Next Terrorist Attack by Sunday?
2001-12-12
John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban fighter captured by Marines in Afghanistan has told American officials in intelligence debriefings that al Qaeda?s next attack on the U.S. will occur at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends Sunday, and will involve biological weapons. This will be ?Phase II? of the war against the U.S. and a third phase will cause the destruction of the entire country, according to the Islamic convert.
This information was among other intelligence reports that led the Bush administration to issue a public warning last week about a possible terrorist attack. However, officials have questioned the credibility of Lindh?s claim because of his relatively low-level position in al-Qaeda.
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