Six Islamic terrorists are in U.S. carrying Israeli passports
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SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, November 1, 2001
WASHINGTON Ñ Islamic insurgents operating in the United States have
entered the country with forged Israeli passports.
U.S. security officials said the Israeli passports were discovered in
the investigation that immediately followed the Sept. 11 suicide attacks on
New York and Washington. They said the passports were either stolen or
forged.
The FBI believes that six Arabs from the Middle East are now holding
Israeli passports, Middle East Newsline reported. They have stopped Israeli nationals coming into the
United States and have detained several of them.
Law enforcement officials are concerned that agents were sent by
Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden intend to launch a new series of
attacks
on strategic U.S. targets. These include nuclear plants and pipelines.
In Vienna, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency today urged world leaders to safeguard radioactive materials, and called for strict new controls to prevent a nuclear catastrophe.
Mohamed ElBaradei told reporters the willingness of terrorists to commit suicide and inflict massive damage makes the possibility of a nuclear-related attack much more likely now.
"We need to act quickly to protect ourselves," he said.
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