news bulletin for ny & nj FBI DISRUPTS NEWYORK TRANSPORTATION PLOT TO BLOW UP TUNNELS IN NEWYORK AND NEW JERSEY... SICKENING HUH?:mad: :mad: :mad: |
:eek: i was just in the tunnell 2 days ago. there is no security there anymore. they used to stop everyone and look in their trunks. now you just zip on thru without stopping.:eek: |
SCARY! :mad: |
yeah. I saw that on the news this morning. which is why I freaked out and changed the channel!!!! :mad: |
I think im changing my mind about going to the san genaro feast this year in little italy.... no way for me... |
Hey I work here in Tribeca/downtown Man. by the Federal Building. At lunchtime, I saw several news trucks on Broadway. I think it was channel 2 and another channel. Is that what that was? I HATE the trains with a passion and fear for my life everyday as I ride them. This city is so crazy, sometimes I wish I could move somewhere else, but where would I go? :confused: |
necee , thats probably what that was.. dont know, ihave to catch the news on tv tonight....i would be scared to, taking the train everyday... no way for me... i dont go into manhattan for nothing..im terrified as it is let alone what what might possibly happen,.. i know you cant go living life scared of these SOB'S BUT, better safe than sorry for me... i guess you have no choice,just be careful ok? and always look behind you and be very aware of your surroundings at all times.. i know you do that anyway, just checking |
Thanks Gina, its hard to put the fears behind us and continue living when you hear about people getting stabbed on the trains for no reason. it causes you to walk around fearful of everything. Sometimes we wake up grumpy but I always tell my husband I love him before I leave in the morning. I say its because I don't know if I'm coming back alive. He hates when I say that but in NYC that's always a possibility. Aren't I a cheerful girl? ;) |
well missy girl, you should always kiss and tell your hubby you love him before you go to sleep and before you leave the house... yeah look who talking..me, the one who shys away from saying it,,, anyway.. i feel for you kiddo... im such a scaredy cat... i have never ever been on a train bymyself and never will... i think in my lifetime ive been on a train maybe 10 times in 44 years.. never by myself i tell ya... im afraid of my own shadow. you just be aware every step you make... |
I cross the Tappan Zee bridge daily and I think about it being blown up every single time I cross because they have stated more than once the bridges and tunnels could be next! What a way to live....... |
i know, whenever i go over a ny bridge, i speed like hell.... just this past week i flew over one,just couldnt wait to get on land.....the only bridge i like is the throgs neck... i can deal with that one... the tapanzee well.. it never ends.. |
:eek: That is very scary!:eek: |
WHAT??? I really need to watch the news more and get off this damn computer! What the hell is going on now? :( :thumbdown |
Here I found the full article on it: NEW YORK - A terrorist plot to inflict death and destruction by attacking train tunnels used by tens of thousands of commuters each day was thwarted before the men could travel to the United States, authorities said Friday. Eight suspects — including an al-Qaida loyalist arrested in Lebanon and two others in custody elsewhere — had hoped to pull off the attack in October or November, federal officials said. But federal investigators working with their counterparts in six other countries intervened. "It was never a concern that this would actually be executed," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. "We were, as I say, all over this." Initial reports said that the terrorists wanted to attack the Holland Tunnel, a major thoroughfare for cars entering Manhattan. But officials said the group had specifically mentioned only the PATH train tunnels that commuters travel through on their way to New York and New Jersey. "This is a plot that involved martyrdom and explosives" and focused on the "tubes that connect Jersey and lower Manhattan," said FBI Assistant Director Mark J. Mershon. A federal law enforcement official said the suspects hoped to inflict damage on the U.S. economy. The men believed that by bombing the train tunnels, they could unleash a severe flood on lower Manhattan, including Wall Street, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. The official said investigators believe that an attack on a PATH tunnel, unlike the Holland Tunnel, could have achieved that goal. Investigators decided in recent weeks that the "plotting for this attack had matured to a point where it appeared that the individuals were about to move forward," Mershon said. "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." "At that point it\'s entirely appropriate to take it down." Details of the plot — first reported by the Daily News — emerged on the one-year anniversary of the attacks on the London transportation system that killed 52 people. Officials said the timing of Friday\'s report in relation to the anniversary was coincidental. New York\'s transportation system has emerged as a potential terrorist threat several times over the years. A June book by journalist Ron Suskind highlighted a reported plot by al-Qaida terrorists to kill thousands of New Yorkers by spreading cyanide gas in the subway. In May, a man was convicted of plotting to blow up a bustling subway station. In 1993, the FBI rounded up more than a dozen men who allegedly conspired to blow up five New York City landmarks including the Lincoln and Holland tunnels. The prosecution resulted in more than a dozen convictions. In the latest case, a federal official said FBI agents monitoring Internet chat rooms used by extremists learned of the plot in recent months and determined that tunnels were possibly being targeted after investigators pieced together code words from their conversations. Another U.S. official also speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing called the plot "largely aspirational" and described the Internet conversations as mostly extremists discussing and conceptualizing the plot. The official said no money had been transferred, nor had other similar operational steps been taken. Officials cited the arrest of the Lebanese suspect — described as the scheme\'s mastermind — as a significant break in the investigation. A Lebanese official said the Beirut man confessed to plotting to attack New York City tunnels later this year, and that he was acting on Osama bin Laden\'s orders. Police arrested the man on April 27, acting on information from the FBI, said a senior security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. The suspect uses the alias Amir Andalousli, but his real name is Assem Hammoud. The 31-year-old suspect told investigators he was acting "on a religious order from bin Laden and said \'I am proud to carry out his orders\'," the official said. The suspect\'s family denied any al-Qaida links and his mother, Nabila Qotob, said Hammoud taught economics at a local university. "His morale is high because he is confident he is innocent," she said of her son, who turned 31 on Thursday. A U.S. law enforcement official said one of the others accused in the plot is believed to be Canadian, but said there were no apparent links to the 17 people arrested last month in a plot to bomb buildings around Toronto. The Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, or PATH, serves as the primary transit link between Manhattan and neighboring New Jersey urban communities and suburban railroads. PATH presently carries 215,115 passengers each weekday. PATH train riders took the news of the plot in stride. "It bothers us, it scares us, but you gotta keep living, you know?" said Dudley Nosy, 21, a security guard from Brooklyn who regularly takes the train to Jersey City to see his girlfriend. "You can\'t stay in the house all day long, you gotta do what you gotta do." :( |
:( When will it end? :thumbdown |
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