FBI: ENERGY SITES IN QAEDA SIGHTS

July 15, 2004 -- The FBI has issued a new alert to law-enforcement agencies, warning that al Qaeda might try to launch attacks on the U.S. energy infrastructure as part of a new terror offensive.

Authorities said last night that the FBI recently issued an intelligence bulletin to 18,000 law-enforcement agencies warning that "suspicious incidents" inside the United States had led analysts to believe that al Qaeda may be plotting attacks on oil refineries, power plants, oil tankers and others parts of the energy industry. [New York Post]