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Al-Qaida ''chatter'' suggests more attacks...
With al Qaeda "chatter" on the rise, senior U.S. officials are increasingly concerned about possible terrorist attacks against U.S. interests, including an alleged plot targeting American schoolteachers and their schools within Kuwait. Targeting teachers is pretty barbaric. I imagine the turbans will be really unhappy if that plot doesn't come off... The concern was reinforced Thursday when French and U.S. investigators reached a preliminary conclusion that Sunday's explosion aboard a French oil tanker in Yemen was the work of terrorists. One crewman was killed in the blast, which spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the sea. U.S. investigators said TNT residue, fiberglass and small marine engine parts were found aboard the Limburg -- appearing as if the explosion mirrored the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000, when a bomb-laden dinghy blew a hole in the side of the ship, killing 17 U.S. sailors. A junior officer aboard the French tanker reported a boat quickly approaching shortly before the explosion, said a spokesman for the ship's operator, France Shipmanagement. One senior Pentagon official said a local newspaper in Yemen received a communication from an Islamic group claiming responsibility for the tanker explosion. It was not immediately known if the group has direct ties to al Qaeda. ... or if they were just run-of-the-mill Islamonuts... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-11 |
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