Web Site Claims NFL Stadiums to Be Bombed
Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 2:05:36 pm PDT
Another probably bogus threat has been intercepted on an Islamist web site: Government doubts threat on NFL stadiums.
WASHINGTON - A Web site is claiming that seven NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend, but the government on Wednesday expressed doubts about the threat.
The warning, posted Oct. 12, was part of an ongoing Internet conversation titled “New Attack on America Be Afraid.” It mentioned NFL stadiums in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland and Cleveland, where games are scheduled for this weekend.
The Homeland Security Department alerted authorities and stadium owners in those cities, as well as the NFL, of the Web message but said the threat was being viewed “with strong skepticism.” Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said there was no intelligence that indicated such an attack was imminent, and that the alert was “out of an abundance of caution.”
UPDATE at 10/18/06 2:09:11 pm:
And remember, Al Qaeda terrorist Adnan Al-Shukrijuma is still at large.
UPDATE at 10/18/06 5:33:43 pm:
Jawa Report has discovered the source of the threat, and it was not an Islamist web site: Dirty Bomb Threat Against NFL Stadiums This Weekend: Original Threat Found? (UPDATED: Confirmed, we have original threatening post).
Frank says:
