Federal authorities have been searching for a merchant ship carrying a group of al Qaeda terrorists and a large cache of weapons that is believed to be headed for Los Angeles, The Washington Times has learned. Top Stories The FBI has been investigating an intelligence report about the ship and a group of up to 40 al Qaeda terrorists on board for the past several weeks, but it has been unable to find the vessel or any similar plot, according to law enforcement and intelligence officials.The terrorist personnel and their weapons set off from an unnamed Middle Eastern port and were to be unloaded on Catalina Island, according to the report.
This story via Ken Layne, who uses it as a springboard to yet another brilliant al-Qaeda-scary-monster/James-Bond-supercreep free-associatin' 3-D House of Hotlinks extravaganza in his FoxNews.com column.
Bless him.
Posted by Dr. Frank at June 18, 2002 10:36 AM | TrackBack