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| Al-Qaeda knows about Pittsburgh |
| 2004-11-04 |
| "Al Qaeda knows about Pittsburgh." That's what an FBI agent tells Team 4 in an exclusive investigation that will air tonight on Channel 4 Action News at 6 p.m. For the first time, Team 4 has evidence of specific ways al Qaeda was casing the area. Federal officials say they've found and foiled those plans, which included a possible attack on Pittsburgh. Why Pittsburgh? Former FBI Special Agent in Charge Ken McCabe tells Team 4 investigator Jim Parsons: "You want to start really messing with Americans and their heads and get them really panicky and scared? Hit them in different smaller cities in the heart of America -- Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Kansas City. That would, I think, shake a lot of people up." Tonight on Channel 4 Action News at 6 p.m., Team 4 will talk about photographs, detailed plans and written descriptions of specific locations in Pittsburgh. Team 4 also talks about something that recently happened at a security-sensitive facility in western Pennsylvania, and what federal agents are doing about it. There may be more to come on this, the headline sez there's evidence of a local terrorist plot ... |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #4 We have a great deal of international students at our universities and hospitals. Pittsburgh is one tough town...Hell with the lid off...we were called in the early 20th century due to our steel mills. The mills are long gone...but the folks who worked are not. |
| Posted by: Brien 2004-11-04 7:29:10 PM |
| #3 any turbans in sight? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-04 7:12:03 PM |
| #2 If AQ knows about Pitchsburg they'll stay the hell away from it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-04 7:11:59 PM |
| #1 Very interesting...I am in Pittsburgh. |
| Posted by: Brien 2004-11-04 6:51:35 PM |