U.S. Intelligence Group Dismisses al Qaeda Nuclear, WMD Report
May 29, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
A U.S.-based intelligence group dismissed a media report that al-Qaeda may release a video recording calling on militants to attack the West with biological, chemical or nuclear weapons.
ABC News cited unidentified intelligence officials as saying the tape may be released on the Internet within 24 hours and that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation sent a bulletin to 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country.
The tape referred to in the report was made by supporters of al-Qaeda and released May 26, titled “Nuclear Jihad, The Ultimate Terror,” IntelCenter, based in Alexandria, Virginia, said in an e-mailed statement today.
“The material in these types of videos does not qualify as an official message from al-Qaeda or any other group,” said IntelCenter, which provides counterterrorism intelligence support to the U.S., British, Australian and Canadian armed forces. “Considering them so would be the equivalent of considering a 10-year-old’s homemade fan video of his favorite sports team to be an official team message.”
