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		A New York police officer orders a truck to stop for a random search Friday, after an Israeli Web site reported on a dirty bomb threat to the city. (Reuters)

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Israeli Web site causes N.Y. to up counterterrorism precautions

By Haaretz Service and News Agencies

New York authorities were taking extra counterterrorism precautions Friday in response to what they said was an unsubstantiated report on an Israeli Web site regarding a radiological threat to the city.

Officials said Friday that they had not changed the city's terror alert status in response to online chatter mentioning a truck packed with radioactive material. But police deployed extra radiological sensors on street, water and air patrols, and were stopping vehicles at checkpoints in lower Manhattan and around the city.

Police confirmed the increased security was in response to receiving information that a dirty bomb may go off around 34th street in Manhattan on Friday evenin.

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The Empire State Building, New York City's tallest building, Madison Square Garden and Macy's department store are in the 34th Street neighborhood.

Deputy Police Commissioner Paul J. Browne called the measures strictly precautionary. He said an Israeli Web site reported that online posts were made following a video released Sunday featuring an American member of Al-Qaida threatening foreign diplomats and embassies across the Islamic world.

Browne appeared to be referring to a report published on DEBKAfile, which stated that Al-Qaida communications had accused the U.S. of the "grave error of failing to take seriously the videotape released by the American Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gaddahn last week."

According to the report, the communications said "the attacks would be carried out 'by means of trucks loaded with radio-active material against America's biggest city and financial nerve center.'"

DEBKAfile added that another message "mentioned New York, Los Angeles and Miami as targets."

"We are closely monitoring the situation," said Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke. "There continues to be no credible information telling us that there's a threat to the homeland at this time."

The FBI also said there was no credible threat.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the police measures were nothing out of the ordinary.

"These actions are like those that the NYPD takes every day - precautions against potential but unconfirmed threats that may never materialize," he said in a statement.

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1.	The website they`re talking about	10:01	\|	Shmulik	11/08/07

2.	Good job to Paul J.Brown , Imagine were his head would have rolle	10:24	\|	Joseph E .	11/08/07

3.	you mean Debkafile, Right? www.debka.com	10:32	\|	Pavel	11/08/07

4.	DEBKA should field its own candidates...	12:59	\|	Michael A. Shoemaker	11/08/07

5.	America loves Israel	13:59	\|	Wendy	11/08/07

6.	Shoemaker #4	14:13	\|	jjvanka	11/08/07

7.	Credibility Check	14:21	\|	Natallie Durson	11/08/07

8.	#5, silly wendy, thats why you found out from the net	14:24	\|	VIPER	11/08/07

9.	Americas biggest problem	14:28	\|	VIPER	11/08/07

10.	A FALSE ALARM	14:29	\|	indrajaya	11/08/07

11.	Jewish paranoia shuts down NY	15:06	\|	Ariel	11/08/07

12.	To the democratic indrajaya	15:07	\|	justice	11/08/07

13.	VIPER`s biggest problem	15:10	\|	Theodor	11/08/07

14.	Debka was citing other websites	15:20	\|	Dan	11/08/07

15.	US must act on all credible terror information	16:00	\|	The Equalizer	11/08/07

16.	The website	16:02	\|	Mark Lincoln	11/08/07

17.	BS, a chest-beating, panick-spreading site run by	16:02	\|	Man deVoshkes	11/08/07

18.	HAARETZ STOOPS TO SUCH A LOW LEVEL	16:09	\|	Denny	11/08/07

19.	urgent nyc dirty bomb threat linked to Fort Dix Army Lawyer	16:18	\|	urgent	11/08/07

20.	Don`t forget their unofficial slogan	16:21	\|	Steve G	11/08/07

21.	#5 Wendy	16:39	\|	Americans	11/08/07

22.	Stevie G. #20 I know where Bin Laden was	16:44	\|	FOX	11/08/07

23.	I`m surprise to see that Us can get intoPanics0 s0 quick.	16:48	\|	Becky	11/08/07

24.	An inquiry is needed on that Website.	16:50	\|	fred	11/08/07

25.	I do Man deVoshke, very carefully	17:58	\|	Mark Lincoln	11/08/07

26.	Becky in London	18:04	\|	Mark Lincoln	11/08/07

27.	fred in nyc - An inquiry is needed on that Website.	18:07	\|	Mark Lincoln	11/08/07

28.	Pathetic	18:21	\|	Julien	11/08/07

29.	Michael A. Shoemaker	19:39	\|	Mark Lincoln	11/08/07

30.	NYC doesn`t rely on JUST a web site	19:47	\|	GZLives	11/08/07

31.	I love Debka It`s Better than some other newsites	20:01	\|	ralphsrant1	11/08/07

32.	jews are a lie....israeli...proven fact!	20:31	\|	Mark Alvin Wisdom	11/08/07

33.	Debka	20:50	\|	Baruch Nili	11/08/07

34.	Mark Alvin Wisdom - Thought You Were Gone	21:36	\|	Mark of Lewiston	11/08/07

35.	Mark @32	21:52	\|	David	11/08/07

36.	Ha`aretz, you allow vile antisemitism as in comment #32????	21:56	\|	Nannette	11/08/07

37.	Debka is better than any other Israeli news outlet...	21:58	\|	Nannette	11/08/07

38.	Fools` errand	00:48	\|	Hannah	12/08/07

39.	Jews propaganda machine	10:26	\|	Dav	12/08/07

40.	#13, stupid THEODOR	07:48	\|	VIPER	13/08/07

41.	debka story	15:11	\|	wiseUP	13/08/07

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