," said Philip Giraldi, a former CIA
officer and contributor to American Conservative magazine, in a late
Friday afternoon conversation. Although Giraldi acknowledges that the
persons involved -- "three of whom have already been arrested in
Lebanon and elsewhere -- are indeed extremists," their online chatter
is considerably overblown by allegations of an actual plot.
"They are not professionally trained terrorists, however, and had no
resources with which to carry out the operation they discussed,"
Giraldi added. "Despite press reports that they had asked Abu Musab
Zarqawi for assistance, there is no information to confirm that. It
is known that the members discussed the possibility of approaching
Zarqawi but none of them knew him or had any access to him."
Two other intelligence officials with experience in the field on
extremist operations concurred -- and expressed concern that what
could have been an operation to eventually track known extremists
(should they eventually make actual contact with funds and training,)
seems to have been exposed for political gain.
Some see this latest "ploy" as a direct challenge to a New York Times
report earlier this week of the disbandment of Alec Station, the CIA
unit responsible for tracking Osama bin Laden since before the
September 11, 2001 attacks. Moreover, the article contends that
officials say the unit was "disbanded late last year and its analysts
reassigned within the C.I.A. Counterterrorist Center.".....
The alleged bomb plot, sources suggest, may have been to alleviate
Bush administration concerns that the Alec Station story would make
them appear to be "weak on terror." It is not clear this early on,
however, how much of a real and immediate threat the bomb plot may
have been..."
In diesem Sinne....."AlQuadia attacks" ÄCK ÄCK ÄCK !!!!!
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"...Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a press conference today with New
York Assistant F.B.I. Director Mark J. Mershon, Superintendent Samuel
Plumeri Jr. of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and New
York City's police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly.
By JOHN O'NEIL
Published: July 7, 2006
A terrorist plot to set off explosives in the PATH railway tunnels
under the Hudson River in October or November was disrupted in its
planning stages, and several suspects in the plot have been
apprehended, law enforcement officials said today.
Related
Video: Statement by F.B.I. Official
Mark J. Mershon, the agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's New York office, said at a news conference this
afternoon that Lebanese officials had taken the plot's "mastermind"
into custody in Beirut and that he had confessed. Mr. Mershon said
that the Lebanese officials had identified the suspect as Assem
Hammoud, a 31-year-old Lebanese native, and reported that Mr. Hammoud
had sworn allegiance to Al Qaeda.Mr. Mershon said two of the other
eight people he described as "principal players" in the plot had been
taken into custody in other countries, although none had yet been
charged with any crimes. He said that an investigation was
continuing, involving six countries on three continents.
Also at the news conference were Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly of New York. Mr. Bloomberg said
the thwarted plot illustrated once again why the city deserves more
federal funds to counter terrorism.
"This is just another example, in a long line of them, as to why we
have to continue to keep our vigilance up, and why, with homeland
security funding, we can do that," he said. "The American government
should give out homeland security monies based on risk."
No one involved in the plot had set foot in the United States, Mr.
Mershon said. Mr. Kelly said no bomb materials had been acquired and
no reconnaissance had been conducted by the plotters.
But Mr. Mershon said the arrests overseas were made at a crucial
time. "The plot had matured to the point where the individuals were
about to go to a phase where they would attempt to surveil targets,
establish a regimen of attacks and acquisition of the resources
needed to effectuate the attacks," he said.
A statement issued jointly by the F.B.I. and the Department of
Homeland Security earlier today said that while "Al Qaeda continues
to have an interest in attacking the United States," there is "no
specific or credible information that Al Qaeda is planning an attack
on U.S. soil."......" (und so weiter, unbedingt weiter lesen..)
http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID5693590_REF1,00.html
"....Der Plan, so Experten, sei gut durchdacht gewesen, was den
Anschlag auf die Beton-Tunnelröhre 13 Meter unter dem Hudson anging.
Die Idee ein Kathrina-Szenario in Dowtown anzurichten, sei allerdings
äußerst naiv, liegt Manhattan doch am Tunneleingang rund drei Meter
über Wasserniveau.....
....Doch während Politiker und Sicherheitsexperten den Florida-Fall
als aufgeblasen und die dortigen Verdächtigen als Angeber
einschätzen, gilt diese vorzeitig durch die Daily New enthüllte
Ermittlung als ernstzunehmender Erfolg der Sicherheitsbehörden, wenn
auch New Yorks Senator Schumer anmerkte: "Dies war ein Fall, wo
Geheimdienste am Ball waren, aber die Typen gehörten nicht zu den
Klügsten in der Terrorszene, machte ihr Plan doch keinen Sinn.".."
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,425642,00.html
"..."An der Geschichte ist eine Menge dran", sagte der Republikaner
Peter King, der auch Mitglied im Ausschuss für Heimatschutz des
US-Repräsentantenhauses ist. Mehr könne er zum dem Bericht nicht
sagen, erklärte er in CNN. "Aber ich kann bestätigen, dass es im
Moment ernstzunehmende Pläne gibt, Anschläge gegen das New Yorker
Verkehrssystem zu verüben.".."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/07/tunnel.plot/index.html?section=cnn_u
s
".....Mershon said the plan was "what we believe was the real deal,"
a scheme involving al Qaeda members on three continents.Mershon said
none of the suspects has been to the United States. The investigation
remains classified, he said. (Watch the FBI's Mershon reveal what
links the plot had to bin Laden -- 3:29)
"They were about to go to a phase where they would attempt to surveil
targets, establish a regimen of attack and acquire the resources
necessary to effectuate the attacks," Mershon said. "At that point I
think it's entirely appropriate to take it down."Mershon said six
countries participated in the investigation. He would not say which
countries, but sources said they include Canada, Pakistan and Iraq.
UNd so WeITER und SO WeiTER:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=opera&rls=en&q=+tunnel+
plot+&btnG=Search
UND WAS SCHREIBT ALTER(WIE VERÄNDERN) NET ZU DIESEM THEMA???
http://www.alternet.org/story/38700/
"....NYC Tunnel Plot: Just Online Chatter, Sources Say
By Larisa Alexandrovna, Raw Story. Posted July 8, 2006.
Two CIA officials and a former field intelligence officer confirm
that an alleged plot to bomb the Holland Tunnel was nothing more than
some online rantings. One former intelligence field officer says, and
two other CIA officials confirm, that the alleged plot by Muslim
extremists to bomb the Holland Tunnel in New York City was nothing
more than chatter by unaffiliated individuals with no financing or
training in an open forum already monitored extensively by the United
States Government, Raw Story has learned.
"The so-called New York tunnel plot was a result of discussions held
on an open Jihadi web site," said Philip Giraldi, a former CIA
officer and contributor to American Conservative magazine, in a late
Friday afternoon conversation. Although Giraldi acknowledges that the
persons involved -- "three of whom have already been arrested in
Lebanon and elsewhere -- are indeed extremists," their online chatter
is considerably overblown by allegations of an actual plot.
"They are not professionally trained terrorists, however, and had no
resources with which to carry out the operation they discussed,"
Giraldi added. "Despite press reports that they had asked Abu Musab
Zarqawi for assistance, there is no information to confirm that. It
is known that the members discussed the possibility of approaching
Zarqawi but none of them knew him or had any access to him."
Two other intelligence officials with experience in the field on
extremist operations concurred -- and expressed concern that what
could have been an operation to eventually track known extremists
(should they eventually make actual contact with funds and training,)
seems to have been exposed for political gain.
Some see this latest "ploy" as a direct challenge to a New York Times
report earlier this week of the disbandment of Alec Station, the CIA
unit responsible for tracking Osama bin Laden since before the
September 11, 2001 attacks. Moreover, the article contends that
officials say the unit was "disbanded late last year and its analysts
reassigned within the C.I.A. Counterterrorist Center.".....
The alleged bomb plot, sources suggest, may have been to alleviate
Bush administration concerns that the Alec Station story would make
them appear to be "weak on terror." It is not clear this early on,
however, how much of a real and immediate threat the bomb plot may
have been..."
In diesem Sinne....."AlQuadia attacks" ÄCK ÄCK ÄCK !!!!!