2nd
July 2007
US
counter-terror authorities fear major campaign in
Europe, possibly even 9/11-scale mega-attack in America
presaged by failed London and Glasgow bombings.
Counter-terror
sources report that ten days ago, the US gave the Czech
government specific warning of large-scale al Qaeda
terrorist attacks in Prague, targeting government
buildings, the US embassy, American firms and Jewish and
Israel locations in the Czech capital. All American
missions and military facilities in Europe were placed
on alert.
France,
Germany, Italy, Denmark and Spain have also tightened
their anti-terror precautions.
Our
sources add that the London and Glasgow bombing attempts
took the Americans by surprise. They had expected the
jihadists to strike elsewhere in Europe.
US
homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff Monday
played down the threat by denying knowledge of any
specific warning in the United States. He said the
current alert level of yellow would not be raised for
now as it has been in the UK.
However,
al Qaeda’s coded messages on internal forums announcing
that preparations are now in place for attacks in the US
during this summer are appearing with greater frequency
than the traffic prior to the 2001 attacks in America
and the 2004 Madrid rail bombings.
Security
has been tightened at US airports and transport systems
ahead of the Fourth of July holiday and New York stepped
up security at airports, rail stations, tourist spots
and crowd centers after the botched attacks in Britain.
Chertoff
spoke of increasing concerns about “the movement of
Europeans, including people with European citizenship,
into areas of South Asia to get trained and get
experience and then coming back to carry out operations
in Europe or in the United States using Europe as a
departure point."
"This is
reminiscent of the warnings and intelligence we were
getting in the summer of 2001," one US official said.
Related links:
June 3rd 2007:
Is this Al Qaeda’s Final Warning?
http://www.crusade-media.com/news78.html
May 23rd
2007:
U.S. picks up 'chatter' suggesting new
attack
http://www.crusade-media.com/news72.html
April 23rd
2007:
Al-Qaeda plotting radioactive/nuclear
attack on West
http://www.crusade-media.com/news66.html
