NYPD Warned of Terror Threat to Blow Up Fuel-Filled Tanker
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Cops who staff bridges and tunnels in New York City were read harrowing details of a terrorist threat Wednesday advising them to be on the lookout for a fuel-filled tanker meant to explode prior to a secondary blast designed to decimate any first responders.
The message, which was read by police brass, noted that as 10:30 am Tuesday, "there is a threat to all crossings, as of this point, being treated as credible, that some type of tanker will explode causing us to respond."
"At some point during the response, a second explosion (will occur) causing injury to all first responders to this incident," the message noted.
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The message cautioned that "no date or time has been given" for the potential terrorist strike.
The chilling warning was read at roll call for four Port Authority police commands -- cops assigned to the Holland and Lincoln Tunnel; the George Washington Bridge; and also the Staten Island command, which incorporates the Bayonne and Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing, a source said.
A Port Authority police source insisted that the grim advisory stemmed from raw intelligence which originated with a prisoner captured in Afghanistan, who allegedly passed along a claim that a gasoline or propane-filled tanker might be arriving from Canada and the Lincoln Tunnel could be a potential target.
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