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Thanks for nothing. (Insider Report).(federal officials fail to inform Nevada law enforcement leaders of terrorist threat against Las Vegas)(Brief Article)

The New American

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"Southern Nevada law enforcement leaders are upset that federal officials did not share with them allegations that a terrorist sleeper cell in Detroit wanted to destroy Las Vegas," reported the April 11th Las Vegas Review-Journal.

During testimony given on April 9th in the trial of three Moroccans and an Algerian accused of plotting terrorist acts, government witness Youssef Hmimssa "said one of the defendants spoke to him in June 2001 and August 2001 about Islamic extremist 'brothers' organizing for massive attacks in the United States," recounted the paper. "Hmimssa said [defendant Ahmed] Hannan referred to Las Vegas as 'the City of Satan.' Hannan also talked about the brothers ...

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