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FBI hunting for four men suspected of terrorist links
2003-09-05
Hat tip to LGF, which has the mugshots posted - thx Charles
The FBI is "on the lookout" for four people, including two Saudi nationals, a Moroccan and a Tunisian-born man carrying a Canadian passport, suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. "These individuals should be considered armed and dangerous," an FBI official told AFP Friday, without specifying whether the men were still in the United States. One of the four men, Adnan El Shukrijumah — who holds passports from Saudi Arabia, Canada, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago — s already known in US intelligence circles, where he is viewed as a threat to US national security. He is being sought on a material witness warrant in the US state of Virginia.
All those passports, and he’s NOT Pakistani?
Also being sought are Karim El Mejjati, a Moroccan-born man holding a French passport; Abderraouf Jdey, also considered a threat to US national security, who was born in Tunisia and holds a Canadian passport issued in Montreal; and Saudi national Zubayr Al-Rimi. According to an advisory issued by the Department of Homeland Security, al-Qaeda operatives are still developing plans to hijack airplanes for "aerial suicide attacks" against the United States.
Boxcutters won’t do it this time a**holes...if you get torn apart by soccer mom’s in midflight, do you still get your raisins?
But September 11th is coming up...
"We remain concerned about al-Qaeda’s continued efforts to plan multiple attacks against the US and US interests overseas," the department said. "A growing body of credible intelligence indicates al-Qaeda continues to develop plans for multiple attacks against targets in the US involving commercial aircraft, with some plans calling for hijacking airliners transiting near or flying over the continental United States — but not destined to land at US airports." It added that "operatives have been studying countries to determine which have the least stringent requirements for entry."
Y'mean like Canada? Or Mexico?
CNN television, citing an unnamed US intelligence official, indicated that terrorists could board planes in Canada for an attack on US soil.
Posted by:Frank G

#1  Has anyone noticed that none of these alerts have ever amounted to anything? In fact, no arrests have apparently ever resulted from these alerts. Is this a serious warning, or more FBI blather?
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2003-9-5 3:20:02 PM  

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