Drudge: “‘THREAT’ TO NYC SUBWAY.. DEVELOPING…“
UPDATE: Here’s the story. Excerpt:
A “credible threat” to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, law enforcement sources said today.Hundreds of officers were expected to be dispatched as early as this afternoon to every station in Manhattan — and possibly system wide — to thwart the attack, which was said to timed to the Jewish High Holidays and the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Here’s another story:
Sources say that the NYPD has stepped up patrols on the city subways over the last couple of days - especially Thursday after developing information that has been deemed credible. One source says that it may be 85 percent credible.
Yikes.
UPDATE 2: I just called my mom, who is in Manhattan, and told her about this. She had actually just heard about it on the local TV news. She was planning to take the “A” line all the way from 190th Street down to Canal Street this evening. (You’d be hard-pressed to take a longer subway trip than that without leaving Manhattan.) Now she’s thinking she might drive instead. On the other hand, it seems unlikely that any attack would come in the evening, after rush hour is over…
UPDATE 3: ABC News has more:
The New York City Police Department is investigating what it deems a credible tip that 19 operatives have been deployed to New York to place bombs in the subway, and security in the subways will be increased, sources told ABC News.While the police department is taking the threat seriously, it is also urging the public not to be alarmed because — while the source is credible — the information has not been verified.
According to sources in intelligence, emergency services and police headquarters, when three Iraqi insurgents were arrested several days ago during a raid by a joint FBI-CIA team, one of those caught disclosed the threat. Because it slipped out during the arrest, the plot was deemed credible.
After several days of work, sources said, the NYPD is increasingly concerned because it has been unable to discredit the initial source and additional information from the source.
The 19 operatives were to place improvised explosive devices in the subways using briefcases, according to two sources.
What is it with Al Qaeda and the number 19?
But the article adds: “Department of Homeland Secuirty sources told ABC News they are very doubtful the threat information is credible, though NYPD sources said the information continues to come in and is disturbing.”
UPDATE 4: CNN is reporting that officials in Washington say, whether or not the threat is credible, the plot is “not viable” — i.e., not likely to succeed. Umm, I hope Al Qaeda doesn’t take that as a challenge!
CNN’s sources are also saying that the source is not credible, etc. It sounds like the locals and the feds are taking very different views of this… kinda like the California bridge threat in November 2001.
Mayor Bloomberg is set to have to news conference momentarily.
Here is the New York Times article.
UPDATE 5: Bloomberg says he’s taking the subway tonight. :)
He also says “nobody in New York has been arrested or detained” in relation to this threat.
And he says there is “does not seem to be any ties” to the Jewish holidays.
CNN says that a highly classified military (and maybe CIA) raid on Al Qaeda operatives in Iraq was based on the same tip that produced this alert, and may have resulted in the capture of the people who were going to carry out the attack, but they’re not sure about that yet. (The Fog of War.) According to Bloomberg, a media organization which knew about this story two days ago agreed to a government request to hold off on publishing it until today, so that — if I’m understanding this right — the raid in Iraq could be carried out. Bloomberg thanked the unspecified media organization for this.
UPDATE 6: The Kos Kidz think this is a Bush/Rove conspiracy. Well, of course it is! Everything is!
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October 6th, 2005 at 5:26:20 pm
Gee… If your Mom was my Mom I would call my Mom and tell her to take a Cab the ride is on me! I would not risk the subway for quite a while… Then again I do have a camper, boat and scooters so I might be a freak :)
October 6th, 2005 at 6:19:57 pm
There’s supposedly some ‘mathematical miracle’ in the Koran that has to do with the number 19.
So it is essentially a ‘magic number’ to some sects of Islam.
October 6th, 2005 at 7:40:04 pm
Is that why? I was wondering why it was the same number as the number of 9/11 hijackers.
October 6th, 2005 at 7:46:03 pm
oh thats easy, Osama can only count to 19 on account of having lost his big toe in a battle of something or other ;-)
October 6th, 2005 at 7:59:45 pm
Sean, my friend Anne from Berlin, CT wants your email. Can you email me through Brendan?
October 6th, 2005 at 8:00:36 pm
This is Bea.
October 6th, 2005 at 8:54:06 pm
This is Alasdair.
October 6th, 2005 at 9:54:22 pm
Wouldn’t be the first time the Bushies cried “Al Qaeda” when the shit was hitting the fan.
Actually, this is probably a legitimate threat. The Feds are now blowing it off the way they blew off 9/11 and the London train bombings, so it is probably real. Unless it comes from an Arab guy who has lived in Michigan for 40 years and whose son is employed by the defense contractor who gave to your campaign, how could the source possibly be legit, eh?
October 6th, 2005 at 10:07:09 pm
check out this post on Oct 2nd.(scroll down to find it)
It fits right in…..
Http://atlasshrugs200.typepad.com.
Scary
October 6th, 2005 at 10:26:09 pm
bert-
You are kidding, right? This is totally pro-Israel ranting and propaganda.
You do realize that the Jerusalem Post reported that WMD were found by U.S. troops in Iraq weeks after the invasion, right? Turned out to be totally false. You do realize the Jerusalem Post reported Syria had Saddam’s WMD’s, right? Totally false.
October 6th, 2005 at 10:38:43 pm
This is Joe. :) Bea, are you trying to Fix Sean Up? :) Alasdair, who Cares? :>
Update 7: Leanna took the Subway. She emailed me from Canal St. where she arrived safely. I think she was Inspired by listening to Mayor Bloomberg. [heeheehee Fat Chance waw haw…] Let no Terrorist think that Leanna Loomer is going to Let them Win. :) Go Leanna!
October 6th, 2005 at 10:46:34 pm
Mad Max:
Yes, this is TOTALLY pro Jewish. The whole friggin website is and always has been. Doesn’t mean that the news, despite the slant, isn’t news.
Hey, I report. You decide.
October 7th, 2005 at 10:15:51 am
bert-
There is a big difference between pro-Jewish and being pro-Israel. Jews are people. Israel is a foreign power that has been caught spying on the U.S. There are hard-liners in the Israeli government who would love for the U.S. to fight its wars for it. They happen to be buddies with guys like Rummy and Richard Pearle. Anytime someone questions their motives, they throw the anti-semitism thing out there. The issue isn’t their being Jewish. The issue is their being a handful of borderline fascists trying to control Israel who want to bait the U.S. into an anti-Muslim genocide.
October 7th, 2005 at 12:00:37 pm
Don’t worry A&A, I don’t think you’re anti-Semitic, just dumb.
October 7th, 2005 at 12:02:13 pm
This is Bea again :) Anne just wants to chat about Berlin and might still know some teachers who teach with Sean, is all. I am all innocense :) Besides, Anne lives here in Sacto, not that living in Sacto stopped anyone from trying before.. Not but, really, let’s not scare Sean away, this is strictly current/former Berlin resident communication :)