« Is God in Your Brain? - Neurotheology | Main | January 2005 BlogBurst update: Remembering the Holocaust »
January 20, 2005
Bostonians Wary Amid FBI Manhunt, Possible Threat
Topics: TerrorismMy Way News Jan 20 as of 12:40 ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Wary Bostonians went about their business on Thursday as a murky threat of a "dirty bomb" attack hung over the city and the FBI, while playing down the threat, hunted for four Chinese nationals possibly linked to the plot.
A day after federal agencies released names and photos of four Chinese nationals sought for questioning about an unconfirmed security threat, Boston newspapers reported that authorities were also seeking two Iraqis said to be planning to blow up a crude radiological device in Boston.
The reports of a possible plot emerged as Americans were celebrating the inauguration of George W. Bush for his second term as U.S. president.
The Boston Globe, citing unnamed officials, said the four Chinese nationals were chemists. A spokeswoman for the Boston bureau of the Federal Bureau of Investigation declined to comment on whether police were also seeking two Iraqis.
Spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz, who has said uncorroborated information was at the root of the probe, said: "There is no real immediate threat to the community." Read more...
Posted by Hyscience at January 20, 2005 3:16 PM
Articles Related to Terrorism:
- Bulgaria, terrorism and drug trafficking - Apr 14, 2008
- U.S. Intelligence Officials: 'Al-Qaeda Nuclear Attack Against U.S. In Planning Stages - Apr 09, 2008
- 'Our Friends,' The Saudis - Apr 02, 2008
- Bomb, Iraqi Currency, Stolen Car (Updated) - Mar 27, 2008
- On 'Jihad, Islamism, and the American Free Press' - Mar 10, 2008
- Al-Qaeda: hunting down beggars and mentally disabled - Feb 21, 2008
- Somali Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Plotting With al-Qaida Terrorist To Bomb Ohio Shopping Mall - Nov 27, 2007
- Bush The Moral Relativist? - Nov 27, 2007
- Why The Media Silence Over The University of South Florida-Tied Terror Case? - Nov 10, 2007
- About That Nuclear Plant Lockdown! (Updated) - Nov 02, 2007
