HEADLINE:
One Year Later:
Times Square Terror
CAPTION: One year after
Faisal Shahzad tried to bomb Times Square, threats remain
IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SPECULATE ABOUT
...BUT FOR SOME IT'S THEIR
JOB.
HOW WILL THE
NEXT TERROR ATTACK AGAINST
NEW YORK CITY UNFOLD?
MACHINE
GUN?
BACKPACK EXPLOSIVE?
OR ANOTHER
CAR BOMB?
LIKE FAISAL SHAHZAD'S ATTEMPT IN
TIMES SQUARE EXACTLY ONE YEAR
AGO.
"We're going to be in the terrorist cross hairs for some time to come."
FORTUNATELY SHAHZAD'S BOMB FAILED, BUT EXPERTS
SAY IT'S DISTURBINGLY
EASY TO
BUILD AN EXPLOSIVE
DEVICE.
"Like
Timothy McVeigh discovered it's 50 percent diesel fuel, 50 percent fertilizer, that's not a secret
OK."
AL QUAEDA HAS TERROR TRAINING MANUALS
ONLINE ... AND EVEN A GLOSSY MAGAZINE NOW, CALLED "
INSPIRE."
THE
NYPD COUNTS 12 ATTEMPTED TERROR ATTACKS ON THE CITY SINCE
911.
SEVEN OF THOSE PLOTS HAVE TARGETED THE
SUBWAY SYSTEM ...ALL EITHER FOUND OUT BY
POLICE BEFOREHAND...OR ABORTED BY TERRORISTS IN THE PLANNING
PHASE.
THIS
MAN FROM LEBANON, ASSEM HAMMOUD, CONFESSED TO SEEKING BOMBS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE HUDSON
RIVER TO FLOOD INTO THE
PATH TRAINS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
NEW JERSEY.
"In our subways we have what we call train-order mate and sweeps, where subway trains are stopped, police officers get on each car of the train and totally check out the train...we have a comprehensive bag search program."
MORE RECENTLY NAJIBULLAH ZAZI AND CONSPIRATORS PLOTTED MULTIPLE COORDINATED SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN THE NEW YORK SUBWAYS.
"it's a very large city, it has a very international population, it represents a lot of what
America is, the financial interests, around the globe and everything, and the fact it's probably the largest
Jewish population in America...which is certainly a target of Al Quaeda."
OTHER PLOTS TARGETED THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ...
..AMTRAK TRAINS...AND A
PLAN TO DETONATE LIQUID EXPLOSIVE ON A PLANE ARRIVING INTO THE CITY.
VISITORS
KNOW THE CITY IS A
TARGET...AND ARE ON HIGH
ALERT...BUT THE CITY CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
"Like there's a black truck over there, how would one know it's supposed to be there, or not supposed to be there. I mean you got photographers everywhere taking pictures, maybe they're plotting also, maybe they're plotting an area that's a target."
DHIREN BAROT TOOK THIS
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF LOWER MANHATTAN...APPARENTLY A SCOUTING MISSION TO ATTACK THE NEW YORK
STOCK EXCHANGE.
"Since 911 no one has come as close as Faisal Shahzad did at this intersection one year ago to completing a terror attack on
New York City."
IN THE THAT
CASE IT WAS A STREET VENDOR WHO NOTICED SOMETHING AND TOLD POLICE...BEFORE THAT SHAHZAD WAS NOT ON THE
RADAR OF ANY POLICE AGENCY.
"If you see anything strange report it, but at the same time you can't be ruled by it."
MOST SECURITY EXPERTS AGREE 'THAT'S' THE '
BEST' WAY TO
STOP THE NEXT TERROR ATTEMPT.
TED SHAFFREY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK
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- published: 30 Jul 2015
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