Re: Are the bridges in your neighborhood safe?

[rms () computerbytesman com]

> I wonder who pulled out the wrong pin...

Maybe a buddy of this Faris guy who researched taking down the Brooklyn
Bridge for Al Qaeda:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/19/alqaeda.plea/

While continuing his job as an independent trucker, Faris was charged with
checking whether a New York City bridge could be destroyed by cutting the
suspension cables.

He was also ordered to buy equipment for the bridge plot and for the
second arm of the simultaneous attack -- derailing a train in the
Washington, D.C., area.

In communications to al Qaeda, Faris was told to refer to gas cutters,
which would be used to burn through the bridge cables, as "gas stations"
and tools for the derailing as "mechanics shops."

Faris researched the bridge on the Internet and asked a friend about how
to obtain the gas cutters. He also traveled to New York to check out the
bridge and evaluate the chances of a successful attack.



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