Bomb threats made agaisnt masjid
NEW MOSQUE THREAT: "YA'LL GONNA GET BOMBED TONIGHT" - TOP WCPO, 7/18/06
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/07/18/mosque.html
The FBI and Cincinnati Police are investigating after the Islamic Association of Cincinnati received threats Monday.In December, two pipe bombs exploded outside the Clifton Avenue mosque. No arrests were made.On Monday, someone called the mosque and threatened to blow it up, people at the mosque told 9News. They say someone also drove by, yelling threats."A car did come by and it said the exact words that 'ya'll gonna get bombed tonight,' to 'watch out ya'll gonna get bombed tonight,'" said Karen Dabdoub of the Islamic Association of Cincinnati.SEE ALSO:
THREATS PHONED IN TO LOCAL MOSQUE - TOP http://www.wkrc.com/breaking/story.aspx?content_id=840CC37FAB59426C-A81D-CF26B868D3D6The FBI is investigating threats phoned in to a local mosque. The caller reportedly made death threats targeting Muslims Monday evening.The mosque in Clifton is the same one targeted by two pipe bombs in December.An FBI spokesperson says agents will investigate Tuesday, and that the matter has been referred to Cincinnati Police.The local office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says the mosque remained open for prayer, but security has been increased.---
FBI CHECKS OLD BOMB THREAT - TOP WILLIAM A. WEATHERS, ENQUIRER, 7/19/06
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20060719/NEWS01/607190347/1077 CLIFTON - The FBI is investigating whether there's a connection between a bomb threat to a mosque Monday and a pipe-bomb explosion at the mosque in December."That's one of the things we're looking into," Special Agent Michael Brooks, spokesman for the Cincinnati FBI office, said Tuesday.Karen Dabdoub, a spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of Cincinnati mosque in the 3600 block of Clifton Avenue, said someone called the mosque about 5:30 p.m. Monday and threatened to bomb it.Later, about 11 p.m. a car with several men inside drove past the mosque and someone shouted a threat to bomb the building, said Dabdoub, director of the Cincinnati Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations."We're going to bomb the place. We're going to bomb the place," someone shouted from the car, Dabdoub said. "It's pretty much what they said on the phone."Mosque officials are taking the threats seriously and security has been increased, Dabdoub said. "These threats are unacceptable in any community," she said. "They (worshipers) have the right to come here and worship in peace."Dabdoub said the December bombing, which caused minor damage to the building, failed to intimidate worshipers. (MORE)
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