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9 11 Threat Notifications 2001 08 Aug

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A Nate to AI! Readersvaf the Daiiy L¥BLJRadicai FuEndamentalist Threat Update:
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The information sh0u§d¢not1-:§e apart uf any nfcial film.
Further disseminatiun af this infnrmatiun beyond
FBI persunnei m.u.s-ii receive prior FBIHQ apgxreval.
ITOS THREAT UPDATE WEBPAGE
DAILY UBL I RADICAL FUNDAMENTALIST
THREAT UPDATE
Wednesday August 1, 2001
Newly Reperted Threats and lnci.dent.s
The &#39;f<:<!!nwilng inforrnaricar: has not been pm!: Wshed in previaus @rfi£a&#39;ns offhe UEL Unif I Radicar
Fundamentalist Unit Daily Thraaf Upaia.
L }1!.iwfN_F,0C! FE! Wail:-in pravides more suspect threat in&#39;Earmation.,_ FBIHQ has
previously advisecl of a FBi walk-in who alleged hat UB1. opemm e=. wen: taxjge ng
interests in the Middle East trcgi0£1- FBZHQS noted that ail of the wa§kins reporting was very
general. in nature and that he did net prcwide any Sp¢Ci¬ names m" identifying data cowzeming
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trrorists have an interesx in "red mercury"  FBIHQS cnmmiemr use 0f lhzs term usmliy 1nd1ca:&s
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Updated Threats and Inc-idzents
T118 infamlation set fcmfh £1e!0wi.S updated infurmafian of r:urrani threats reporters in previaus difin.
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NLETS MESSAGE {ALL REGEGNS} Bflfl
MESSAGE FROM FBI COU§TERTERRDR§¬M DIVISIGN, WASHIGTON, D.C.
THIRD ANNIVERSARY SF THE 1 EMBASSY BGMBING5 IN EAST &#39;
AFRICA APPRQACHE5; THREATS T INTEREETS CONTINUE.
ALTHOUGH UNCLASSIFIED, THIS IGMMUNICATIQN SHOULD BE HANDLEB
AS LAW ENFQRCEMENT SENEITIVE. THIS COMMUNICATIGN SHGULD NOT BE
FURNIEHED TQ EEK MEDIA DR OTHER AGENCIES QUT$IDE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENTfU,S, GOVERNMENT CCUNTERTERRQEI3M CQMMUNITY WITHOUT
THE PERMISSIGN GE THE FBI. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLGSURE OF FBI
COMMUNICATIGNS CGULD JBUPARDIZE GNGOING FBI INVESTIGATIONS.
A5 REQXPIENTS ARE AWARE: AUGUST 7 WILL SARK THE THERE
QNNIVEREARY OF THE EAST AFRICA EMEASEY BQMBINGS. AS TEE V
ANNIVEREARY DATE APPRDAQHES, RECIPIENTS ARE RENINDED G? RECENT_
DEVELOPMENTS_WHIQH MAYIMPACT THE INTEQNATIONAQ TERRORIST THREAT
ENVIRONMENT. . _ p
CASE STATUS:  &#39; .
TS DATE, 23 zmnzvznuans &avE sass xxnzcrsn Pea THEZR names .
zw THE BGMBINGS SF THE U-S. EMBASEIES IN NAIROBIi KENYA, AND DAR
as SALAAM, TA§EANIA, wnxca KILLEQ 22% §EHSGN$ {IECLUDING 12 -
AMsRxcANs; AND zxauamn THDUSANDE MERE.
FGUR OF THE I§DICTEB SUSFECT3, WADIH EL-HAGE,MOHAMED RASHED
DAUUQ AL~GWHALI, KHALFAN EHAMI$ MGHAMED, RNB MUHAMBD SADEEK QDEH,
WERE FGUND GUILTY QN MAY 25, QQOI, QN ALL CHARGES E§OU§HT AGAINST
THEM. UNE SUSPECT, ALI MOHAMMEE,.PLED GUILTY TO FIVE COUNTS IN
QCTOBER 2095. TEE OTHER SUSPECTS, MAMDOUB MAHMUD SALEM AND
MOHAMED $ULIEMHN AL~NALFI, ARE IE CUSTOSY IN THE SOUTHERN 92
DISTRICT UF NEW YORK §3DNY}- EALIM WILL BE TRIED LATER THIS YEAR
UN CHARGES STEMN§NG PROM A NQVEMBER 260$ ATTACK ON A PREEO
GUARD. THREE INDIVIQUALS ARE IN CUSTODY INTHE UNITEB KINGDOM
PENDI§G EXTRADITION TQ THE UNITED STATES. THE REMAI§ING 13;
INCLUDING USAMA BIN L§DE AND HES TWD TQP LIEUTENANTS, ARE
FUGITIVES.
PQTENTIAL THREAT:
AT THIS TIME, THE FBI DOES NUT EOSSESS ANY EPECIFIC -
INFQRMATIGN KNDICATZNG THAT INDIVIDUALS SYMPATHETIC TU THE EAST
AFRICR BOMEERS GR USAMA BIN LADEN ARE PQANING AN ATTACK TD
COINCIDE&#39;WITH THE THIRD ANNZVEREARY or THE scmazwss. aowavsn, IN
RECENT WEEKS, THE U.s. INTELLIGENCE ccmmumxwy HAE BEEN TRACKING
AN INCREASED vonuma 9? rnnzar aagaarzns EMAKATING FROM GHSUPS
AL£GNED wxra OR SYMPATHETIE TQ usgma BIN LADEN. THE MAJORETY or
Rm: #1s1 ~ ancmes-

THIS REPQRTINQ INDICATES-A PGTENTIAL FQR ATTACKS AGHINST U13.
TARGETS ABEGAB; HOWEVER, THE FQSSIBELITY OF A ATTACK IN THE
UNITEQ STATES CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED, &#39;
CUNCLUSIGN: &#39; Y .
RECIPIENTS ARE BEENG NSTIFIED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE.U.S.
INTELLIGENCE CGMMUNITE CQNSIDERS A§NIVERSARY DATES R$ A KEY ,
THREAT IEDIUATOR. ALTHQUGH LAW ENFCRCEMENT AND SEQURITY -
PERSOENEL ARE CAUTIONED §ET TO EXCLUSIVELY RELY GN SUCH DATES TG
_PREDICT ACTS Q? TEREQRISM, ANNIVERSARY DATES CERTAINLY WARRANT
INCREASEU ATTENTIQN IN RQUTINE SECURITY FLANNING. - »
RECIPIENTS WHO RECEIVE QR DEVELDP ANY INFORM&TICN CQNCERNI§G
THIS MATTER SHQULD CGNTACT THEIQ LGCAL FBI OFFECE OE FBI
HEADQUARTERS IMMEUIATELY? .
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