NYPD on the Alert for Qaeda 'Bomb'

Another NYC manufactured crisis. I guess Mr.Bloomberg would like to turn attention away from the transit fiasco this past week and related disruptions. The Mayor also probably still has aspirations to run for President. And he knows that Bush has successfully used the threat of terrorism for political gain. Why else have NY police making a big ado about unsubstantiated Internet chatter:

In a show of force, the NYPD mobilized hundreds of anti-terrorism cops last night after an Internet report of a "dirty bomb" threat targeting the city surfaced, authorities said.

An Israeli-based Web site claimed al Qaeda communications accuse the United States of failing to take seriously the videotaped message last Sunday of an American member of the terror group, who vowed to attack the "spy dens" of U.S. and allied embassies throughout the Islamic world, police said.