(Image source: Federal Bureau of Investigation) 

BY ANLI XIAO

According to reports-- Al-Qaeda might have sent two American citizens to detonate car bombs in New York and Washington D.C on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Here’s WBBH. 

“We’re learning more about three possible suspects who may be planning to attack Washington or new york on the anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks. Authorities tell us two may be Americans with common Middle Eastern names. They may have U.S. passports. They may speak Arabic and English -- and may have orders that if car bombs won’t work, to cause destruction any way they can.”

The Wall Street Journal reveals the names of the two suspected American attackers.

“They are ... Jude Kenan Mohammad, an American alleged to have helped recruit five Alexandria, Va., men; and Adam Gadhan, an American who serves as an al Qaeda spokesman.”

Jude Kenan Mohammad, who dropped out of a North Carolina high school, was last seen in Pakistan in October 2008. According to WCTI, he has a history of terror.

(GFX -- WCTI12)
“A federal grand jury in North Carolina has indicted Mohammad for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons in a foreign country. There is a federal warrant for his arrest.”
http://www.wcti12.com/news/29135283/detail.html

Meanwhile, Adam Gadahn, who was born in California, has been considered as Al-Qaeda’s main propagandist. 

Intelligence about the possible attack came from an FBI informant in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. But just how credible is this information? The New York Times shows -- not so much. 

“...the informer’s information on the plot was second- or third-hand, another official said. It included only a vague physical description of the two men ... ‘All this information is very, very sketchy,’ one of the law enforcement officials said.”

A writer The Economist notes quote- “sketchy” information can mean anything. 

“It could mean that the threat is real and the government doesn't know exactly what's going on. It could mean that the threat is exaggerated. … [T]he government seems to be doing the right things: enhancing security while discouraging panic … stay calm, stay informed, and stay safe.”