Friday 4th February, 2011 US security officials say Wall Street under threat Big News Network.com Thursday 3rd February, 2
Counter-terrorism agencies in the US have warned some Wall Street institutions that they might be in danger from an al-Qaeda threat.
The FBI has said information gleaned from an al-Qaeda-linked magazine has suggested that the financial markets in New York could be a target.
Financial firms have been told to improve security to ensure they do not become victims of al-Qaeda followers, who are told in the magazine article to target banks and global corporations.
The Department of Homeland Security has joined with the FBI and the New York Police Department in briefings to Wall Street bosses about the need for vigilance.
The threats were made by the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is believed to be behind the October 2010 plot to send parcel bombs to the United States.
It was also allegedly involved in a plot on Christmas Day 2009 to blow up a plane over the United States.
The article published in AQAP’s “Inspire” magazine was written by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical US-Yemeni Muslim cleric who has been described by the US government as being closely aligned to the thoughts of Osama bin Laden.
In the article he says Muslim scholars agree on the permissibility of taking away the wealth of disbelievers.
Awlaki suggests that government property, banks, global corporations and “wealth belonging to disbelievers with known animosity towards Muslims” should be targeted.
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