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US on alert after ’credible’ 9/11 bomb threat

AFP, New York
Heavily armed police were on alert in and around New York City yesterday after US officials warned of a "credible" but unconfirmed bomb threat on the 10 th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
"There is specific, credible but uncon-firmed threat information," the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, as the White House confirmed President Barack Obama had ordered boosted counterterrorism efforts.
"We have taken, and will continue to take all steps necessary to mitigate any threats that arise," the department added in a statement.
A White House official confirmed that President Barack Obama had "directed the counterterrorism community to redouble its efforts in response to this credible but unconfirmed information."
Federal officials in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was a potential terrorism threat involving bomb-laden vehicles
against either the capital or New York.
Few details were given, but one US official told AFP a car bomb was "at the top of what we would be looking for."
Although there was no immediate change to the official national threat level, New York authorities immediately announced sweeping extra measures, including vehicle checkpoints.
The police department "is deploying additional resources... some of which you will notice and some of which you will not," Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters.
Extra shift hours would effectively increase by a third the size of patrols around New York, with checks on ferries, tunnels, bridges and landmarks, he said.
US Senator Susan Collins, a ranking member of the homeland security committee, confirmed that she had received a classified briefing on a "specific and credible" terrorist threat Thursday morning.
"I am confident that the administration is taking the threat seriously," she said in a statement.
Earlier, US military bases had raised their alert levels, but officials would not say whether this was related to the new threat report.
The scare came days ahead of Sunday's anniversary ceremonies for the September 11,2001, attacks, when Obama and his predecessor George W Bush are due in the city, along with large crowds.
Despite frequent threats and a string of failed plots, al-Qaeda has not succeeded in mounting a major attack on US soil since 2001, when it hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into NewYork'sWorldTrade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killingnearly3,000 people.
However, officials have warned of a possible backlash following the US commando operation in May that killed al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in a secret compound in Pakistan.
According to US officials, documents and computer files were seized at the compound showing bin Laden was considering strikes to coincide with the 9 /11 anniversary.