Tunnels of Terror?

Published: Wed, 3 Jun 2009

Description: Report: Al Qaeda eyeing a biological attack from Mexico

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" Times' exclusive reports that al-Qaeda could be plotting a biological attack on the United States. That would involve Mexico. Terrorists supposedly fighting the use of underground tunnels to smuggle weapons into the country. That would spread all kinds of destruction Jeff Birnbaum of the Washington times as the managing editor for the paper's digital operations he is also a Fox News contributor. It gives us the nuts and bolts of this plot as reported in the paper Jeff. Pressure on the there's a ten minute recruiting video. That was done in Bahrain by a Kuwaiti. Recruiter well known to be a high up in al-Qaeda. A fellow named FEC. And key. Urged on the people who were watching him in Bahrain Bahrain and also on this video. Two think that maybe four pounds of anthrax. Could be carried by a single al-Qaeda member across the US Mexico border into the United States. And could be sprinkled as he said on the lawn of the White House. And he also said that al-Qaeda might make common cause with white supremacist groups in the United States. Who he urged on to try to take out a nuclear. Reactor in Michigan. -- something that these that el al-Qaeda would love to see. These anti government radicals do and so this is an effort. But to try to throughout not just al-Qaeda members but also try to find allies within the United States among the anti government group."

" Yes there is a statement just out from my Janet Napolitano -- secretary of Homeland Security. She says the country needs to be prepared and live in a state of readiness. It is not -- mile weapon may come through a tunnel is that we have intelligence assets that we can use there is no way. To eliminate the risk. But are there is the argument out there that that the border is very porous these drug tunnels that al-Qaeda is talking about using to bring. Anthrax or some other agent into the country. It's you know it's not impossible to close those things down but if you put more eyes and ears on the border it sure helps."

" Well that's exactly right the Pellicano told us. That through a spokesperson. That the Department of Homeland Security takes this kind of threat very seriously. And it is not possible given. The as you say the -- nature of the border to stop all of it the only glimmer of hope in this is that it's not clear that al-Qaeda actually has. The capability for the biological weapon of mass destruction. That anthrax weapon. -- so we're lucky in that way from the Washington times."

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do us harm this is no nonsense this is an insight into al - Qaeda . What we're seeing what we're hearing into in this video is Al qaeda's intentions and al - Qaeda has by and looked at the US border with Mexico as an entry point into the United States . Either for the movement -- but soldiers or for the movement of a weapon of mass destruction . This is this is something very serious -- I think they expect us not to believe them not to believe that they're capable of doing this very similar to the situation that happened before September 11 when a lot of people dismiss the idea. A planes being used as weapons in the United States . I mean this is a very -- serious threat it's it's not something all right that we should ignore.

Well he is he is a al - Qaeda recruiter he is not some. Quack keep professor at that he was made out to be in February when -- it video first aired on Al-Jazeera and then it disappeared. And no one paid much attention to it. What I was able to find out from intelligence officials and counterterrorism officials is that this is an al - Qaeda recruiter by the name about FEC. Who has had very close ties to bin Laden who had met with bin -- numerous

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as I traveled through Afghanistan would say. To -- you know the United States Jesus is backwards remember we pushed out the Soviet Union remember we are counterinsurgency. And we know how to fight. And when they meet these threats when an al - Qaeda recruiter at this height of the level makes these kind of threats. And and says we will be willing to do this and we have had chemical plants before in Afghanistan. And we have scientists we have researchers we have to take this seriously because remember the people that were on those planes those nineteen. -- hijackers. Were not poor -- to winds were not. Poor people who were recruited and misled by al - Qaeda the majority of them -- university graduates. Quit with good jobs and and even Sunday had relationships so. This is this is a insight into al - Qaeda at at the highest levels and into the types of people they're willing to recruit. And and we can't be afraid to

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