Chemical Purchases Investigated In New York Terror Probe
September 22, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
A report from the Wall Street Journal states that investigators are trying to track purchases of chemicals that could be used to make explosives, as part of the ongoing New York / Denver terror probe.
Two officials familiar with the probe said investigators were combing records on the purchases of chemicals, particularly hydrogen peroxide, that could be used to make bombs. Peroxide-based explosives were used in a deadly attack on London’s subway and bus system in July 2005, and al Qaeda’s interest in such explosives has been a top concern for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for almost two years, according to intelligence assessments made public.
The officials stressed that the potential target of any plot remained unknown. But one of the officials said that much of the evidence authorities have gathered in raids on homes in New York City and a suburb of Denver, Colo., was suggestive of a plot to attack trains or buses, although there was no specific evidence of such a plan.
