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New York police investigating chilling al-Qaeda posters

The ‘movie poster’ image appeared on Internet forums sympathetic to the terrorist group yesterday.

Image: NYPD Handout

POLICE IN NEW YORK are investigating the existence of a movie poster style graphic which has popped up on a number of al-Qaeda forums.

According to city media, the NYPD and FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force are investigating the origin and authenticity of the graphic.

The poster shows the New York skyline with the words “ALQAEDA, Coming Soon Again in New York” placed out front.

Deputy Commissioner Paul Brown told local radio station 1010 WINS that there is no connection between the poster and any known plan to attack the city.

However,  he referred to it as a “clear implication…[of a] threat to New York”. He also noted that the image shows police headquarters, which are not a feature of Manhattan’s skyline.

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Comments (25 Comments)

  • Al-Qaeda – They don’t speak the English too good, as Harry Redknapp might say.

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    • Will it be in 3D

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    • Brush up on your history guys.
      The islam belief ( religion) has very much threatened the western world before.
      History repeats itself.
      I don’t want this extreme persusion in my backyard.

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    • Saying Islamic belief has threatened the West before is the exact same as saying the Christian belief has threatened the Eastern world. If you want to brush up on your history, at least get it right. Great empires that happened to be Islamic threatened to take over Europe before. Great Empires that happened to be Christian threatened the Eastern world before. These guys being Islamic is akin to George Bush being Christian. Its time people stopped blaming religion for all the problems of man. Sure it doesn’t help matters, but it also keeps kicking the proverbial can down the road and until we actually stop looking for excuses by kicking that can, we will never realise the truth – Humanity has no-one or nothing to blame for the problems of humanity bar the fact that humanity, as great as we are, or more to the point, claim to be, we really are a shower of as***les.

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  • Al Qaeda…. cowards the lot of them.

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  • Jim Corr is getting well good at the aul photoshop in fairness to him.

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  • America has supported terrorism for years

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  • @Above

    Sorry, I don’t find the comments above, one bit funny. Do any of you remember the scenes at ground zero? The adults, the children that were blown to ashes? Remember the poor man jumping/falling from the top of the tower. Still, to this day nobody knows who that poor was.

    Al Queda and all terrorists groups are rotten to the core. Bullying, self centred, selfish asses.

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    • John 03/04/12 #

      Sheila, we all remember 911. However, this story is nothing more than a false flag operation. It’s designed to keep the population paranoid and controlled. This story is the ‘excuse’ that will be used to ban protest in NY city. Its designed to prevent the Occupy movement continuing their action. NY will not be attacked again, at leat not by the ficticious al-Qaeda. We should never forget those sacrificed on 911, but we need to be alert to those who will exploit this to satisfy their need to control populations

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    • Not at all like Americans then

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    • @John, I’m a big critic of USA at times, but are you crazy?

      ficticious al-Qaeda – WTF – both Al-Qaeda and every government, historian and intellect in the world knows they do exist.

      sacrificed – WFT – they were murdered, it was not a religious killing and they didn’t voluntarily give up their lives

      sacrificed Verb:
      Offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.
      Give up (something important or valued) for the sake of other considerations.
      Again please go see a doctor if you are ill

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    • You have my support Sheila.

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    • @ you all especially John with speaking the truth, the western world needs to wake up and open your eyes to who controls the real world! 911 was a set up read about it, federal reserve is a joke of a company, the military contracts go out to private companies owned by guess f@@king who? Sorry if some of you can not handle the truth, wake the hell up!! America is saving the world from terrorists my ass! Plain and simple example, look at what happened in Libya, look at the unfortunate people of Syria! Know one gives a shit ooooo I wonder why?

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    • You don’t find the fact that “al-qaeda” are supposedly threatening America by releasing a poster that says “Al-Qaeda coming soon again in New York” funny? Sorry, but if you’re going to threaten someone in their language, at least get it right.

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  • ..except that, according to Robin Cook (former UK Foreign Secretary), there is no such group, terrorist or otherwise, calling themselves Al Qaida (Qeada ?).
    Al Qaida is the name of the CIA database that held the identities of thousands of mujaheddin that were armed and trained by the CIA to fight against the Russians in Afghanistan. (There is also speculation that the name was also given to a base in Afghanistan where this training took place).

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  • If the FBI CIA and the OMG play their cards right they could catch then at the premier!!!

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  • Nice poster, good colour, well presented…overall a good job.

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  • Propaganda by the USA.

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  • Sheila what about all the other millions of people America burnt to ashes all threw the years

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  • Al Queda watchin’ too much Fox News I’d say

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  • Hmmmmmmmmmm

    wouldnt surprise me if its the work of some artist looking for a bit of noteriety to boost his sales and push his prices up.

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  • @John, I’m a big critic of USA at times, but are you crazy?

    ficticious al-Qaeda – WTF – both Al-Qaeda and every government, historian and intellect in the world knows they do exist.

    sacrificed – WFT – they were murdered, it was not a religious killing and they didn’t voluntarily give up their lives

    sacrificed Verb:
    Offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.
    Give up (something important or valued) for the sake of other considerations.

    Again please go see a doctor if you are ill

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  • Terror alert must be in the red ” please do not leave your homes unless entirely necessary”…..

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  • sounds like a blue movie

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  • Hmm what buildings will be hit this time

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