ABC News—‘Credible But Not Specific’ Threat of New Terrorist Attack

Posted by Kendall Harmon

US and European officials said Tuesday they have detected a plot to carry out a major, coordinated series of commando-style terror attacks in Britain, France, Germany and possibly the United States.

A senior US official said that while there is a "credible" threat, no specific time or place is known. President Obama has been briefed about the threat, say senior US officials.

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Posted September 29, 2010 at 6:20 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. BlueOntario wrote:

From the BBC:

Western security agencies may have been hoping to keep the matter out of the public realm for longer so criminal evidence could be gathered, our correspondent adds, but initial details were leaked to the US media.

Maybe someone wanted to feel important. Or, maybe we aren’t getting good intellegence and want to scare them off their plan. Hard to tell.

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