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Does not expire until May 2003. Due to terrorist execution scheduled for November 16. Worldwide alert. Fox news alert.

-- Anonymous, November 06, 2002

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Terrorist to be executed in Virginia. Did I miss something? Not Moussaoui, is it? Who? Gawd, I hate when I forget stuff.

-- Anonymous, November 06, 2002

you're not alone!

-- Anonymous, November 06, 2002

just one?

-- Anonymous, November 06, 2002

O-kay--how soon we forget. (And how MUCH!) This is the guy who shot up the CIA a few years, remember? Took out a couple of agents. I believe he was Pakistani. I don't think we called him a terrorist back then.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2002

Thursday November 7, 10:15 AM US warns of new terror plots, including suicide attacks

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Extremists are planning new terrorist strikes against US interests overseas, including possible suicide attacks, the State Department has warned.

"The US government continues to receive credible indications that extremist groups and individuals are planning additional terrorist actions against US interests," the department said in a worldwide caution issued late Wednesday. "Such actions may include, but are not limited to, suicide operations."

The warning came in advance of the scheduled November 14 execution by the US state of Virginia of Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani national convicted of murder and sentenced to death for his 1993 killing of two Central Intelligence Agency employees.

The two men, identified as Lansing Bennett, 66, and Frank Darling, 28, were shot dead from a Chinese-made AK-47 assault rifle as they sat in their cars in traffic outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

The attack left three other people wounded.

The killings triggered a worldwide hunt for Kansi, which culminated in a daring raid on a Pakistani hotel by a Federal Bureau of Investigation team and his arrest in June 1997.

A son of a wealthy Pakistani family, Kansi worked in the Washington area as a courier while waiting for his asylum application to be processed by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The State Department said that as security measures in the United States have been stepped up, terrorists may choose to target Americans or US facilities overseas.

"Terrorist groups do not distinguish between official and civilian targets," the caution said. "There is a possibility that American citizens may be targeted for kidnapping or assassination."

Other potential targets could include residential areas, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, schools, hotels, outdoor recreation events or resorts and beaches and other facilities where Americans, or foreigners in general, are known to congregate, according to the State Department.

It said US facilities overseas may temporarily close or suspend public services from time to time due to these new security concerns and urged American travelers to remain vigilant and exercise caution.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2002



oh, 1993.

I was a little preoccupied back then, what with repairing after Andrew and trying to find a new job and all.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2002


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