The NYC Dirty Bomb Threat

It would appear to be past the time of concern, but the currently reported threat of a potential dirty bomb in NYC's financial district on Friday, now officially acknowledged here: Reuters has it as well.

The New York Police Department released the following statement:

"While the threat remains unverified, our counterterrorism posture, which is reconfigured daily based on intelligence from around the world, has been modified to include increased deployment of radiological sensors, including vehicle, marine and helicopter-mounted, as well as those carried by NYPD personnel."

... appears to have something to do with a Debka warning I, and I'm sure others, saw late last night, or earlier today, one that has also been making its way around the blogs.

The threat was picked up by DEBKAfile’s monitors from a rush of electronic chatter on al Qaeda sites Thursday, Aug. 8.

The al Qaeda communications accuse the Americans of the grave error of failing to take seriously the videotape released by the American al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gaddahn last week. “They will soon realize their mistake when American cities are hit by quality operations,” said one message.

Another said the attacks would be carried out “by means of trucks loaded with radio-active material against America’s biggest city and financial nerve center.”

A third message mentioned New York, Los Angeles and Miami as targets. It drew the answer: “The attack, with Allah’s help, will cause an economic meltdown, many dead, and a financial crisis on a scale that compels the United States to pull its military forces out of many parts of the world, including Iraq, for lack of any other way of cutting down costs.”

Comments

[Captain Joe]

Makes you wonder if the Goose Creek muzzies might have been involved in this. Coming from Florida heading North with a pipe bomb.

[Steven W.]

I don't think the two are (directly) related ... except that there's clearly chatter and continually ongoing threats against the homeland - good research re DEBKA; they've never proven that reliable IMO but in this case they're just the messenger.

[glanctions]

They are saying it's going to be bio terror instead of a dirty nuke.

[mensablonde]

"They are saying it's going to be bio terror instead of a dirty nuke."

Could you please clarify. Who is "they"? Source?

Thanks!

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The current August 11 2007 dirty bomb threat on the transportation system and NYC financial districts is very real and this is exacty why The US army should be concerned with this threat. North Korea has always supported terrorist attaks on te united states by enemy forces, and have embraced the help of Islamic Fundamentalists. Recently a Korean spy was caught in a new jersey restaurant and was charged on July 20, 2007 with lying to the FBI and spying in Federal District Court in NYC. The restaurant may have been the same one which is owed by Robert Egan, but even if it is not the same restaurant there is still a grave security issue that needs to be addressed. Robert Egan a confirmed n Korean representative and self professed advocate with ties to n Korea per Newsweek magazine article by m. Hirsh 0ctber 2006 called we are a nuclear power. Robert Egan is associated with a Fort Dix New Jersey National Guard Jag officer LTC Mark Winkler. Mark Winkler has a law practice in Franklin lakes NJ and is a personal friend and attorney for Robert Egan. LTC Mark Winkler was probed by the FBI and Military Intel Omar Bolotok on Fort DIx for espionage issues with N. Korea and for failing to report on his past security clearance applications contact with a representative of a foregn government. This was also confirmed by the 1079th GSU Commander who had a meeting with the FBI, MI Officer Omar Bolotok in 2007 but fort dix officials prefer to ignore the threat to avoid media attention and embarrassment. LTC Winkler was never held accountable for the last 12 years he placed the NJ army national guard and fort dix and united states at risk with failing to disclose this information and the JAG corp on fort dix are supporting LTC Winker out of fear that his exposure will mean they failed to report this incident and risk timely. Please contact the appropriate authorities to make sure the potential threat is investigated and not covered up. Thousands of NYC civilians lives and our soldiers lives are at risk behind this incident and LTC Winkler had access to troop key nyc transportation chokepoints, national guard mobilization strategy and troop movements, locations of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, IED risks, and military protective instructions as well as locations of our Nuclear power plants in the US and transportation safety issues. Your help is needed, please write to your congressman if you are a nyc or new jersey resident and report this on to your commander if you are a member of the armed forces. Act today before it is too late. Waiting more than a day or a week to report this will mean high casualities. Do not contact LTC WInkler under any circumstances, he has been known to file false harassmet chages against anyone who questions his behavior, do not get caught out there with him, use proper legal system procedures to stop the threat. Click on this link to hear Robert Egan’s Radio Interview http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6665732

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http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/09/njspy200709

Check out the link to LTC WInkler's an amry lawyer's clients details about his ties to north korea. The guy mentiones that his lawyer is a new jersy army national guard lawyer who "keeps him out of trouble" His army officer helps him spy and pays this guy. WHat secrets have been passed about out national security.