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Threat Assessment: FBI Issues Alert For Possible Attack as Early as Today Last night the FBI issued a terrorist threat alert warning of a possible attack by a Yemeni man and several associates as early as today (see GSN, Feb. 1). “Recent information indicates a planned attack may occur in the United States or against U.S. interests on or around Feb. 12, 2002,” the FBI alert says. “One or more operatives may be involved in the attack.” The FBI alert identifies one potential attacker as Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei, a Yemeni national. The alert also lists a dozen other men including one from Tunisia and others from Yemen and Saudi Arabia, according to the Associated Press. Police should “stop and detain” any of the people named in the alert and all of the suspects “should be considered extremely dangerous,” the alert says. The alert indicates that information on the possible attacks came from interviews with captured al-Qaeda members in Afghanistan and at the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba, the AP reported. The information is considered credible but lacks details on specific targets, officials said. There is no evidence that al-Rabeei has entered the United States or that the ongoing Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City is a potential target, law enforcement officials said (see GSN, Jan. 22). The FBI issued the last terrorism alert on Dec. 3 and it was expected to last only through the holiday season, according to the AP (see GSN, Dec. 4, 2001). Officials later extended the alert through the Winter Olympics and it is now expected to end on March 11 (John Solomon, Associated Press/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 12).
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