Terror magazine encourages attack on US Open: NYPD official
A disgusting terrorism magazine is encouraging readers to detonate a car bomb at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Queens, a NYPD analyst said Wednesday.
The hugely popular sporting event is mentioned in a recent issue of Inspire, the Al Qaeda published magazine.
In an article, 'Car Bombs Inside America,' readers are shown how to build such a device and reminded that 'America is our first target, followed by United Kingdom, France and other crusader countries.'
'The important thing is that you target people and not buildings,' the sickening story says.
Readers are also told to attack tennis stadiums, which are 'visited by thousands of people, and high-profile people, especially the U.S. Open.'
Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD's director of intelligence analysis, said, 'I want to be very clear - we've had no threat reporting related to the U.S. Open.'
'Nonetheless, we would be remiss not to take note of it, as this event comes up.'
Weiner made her comments during a NYPD Shield conference, where police officials at One Police Plaza briefed private sector security officials about terrorism issues.
The Open runs from Aug. 25 through Sept. 8.
The NYPD typically floods the tournament with scores of officers, in uniform and in plainclothes.
rparsacandola@nydailynews.com
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