[CTRL] Fwd: Will the Trump Card Be Played?
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: June 6, 2006 7:16:25 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Will the Trump Card Be Played? Another Terrorist Attack Coming Soon? CBS News: U.S. Officials Believe Recent Incidents Point To An Imminent ThreatJune 5, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/05/terror/main1683852.shtml (CBS/AP) Quote "These individuals are often hiding in plain sight in cities like Torrance and now Toledo." John Pistole, FBI deputy director (CBS) U.S. officials believe Canadian arrests over the weekend and three recent domestic incidents in the United States are evidence the U.S. will soon be hit again by a terrorist attack. Privately, they say, they'd be surprised if it didn't come by the end of the year, reports CBS News correspondent Jim Stewart in a CBS News exclusive. The first of the domestic incidents, all of which drew little attention at the time, began with the holdup of a string of Torrance, Calif. gas stations last summer. Muslim converts who bonded together in prison planned to use the robberies to finance attacks on 20 Army recruiting stations. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton admits they stumbled on the plot during a search. "Make no mistake about it," Bratton said. "We dodged a bullet here — perhaps many bullets." Police in Toledo, Ohio, busted another cell in February. This one consisted of three men training to attack U.S. forces overseas. Once again, luck played a role. When they tried to enlist someone in their mosque to help, he turned them in. "These individuals are often hiding in plain sight in cities like Torrance and now Toledo," says John Pistole, a FBI deputy director. Two months ago, a pair of Atlanta men, one a Georgia Tech engineering student, were arrested not long after communicating by e-mail with two of the suspects arrested in Canada over the weekend. The Atlanta men are charged with videotaping domestic targets, including the U.S. Capitol and the World Bank. Analysts now conclude similarities between all the cases were dramatic: All were self-financed, self-motivated, and in each case the men were seeking out others to join their cell. In short, Osama bin Laden didn't pay for these plots, recruit for them or even know of them. They were all totally homegrown — even amateurish. But if four, including the one in Canada, have been uncovered in just 11 months, officials fear there are inevitably other plots that have not been and are maturing even now. The next attack here, officials predict, will bear no resemblance to Sept. 11. The casualty toll will not be that high, the target probably not that big. We may not even recognize it for what it is at first, they say. But it's coming — of that they seem certain. --- Did Suspect Want To Kill Canada's PM? Lawyer Says His Client Is Accused Of Indicating He Wanting To Behead Stephen Harper BRAMPTON, Ontario, June 6, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/06/terror/main1685808.shtml (CBS/AP) At least one member of a group of terror suspects plotted to storm Canada's parliament and behead officials, including the prime minister, if Muslim prisoners in Canada and Afghanistan were not released, according to charges made public Tuesday. Authorities also alleged that Steven Vikash Chand — one of 17 suspects in the case — plotted to take over media outlets such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The new details of the charges — notably the alleged plot to take political leaders hostage — added a dramatic dimension to a case that already has prompted tighter security along the U.S.-Canada border and unsettled Canada's large Muslim community. Police say they expect more arrests, and intelligence officers are probing possible ties between the Canadian suspects — 12 men and five teenagers — and Islamic terror cells in six nations, including the U.S. and countries in Europe and Asia. Chand, a 25-year-old restaurant worker from Toronto, was one of 15 suspects who made brief court appearances Tuesday, their first since their arrests over the weekend. Bail hearings were postponed until at least Monday. "There's an allegation apparently that my client personally indicated that he wanted to behead the prime minister of Canada," attorney Gary Batasar said. "It's a very serious allegation. My client has said nothing about that." Batasar, speaking outside the courthouse, said the charges were based on fear-mongering government officials. "It appears to me that whether you're in Ottawa or Toronto or Crawford, Texas, or Washington, D.C., what is wanting to be instilled in the public is fear," he said. He also suggested that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who expressed happiness at the arrests, should "keep out of the case." The Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, a small city just west of Toronto, had said the suspects faced charges that included participating in a terrorist group, importing weapons
[CTRL] Fwd: Will the Trump Card Be Played?
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: June 6, 2006 7:16:25 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Will the Trump Card Be Played? Another Terrorist Attack Coming Soon? CBS News: U.S. Officials Believe Recent Incidents Point To An Imminent ThreatJune 5, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/05/terror/main1683852.shtml (CBS/AP) Quote "These individuals are often hiding in plain sight in cities like Torrance and now Toledo." John Pistole, FBI deputy director (CBS) U.S. officials believe Canadian arrests over the weekend and three recent domestic incidents in the United States are evidence the U.S. will soon be hit again by a terrorist attack. Privately, they say, they'd be surprised if it didn't come by the end of the year, reports CBS News correspondent Jim Stewart in a CBS News exclusive. The first of the domestic incidents, all of which drew little attention at the time, began with the holdup of a string of Torrance, Calif. gas stations last summer. Muslim converts who bonded together in prison planned to use the robberies to finance attacks on 20 Army recruiting stations. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton admits they stumbled on the plot during a search. "Make no mistake about it," Bratton said. "We dodged a bullet here — perhaps many bullets." Police in Toledo, Ohio, busted another cell in February. This one consisted of three men training to attack U.S. forces overseas. Once again, luck played a role. When they tried to enlist someone in their mosque to help, he turned them in. "These individuals are often hiding in plain sight in cities like Torrance and now Toledo," says John Pistole, a FBI deputy director. Two months ago, a pair of Atlanta men, one a Georgia Tech engineering student, were arrested not long after communicating by e-mail with two of the suspects arrested in Canada over the weekend. The Atlanta men are charged with videotaping domestic targets, including the U.S. Capitol and the World Bank. Analysts now conclude similarities between all the cases were dramatic: All were self-financed, self-motivated, and in each case the men were seeking out others to join their cell. In short, Osama bin Laden didn't pay for these plots, recruit for them or even know of them. They were all totally homegrown — even amateurish. But if four, including the one in Canada, have been uncovered in just 11 months, officials fear there are inevitably other plots that have not been and are maturing even now. The next attack here, officials predict, will bear no resemblance to Sept. 11. The casualty toll will not be that high, the target probably not that big. We may not even recognize it for what it is at first, they say. But it's coming — of that they seem certain. --- Did Suspect Want To Kill Canada's PM? Lawyer Says His Client Is Accused Of Indicating He Wanting To Behead Stephen Harper BRAMPTON, Ontario, June 6, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/06/terror/main1685808.shtml (CBS/AP) At least one member of a group of terror suspects plotted to storm Canada's parliament and behead officials, including the prime minister, if Muslim prisoners in Canada and Afghanistan were not released, according to charges made public Tuesday. Authorities also alleged that Steven Vikash Chand — one of 17 suspects in the case — plotted to take over media outlets such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The new details of the charges — notably the alleged plot to take political leaders hostage — added a dramatic dimension to a case that already has prompted tighter security along the U.S.-Canada border and unsettled Canada's large Muslim community. Police say they expect more arrests, and intelligence officers are probing possible ties between the Canadian suspects — 12 men and five teenagers — and Islamic terror cells in six nations, including the U.S. and countries in Europe and Asia. Chand, a 25-year-old restaurant worker from Toronto, was one of 15 suspects who made brief court appearances Tuesday, their first since their arrests over the weekend. Bail hearings were postponed until at least Monday. "There's an allegation apparently that my client personally indicated that he wanted to behead the prime minister of Canada," attorney Gary Batasar said. "It's a very serious allegation. My client has said nothing about that." Batasar, speaking outside the courthouse, said the charges were based on fear-mongering government officials. "It appears to me that whether you're in Ottawa or Toronto or Crawford, Texas, or Washington, D.C., what is wanting to be instilled in the public is fear," he said. He also suggested that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who expressed happiness at the arrests, should "keep out of the case." The Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, a small city just west of Toronto, had said the suspects faced charges that included participating in a terrorist group, importing weapons
