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Topic: Breaking: Terror Threat to New York Subways ( 5PM EST)
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RaptureRH
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http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_279171757.html
Breaking News: Terror Threat On NYC Subway
(CBS) NEW YORK
Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly are announcing an increase in security on the New York City subway system, after intelligence reports indicate a "credible security threat" to its transit system.
A source tells CBS 2 News that the threat is "specific to place, time and method," and that the method is bombing.
Rep. Peter King confirmed the threat, saying "Obviously, this is a significant threat." King is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
The law enforcement official said authorities are especially concerned about bags on the subway, and plan to flood New York's mass transit system with police officers.
An estimated 4.5 million passengers ride the New York subway on an average weekday. The system has more than 468 subway stations.
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FNC's source says it is 19 suitcase bombs.
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AP: Threat is specific to place, time and method.
3 Iraqi insurgents were arrested and one of them disclosed the threat.
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By Joshua Robin and Rocco Parascandola
STAFF WRITERS
October 6, 2005, 4:31 PM EDT
A "credible threat" to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, law enforcement sources said today.
Hundreds of officers were expected to be dispatched as early as this afternoon to every station in Manhattan -- and possibly system wide -- to thwart the attack, which was said to timed to the Jewish High Holidays and the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Scores of officers from various narcotics units are being called in to assist in patrolling the subways, beginning as early as this afternoon. Many were expected to convene first at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Police sources also said that cops were expected to be kept on 12-hour tours over the weekend.
Police could not yet identify the source of the threat, other than to call it "credible."
It comes as the city emerges from two days of hightened alert during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. Police officers patrolled outside of synagogues as thousands of congregants attended services.
MTA officials said they were unaware of the threat until alerted by a reporter. They were expected to return calls later this afternoon.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1190231
Oct. 6, 2005 — The New York City Police Department is investigating what it deems a credible tip that 19 operatives have been deployed to New York to place bombs in the subway, and security in the subways will be increased, sources told ABC News.
While the police department is taking the threat seriously, it is also urging the public not to be alarmed because – while the source is credible – the information has not been verified.
According to sources in intelligence, emergency services and police headquarters, when three Iraqi insurgents were recently arrested during a raid by a joint FBI-CIA team, one of those caught disclosed the threat. Because it slipped out during the arrest, the plot was deemed credible.
After several days of work, sources said, the NYPD is increasingly concerned because it has been unable to discredit the initial source and additional information from the source.
The 19 operatives were to place improvised explosive devices in the subways using briefcases, according to two sources.
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