World News 30-10-2001 More Terror Attacks This Week, Warns FBI who: FBI what: Says it has "specific, credible information" about forthcoming terror attack where: Washington DC when: Yesterday snippet: "America was last night put on its highest state of alert," reports The Guardian, "after the attorney general said he had specific, credible information of further `very serious` terrorist attacks in the coming days." "John Ashcroft, the Attorney-General, said that he could not be clear about the target or the method of attack, or whether it would be launched against the US mainland or its interests abroad," says The Times. "But he sent out a warning to the country`s 18,000 law enforcement agencies to heighten their vigilance." "The FBI director, Robert Mueller, said the information was `not specific as to intended target or as to intended method`," says The Independent, "and emphasised that the earlier warning, issued on 11 October, may have helped avert an attack." "The warning came hours before a US passenger jet flying from New York to Dallas was diverted to Dulles airport, Washington after a written bomb threat was found on board," reports the BBC this morning. "The 141 passengers and eight crew were evacuated, and two airport runways were closed while the FBI searched the plane with sniffer dogs." [... more]

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