New York, NY – Bomb attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia raise concerns about New York City being similarly targeted, a city police expert warned.
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Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Mitchell Silber, director of intelligence analysis for the New York Police Department, said New York could become an attractive target because of its large Jewish population.
“Iran’s next target could well be on American soil,” Silber wrote in the Journal. “In Senate testimony last month, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper stated that Iranian officials ‘are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime.’
“Iran has a proven record of using its official presence in a foreign city to coordinate attacks, which are then carried out by Hezbollah agents from abroad, often leveraging the local community — whether wittingly or not — as facilitators,” Silber wrote, citing the 1992 and 1994 bombings of Israeli and Jewish targets in Argentina
The author said the NYPD must assume that New York could be targeted by Iran or Hezbollah as the West’s conflict with Iran over its nuclear program heats up.
He said Iran and Hezbollah, and its supporters, have a presence in and around New York.
That’s why we pay him the big bucks. Who else would ever think that New York would be an attractive target?
Baruch Hashem we have competent experts on our side.
Wow; I’m shocked. I had no idea that I’m living in a city that may be a target for terrorists. This man should definitely receive a bonus for alerting us to this possibility.