Security officials are warning the leaders of major Wall Street banks that al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen may be trying to plan attacks against those financial institutions or their leading executives, NBCNewYork has learned.
Intelligence officials stressed the threats are general in nature and there is "no indication of a targeted assassination plot" against any Wall Street executive. But NBCNewYork.com learned that officials fear the names of some top banking executives have been discussed by terror operatives overseas.
Intelligence analysts added they have a general but growing concern that operatives in Yemen may again try to send package bombs or biological or chemical agents through the mail to Wall Street bankers.
In recent weeks, the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and New York Police Department officials have been briefing bank executives and their security departments on the nature of the threat information. Much of it was gleaned from al Qaeda writings like "Inspire" magazine, that recently warned of attacks targeting financial institutions.
The latest "Inspire" issue also made reference to trying to use anthrax in an attack, officials said.
NBC terror consultants also pointed to the Web writings of al Qaeda blogger Abu Suleiman Al-Nasser, who recently wrote: "Rush my Muslim brothers to targeting financial sites and the program sites of financial institutions, stock markets and money markets."
Al-Nasser is a blogger who has written about some previous al Qaeda plots, including a recent bombing attempt in Sweden, before much of the information was publicly known.
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