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Thursday May 7, 2001
Newly Reported Threats and incidents
The following information has not been published in previous editions of the UBL Unit / Radical
Fundamentalist Unit Daily Threat Update.
|:U[|x! FBI HQS reported on 6/7/01 regarding an alleged international radical _
fundamentalist threat to London, New York, and Boston. A walk-in to the FBl
has rovided the threat related information set forth below.- The FBI is currently
rm L attempting to corroborate his threatreporting.
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three individuals were in pri y were accused ot'be|ng involved in
the East African bombings.
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the Wvere associated withhe an international terrorist group. One of the discussions
failed attempt to bomb a U.S. Navy ship in the vicinity of Croatia. A boat was
purportedly pre-positioned with explosives but the bombing failed after the two
men involved in the operation were caught traveling on fraudulent
documentation. The walk-in could not provide any other information regarding
this purported aborted terrorist operation.
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associated with a plan to attack U.S. interests in the event they are extradited to
the United States. The operations have been in the planning stages for several
years and individuals are already in place to initiate the attacks. The locations to
be targeted are New York, Boston, and London. in Boston, the terrorists are
planning to attack a U.S. Navy ship that is moored close to shore and in the
immediate vicinity of iarge numbers of civilian boats and a large building s!. The
walk-in believes the building s! may be a hotel or barracks. A civilian boat laden
with explosives will likely be used in the operation. The walk-in noted that the
terrorists want to attack an area with large crowds in order to inict a high
number of casualties.
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via Canada. Individuals who are not involved in the execution of the operations
will be used to transport the explosives. Two of the individuals may reside in
Dearborn, Michigan.,During the FBI interview the walk-in did not provide specific
locations in New York City or London that are being targeted.
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Buenos Aries, Argentina. On 05/21/01. FBI Miami and INS conducted an
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