(U//FOUO) Title: Possible Threats and Test Terrorist Attacks made to Baltimore/Washington D.C. Roadways
(U//FOUO) Focus Statement: Radicalized individuals with extremist group connections have been testing the infrastructure of Baltimore/ Washington D.C. One of these test attacks is the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. These incidents and information found on the two key suspects indicate a potential increase of threats to the infrastructure of major cities across the United States.
(U//FOUO) Key Judgments:
• (U//FOUO) The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Incident was a test of major city emergency preparedness.
• (U//FOUO) The individuals involved have possible radicalized ties to extremist groups.
• (U//FOUO) The individuals were suspicious. (U//FOUO) Substantiation: (U//FOUO) The individuals intentionally caused the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Incident to test the city’s emergency preparedness and response. The two individuals, Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud prevented their truck from being moved, while blocking traffic waiting for law enforcement to arrive increasing the dangerousness of the situation. Other law enforcement overheard one of the occupants say “See, more than 15 minutes…just like they said! And the tunnel is already completely backed up!”. Al Shakroun’s briefcase contained detailed maps of I-95 with highlighted portions indicating bridges and tunnels in the surrounding the city of Baltimore. Baltimore City Police found newspaper clipping of the 2007 Minneapolis I-35W Bridge collapse and newspaper clippings of missing Somali males that returned to their home country to train for the jihad in Minneapolis. Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration technicians found that someone intentionally tampered with the front-end wheel assembly on the truck causing the front wheel to fall off in the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. (U//FOUO) Abdulla al-Shakroun, Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud and their business associate, Ashraf Querishi, have ties to extremist religious based groups. …show more content…
Al Shakroun follows Islamic law and has ties to Black Muslims in New York and New Jersey as well as ties to Algeria’s Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud had previous charges of disturbing the peace while making anti-government comments and has attended a Black Panther rally in 2011. Ashraf Querishi who was grew up in Pakistan and was taught at a religious school. He came to the United States to study engineering and became an expert in automobile engineering working for BMW of America with the ability to tailor and customize the front end assemblies of vehicles to the buyer’s specifications. A source described Querishi as “hating America”. (U//FOUO) Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud behavior was suspious. …show more content…
At the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident a state policeman described the men as being “pleased or “satisfied” with the potentially dangerous situation. The two individuals did not react or ask questions about their truck being impounded for inspection. Both individuals also made racial, religious and anti-government charged comments of how foreigners are treated differently in the United States. Al Shakroun lied when he told law enforcement that this was their first trip to Washington D.C after receipts were found in his briefcase from an earlier trip to Washington D.C. earlier in the year. Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud and their business associate, Ashraf Querishi has not been located since the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. (U//FOUO) Implications: (U//FOUO) Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud intentionally caused the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident with the aid of Ashraf Querishi altering the vehicle. The individuals caused this incident to assess the emergency
(U//FOUO) Focus Statement: Radicalized individuals with extremist group connections have been testing the infrastructure of Baltimore/ Washington D.C. One of these test attacks is the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. These incidents and information found on the two key suspects indicate a potential increase of threats to the infrastructure of major cities across the United States.
(U//FOUO) Key Judgments:
• (U//FOUO) The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Incident was a test of major city emergency preparedness.
• (U//FOUO) The individuals involved have possible radicalized ties to extremist groups.
• (U//FOUO) The individuals were suspicious. (U//FOUO) Substantiation: (U//FOUO) The individuals intentionally caused the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Incident to test the city’s emergency preparedness and response. The two individuals, Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud prevented their truck from being moved, while blocking traffic waiting for law enforcement to arrive increasing the dangerousness of the situation. Other law enforcement overheard one of the occupants say “See, more than 15 minutes…just like they said! And the tunnel is already completely backed up!”. Al Shakroun’s briefcase contained detailed maps of I-95 with highlighted portions indicating bridges and tunnels in the surrounding the city of Baltimore. Baltimore City Police found newspaper clipping of the 2007 Minneapolis I-35W Bridge collapse and newspaper clippings of missing Somali males that returned to their home country to train for the jihad in Minneapolis. Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration technicians found that someone intentionally tampered with the front-end wheel assembly on the truck causing the front wheel to fall off in the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. (U//FOUO) Abdulla al-Shakroun, Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud and their business associate, Ashraf Querishi, have ties to extremist religious based groups. …show more content…
Al Shakroun follows Islamic law and has ties to Black Muslims in New York and New Jersey as well as ties to Algeria’s Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud had previous charges of disturbing the peace while making anti-government comments and has attended a Black Panther rally in 2011. Ashraf Querishi who was grew up in Pakistan and was taught at a religious school. He came to the United States to study engineering and became an expert in automobile engineering working for BMW of America with the ability to tailor and customize the front end assemblies of vehicles to the buyer’s specifications. A source described Querishi as “hating America”. (U//FOUO) Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud behavior was suspious. …show more content…
At the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident a state policeman described the men as being “pleased or “satisfied” with the potentially dangerous situation. The two individuals did not react or ask questions about their truck being impounded for inspection. Both individuals also made racial, religious and anti-government charged comments of how foreigners are treated differently in the United States. Al Shakroun lied when he told law enforcement that this was their first trip to Washington D.C after receipts were found in his briefcase from an earlier trip to Washington D.C. earlier in the year. Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud and their business associate, Ashraf Querishi has not been located since the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident. (U//FOUO) Implications: (U//FOUO) Abdulla al-Shakroun and Mustafa Mohammed Massaoud intentionally caused the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel incident with the aid of Ashraf Querishi altering the vehicle. The individuals caused this incident to assess the emergency