FBI Issues Warning to Police After Terrorist Health Scare
The FBI has sent a bulletin to state and local law enforcement warning of possible terrorist reprisals as the health of an incarcerated terror mastermind fails, FOX News has learned.
Although the FBI said there is no credible indication that a plan for retribution is in place, the agency sent the warning as Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman was treated in Missouri for bleeding.
The blind sheik, who was the alleged architect of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, has called for revenge should he die in U.S. custody. ...
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The imprisoned al Qaeda spiritual leader known as the “Blind Sheikh” suffered a “medical emergency” at the Springfield federal prison last week, and the FBI is warning his death could lead al Qaeda to launch terror attacks against the United States in reprisal.
According to an FBI bulletin, obtained by ABCNews.com, the 68-year-old Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman began to spit up blood on Dec. 6, and was rushed from prison to the emergency room of St. John’s Regional Hospital in Springfield, Mo…
The FBI bulletin reminded authorities that the sheikh had previously called for reprisal attacks in the case of his death in prison.
The found a tumor on his liver. More:
The FBI bulletin also notes, “During Ramadan of this past year, al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI) released a videotape encouraging all Muslims in Iraq to exert efforts in capturing Western personnel so that they may be exchanged for the release of the Blind Sheik, suggesting that the Blind Sheikh remains a significant source of inspiration for AQ and their sympathizers.“ ...