Al-Qaeda may seek vengeance for bin Laden: US
The US government urged police and the public to be on high alert Monday for possible terrorist plots to avenge slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, warning Western targets around the world were at risk.
CIA director Leon Panetta, a key architect of the daring US special forces raid that left bin Laden dead at a secretive Pakistan compound, warned "terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge him."
"We must -- and will -- remain vigilant and resolute," Panetta said, as concerns about retaliation tempered exuberant celebrations of bin Laden's slaying nearly 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In New York, where Al-Qaeda suicide operatives used passenger airplanes as guided missiles to destroy the World Trade Center Towers, beefed-up police patrols carried assault rifles at "Ground Zero" and subway stations.
"As of now, there are no new immediate threats against our city. But there is no doubt we remain a top target, and the killing of Bin Laden will not change that," cautioned New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
In Washington, flocks of tourists strolled past the marble-domed US Capitol, as police tasked with lawmakers's safety deployed what they described as "enhanced security measures" there and at congressional office buildings.
"The public may notice an increased police presence and enhanced patrols in the field -- and some measures may not even be visible to the public," said a spokeswoman, Sergeant Kimberly Schneider.
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said authorities were "at a heightened state of vigilance" as her agency issued a private message to security personnel nationwide darkly warning of possible attacks.
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