NYC Under Threat
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 5:10 am
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NEW YORK - New intelligence that the al-Qaida terrorist network plans to attack commercial or financial institutions in New York City has prompted police to urge security directors at various city buildings to take extra precautions.
The warning, announced Saturday night, didn't say how the attacks might be carried out or when they would occur.
But ABC News, citing anonymous sources, reported Saturday night that al-Qaida planned to send terrorists across the Mexican border into the United States, and that suicide attacks were being planned in the city.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told The New York Times for Sunday editions that the warning to bolster security came after talks Friday night and Saturday between Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Pasquale Damuro, assistant director in charge of the FBI (news - web sites)'s New York office.
Browne would not elaborate further, the Times said.
The city's alert level remained at "orange," the second-highest point on the five-step terror alert program set up after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The city has stayed at that level since the attacks.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge was expected to visit the city Sunday, but his agenda was not disclosed.
NEW YORK - New intelligence that the al-Qaida terrorist network plans to attack commercial or financial institutions in New York City has prompted police to urge security directors at various city buildings to take extra precautions.
The warning, announced Saturday night, didn't say how the attacks might be carried out or when they would occur.
But ABC News, citing anonymous sources, reported Saturday night that al-Qaida planned to send terrorists across the Mexican border into the United States, and that suicide attacks were being planned in the city.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told The New York Times for Sunday editions that the warning to bolster security came after talks Friday night and Saturday between Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Pasquale Damuro, assistant director in charge of the FBI (news - web sites)'s New York office.
Browne would not elaborate further, the Times said.
The city's alert level remained at "orange," the second-highest point on the five-step terror alert program set up after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The city has stayed at that level since the attacks.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge was expected to visit the city Sunday, but his agenda was not disclosed.
