- WASHINGTON - With America
on top security alert, the FBI was hunting yesterday for six men of Middle
Eastern appearance carrying plans of a nuclear power plant and the Trans-Alaska
oil pipeline who were picked up by police in the Midwest over the weekend
but then released.
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- The incident is thought to be connected with the latest
FBI alert and senior intelligence officials are furious that the men were
set free before they could be fully questioned.
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- The men were travelling in two groups of three in white
saloon cars when they were pulled over by police officers in the Midwest,
according to the Knight Ridder News Service. Security officials have refused
to disclose further details.
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- The men were searched and questioned and the state officers
discovered detailed plans and photographs of a nuclear power plant in Florida,
along with box cutters-the weapons used in the September 11 attacks- and
other equipment.
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- The men, who appeared to be of Middle Eastern origin
and held Israeli passports, were then interviewed by immigration officials.
When their passports and visas were found to be in order the officers,
who were not aware of the country's imminent security alert, let the men
go without first calling in the FBI to question them more thoroughly.
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- It is not clear why the men were pulled over in the first
place nor why intelligence officers were not given a chance to interview
them. Agents suspect that the men will by now have switched cars and tried
to flee the country, possibly to Canada.
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- Intelligence officials were especially concerned about
the nuclear plant details. America's nuclear facilities received special
attention in the latest FBI alert. The men were also carrying plans of
the 800-mile Trans-Alaska pipeline, which delivers 17 per cent of America's
oil.
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- There are three nuclear facilities in Florida, which
have now been advised to step up security. One of the plants has called
in local police as an extra security precaution.
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- The news came as the US banned private flights near US
nuclear facilities for the next ten days, in connection with the warning
of another terrorist attack, and National Guard troops were deployed at
nuclear power plants in three southern states. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ordered the nation's 103 nuclear power plants to increase security.
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- At a time when police have unprecedented powers to arrest
and detain people who are merely suspected of having links to terrorist
activities, the release of these six men has infuriated the FBI.
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- The incident suggests a dangerous lack of co-ordination
between different law enforcement bodies. Under America's new anti-terrorist
laws, police can hold someone almost indefinitely on charges of being a
"material witness" to terrorism. Canada announced that it had
given the US important intelligence about another possible imminent terrorist
attack. Canadian secret services intercepted telephone calls and e-mails
from al-Qaeda operatives in Canada that referred to a major event taking
place "down south" this week.
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- Law enforcement officials said that the US military intercepted
numerous other calls leading up to the alert, which all used the same coded
phrases. The FBI received intelligence about the new threat on Monday.
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- Another Mossad Operation?
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- In 1956, Israel was engaged in one of its periodic wars
with its Arab neighbors. To get the United States to enter the conflict
on its behalf, the Jews of Tel Aviv thought they had the perfect plan.
They would blow up the U.S. information center in Cairo and blame the Arabs.
Americans, being incredibly naîve in these matters would automatically
blame the Arabs, rally around the flag, and--voilà-- it's off to
war they go.
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- Only problem: The scheme backfired and the culprits were
caught. The upshot was a scandal which brought down one Israeli government--although
the Jewish state continued to sail right on, collecting its billions from
Uncle Sap while viciously trying to sink one of America's unarmed communications
ships, the USS Liberty. Are we about to see a repeat of the old game? Stay
tuned.
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