New Terrorist Threat Looms Only Days Before 9/11 Anniversary
Sept. 8 2011, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
By Neil Woulfe - Breaking Celebrity News Senior News Director
Only days before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the United States is under a new terrorist threat.
In a hastily called news conference late Thursday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned of “unconfirmed” intelligence that a terrorist attack was being planned to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
"We know the terrorists regard the anniversary as an opportunity to strike again. We do live in a world where we must take these threats seriously," Bloomberg said.
Although details of the threat are vague, ABC news said intelligence agencies received information that three people had entered the U.S. with the intention of staging a "vehicle-borne" attack on the anniversary of September 11.
Officials believe the suspected attackers began their journey in Afghanistan and may have passed through Iran.
It’s believed that New York or Washington, D.C. are the intended targets with bridges and tunnels the most likely places where an attack could be launched.
Officials say any unattended car left near an infrastructure in NYC or D.C. will be towed.