Solomon
Before you jump into  any conclusions check out the facts and the author
of that piece.
Remember it is not everything that is written or said that may be the
truth . Many times such stories are designed to divert attention or
scare us.
Personally ,I think violence is not the solution to ant problem no
matter what your belief
Habib
see you soon in Atlanta

Solomon Sylva wrote:

> This is getting too disturbing and closer to home!!!!
>
> Why are they picking on our Beloved Continent that is very defenseless
> from these types of   non-sense, that will end up killing more
> Africans than their real targets.
>
> A message to any T-group out there that has any African country on
> their minds or target list. Please leave our continent alone, we have
> enough troubles at our disposal thus far. We need a break to rebuild
> from the least we've got left. Go to the lands of your enemies, if you
> are brave enough, and not on our Motherland. Leave us alone!! Enough
> is enough!!!!! PeaceKing Solomon
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>
> Bin Laden feared to be planning terrorist attack
>
> June 16, 1999
> Web posted at: 9:47 p.m. EDT (0147 GMT)
>
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. officials fear
> that suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden
> "may be in the final stages" of planning
> an attack against the United States.
>
> Bin Laden, son of a Saudi Arabian
> billionaire, is accused of masterminding the almost simultaneous
> bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania last August that
> left 224 people dead.
>
> U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity Wednesday, told CNN
> that current targets would most likely be somewhere in the Middle East
> or Africa.
>
> However, they refused to rule out the possibility of an attack on U.S.
> soil -- including Washington, D.C.
>
> The officials expressed specific concern about U.S. embassies in
> Mozambique, Senegal and Ghana -- all believed to have been under
> recent surveillance by possible terrorists.
>
> Individuals possibly associated with bin Laden's organization are
> suspected of videotaping the outside of the embassy in Mozambique.
>
> The officials believe planning for an attack is in the "advanced" or
> "final stages."
>
> They said the information was a result of intercepted communication
> and other intelligence gathering methods they would not elaborate on.
>
> After the embassy bombings, the United States launched cruise missile
> attacks against camps allegedly used by bin Laden in Afghanistan and
> bombed a suspected munitions plant in Sudan.
>
> Since then, law enforcement officials have been looking into "credible
> threats" involving bin Laden's terrorist organization, the officials
> said.
>
> Bin Laden allegedly is trying to obtain chemical and biological
> weapons from a number of sources -- including former Soviet-bloc
> nations -- for possible use in such attacks, they added.
>
> "We have always operated on the assumption that he is continuing his
> interest in both obtaining weapons of mass destruction and having his
> network attack targets of interest to the United States," said one
> official.
>
> CNN's Carl Rochelle, Chris Plante, Pierre Thomas and Peter Bergen
> contributed to this report.
>