Tuesday, April 3, 2012

NYPD investigating image on Al Qaeda forums as possible threat to New York City

There they go again: the NYPD is investigating suspicious terrorist threats to their city, and *surprise* look what group it includes! Read on:

NYPD investigating image on Al Qaeda forums as possible threat to New York City

Graphic warning: 'Al Qaeda coming soon'

  The NYPD Intelligence Division’s cyber unit is investigating the origin and significance of the graphic that appeared Monday on Arabic-language al Qaeda forums.

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The NYPD Intelligence Division’s cyber unit is investigating the origin and significance of the graphic that appeared Monday on Arabic-language Al Qaeda forums.

A graphic featuring the New York skyline and posted on terrorism websites blares a chilling message in bold letters: “Al Qaeda coming soon again in New York.”

The NYPD and the FBI are scrambling to locate the soLinkurce of the message and trying to figure out whether it’s a credible threat or a sick taunt.

The 3-D images spotted on Al Qaeda Internet forums Monday show the letters scrawled across a city street, as a father and son stroll by in amazement.

“It’s something we’re looking into,” said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. “We’re trying to determine the origins of it. We take all things like this seriously.”...


And so they should. Go read the rest of this here.



Wait for various groups to scream 'profiling' or whine that they are being unfairly targetted in 3...2...1..

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