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| US investigates possible internet |
| US investigates possible internet threat to New York City
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 3-April-2012
5:17:1 AM |
| US law enforcement and counter terrorism officials are trying to figure out the significance of recent occurrences on websites believed to have close links to Al Qaeda, including a graphic some fear could be an attack threat directed at New York City.
The graphic contained a picture of the Manhattan skyline superimposed with a Hollywood-style caption that says: "AL QAEDA - coming soon again in New York."
It was posted on Monday by a site called the Ansar al Mujahiddin Arabic Forum, or AMAF, a militant web forum which allegedly has close connections to the Afghan Taliban and a key militant leader in Jordan.
At the same time, two Internet forums authorities believe that official Al Qaeda sanctions have been down for nearly two weeks, said Evan Kohlmann, an expert who monitors militant websites for government entities and private businesses.
A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office in New York said the Joint Terrorism Task Force was investigating whether the posting was authentic and that while every threat is taken seriously "there is no specific or credible threat to New York."
New York Police Department Chief spokesman Paul Browne said his officers were "investigating the origin and significance of the graphic ... which appeared today on a few Arabic-language al Qaeda forums that remain online at the moment."
Mr Browne noted, however, that the graphic was posted in a section of the forum labeled "art and design". Mr Kohlmann said that this raised questions as to whether the messages really constituted a serious threat. "That's not where an important threat would be posted," he said.
A US intelligence official said federal agencies would examine the AMAF graphic to "evaluate" its significance.
Al QAEDA FORUMS DOWN
The US official said that government agencies also were aware of the interruptions in traffic on the two main websites which purportedly have official sanction from Al Qaeda.
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