Al Qaeda Threatens To Nuke New York By February 2nd (jihadi site, via Milan paper, via Debka)

Debka.com ^ | 01-01-04

[PaulaB]

The banner headline spread across the front page of Il Giornale, the respected Milan daily reads:

“Al Qaeda: We will destroy New York within 35 days. Threat on the Internet. Countdown begins.”

The threat was contained in a video clip featured on a web site associated with the fundamentalist terror group. It announced al Qaeda plans to destroy New York in a nuclear blast on February 2. Il Giornale claims the FBI blocked and removed the web site.

The video clip showed three possible scenarios: 1. A bomb or giant fireball from the skies that will cover the metropolis with a radioactive cloud. 2. A storm of radioactive clouds that will topple skyscrapers one by one, along with the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge. 3. An explosion on board a charter aircraft that will cause a radioactive cloud to spread over the city.

The video clip was accompanied by large, red-lettered Arabic captions saying: “If God wills it, the end of America is near.”

DEBKAfile’s counter-terrorism sources say they cannot verify the authorship or gauge the seriousness of the threat because the Internet site is no longer accessible. But the report appeared in a newspaper widely viewed as the flagship of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Such reports - even if not authenticated - tend to contribute to the mounting sense of alarm generated by “Orange Alert” in America and other Western countries.

It comes against the backdrop of appeals to New Year revelers to stay away from the traditional New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square, Rome’s St. Peter’s Square, Moscow’s Red Square and London’s Trafalgar Square – or even Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip. All these sites are surrounded by heavy security.

[Jeff Chandler]

Feb. 2-Groundhog Day.

[sd-joe]

Oh no, a nuclear groundhog. LOL

[baltodog]

But we're safe if Benny Laddin comes out of his cave and sees his shadow.
That means we get another 6 weeks, right?

[Mr. Mojo]

Debka? I'll wait for confirmation from the World Tribune, Newsmax, or WorldNetDaily.

[Peach]

AQ threatens to nuke NYC by February 2.

[PaulaB]

The source was Debka....Bushcountry.org ran the story

[CharlotteVRWC]

I wonder if Saddam saw his shadow when he came out of his
'spider hole'?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

In February, AQ will change their estimated attack date to April, in April they will change the date to June, in June...

[nuconvert]

"We will destroy New York within 35 days"

Oh, Please. What a ridiculous statement.!

[Bluntpoint]

If Debka forcasts rain, leave you unbrella home.

[Gorzaloon]

I think it is long overdue for our spooks to find the kid behind these threats and whack him.

[Revolting cat!]

Mom Threatens DEBKA Bloggers with Grounding!

[tet68]

The end of New York would mean the end of Mecca as the center of Islamic faith.

Destroyed by Allah, as a lesson to the faithful to beware
the hubris of false teachings.

[baltodog]

Give him the spanking he deserves.

[dighton]

AFP/Stan Honda

Times Square, New Year's Eve. They don't look terrified.

[jraven]

They're actually going to drop the biggest, most hideous, most horrorific bomb on New York yet: Michael Jackson's latest CD.

[tsmith130]

Ok, everyone...find Waldo's chef?

[Muleteam1]

Gad! This could really change any sequel to the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day. And speaking of Hollywood, why do these Arabs always forget about it? What a target and God may even be on their side. Who knows. (cynicism)

Muleteam1

[MissAmericanPie]

Silly rabbits, they have already proven through the holidays that they are incapable of laying a glove on us.