"Let's take a plane to the Capitol": America was warned of a new terrorist attack
America has been warned of another terrorist attack. Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the received threat to attack the Capitol building in response to the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Sulemini.
The message from unknown senders was received by air traffic controllers at New York airport. The authorities do not consider the threat to be likely, but the very fact of the introduction of unknown persons into aviation the frequencies that air traffic controllers use to communicate with pilots.
- lead the media to record the message.
The Pentagon and US intelligence services were informed of the incident, and the air services were instructed to immediately respond to any threat and deviation of the aircraft from the course.
Dates of receiving the threat of a possible terrorist attack vary. According to some media reports, the message was received on January 3, the day of the murder of Suleimani, according to others, after January 3. The FBI does not comment on this information in any way.
Recall that the commander of the Al-Quds detachments of the IRGC, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed on January 3 as a result of an American missile attack launched from drone. The order to eliminate the Iranian commander was given personally by US President Donald Trump. Tehran threatened to retaliate against the United States for killing Soleimani.
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