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Homefront Threats


Since 9/11 there have been reports of threats. The accuracy of many of the government warnings has been in doubt. The POINTS project has evaluated the various targets and threats. Recognizing that no one, including POINTS, can predict future events with certainty, we nonetheless believe our background and information sources allows us to suggest relative ranges of dangers and, in some cases, possible defensive actions. Other evaluations have been done by the media and experts. Further information on al-Qaeda and its activities is available in the POINTS library.

Because of the danger of "threat fatigue," -- the inability to be always in a state of hair-trigger readiness -- the public needs to categorize the threats, concentrate on the ones most likely to affect them, provided they have any ability to lessen or reduce the threat.


High probability of use by terrorist attackers in U.S.
Probability of use by terrorist attackers in U.S.
Possibility of use by terrorist attackers in U.S.
Use by terrorist attackers in U.S. is questionable.


Unspecified attacks against New York landmarks and neighborhoods.
Unspecified attacks against targets in Florida, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles or Seattle.
Tanker trucks may be used for explosive/incendiary attacks.
Emergency vehicles may be used in attacks or to gain access to WMD materials.
Suicide bomb attacks or assaults on schools or office buildings.
Shopping centers and supermarkets would be attacked (explosives or gas)
Water supplies may come under attack.
Electrical grid may come under attack.
Foreign flagged ships may bring terrorists to the U.S.
Rental of apartments to fill with explosives and ignite.
"Places of amusment, immorality and sin," could be attacked.
Nuclear power plants would be attacked.
Banks and savings institutions brought under unspecified attack.
Railway or subway attacks, explosives or chemical (gas).
Dams, locks and reservoirs might be attacked.
Cyber-attacks may be used in conjunction with other attacks.
Liberty Bell attacked.
Scuba attacks on ports or divers.
California/New York bridges attacked.


Targets Not Specified by Government
Aircraft attacked by shoulder-fired missiles.
Simultaneous attacks against a mixture of targets.
Assassination attacks at homes (walk up and ring door bell) or ambushes of drivers (gunmen in cars or on motorcycles).





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