Rogers Park synagogue focus of terrorist threat
Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on October 30, 2010
Jewish organizations in Rogers Park are on alert today after law enforcement agents intercepted two packages containing explosive devices, one apparently headed for a synagogue in East Rogers Park, Chicago Breaking News reports.
Officials would not identify exact destinations for the packages. A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were addressed to two Chicago locations — in the East Rogers Park and Lakeview neighborhoods, Chicago Breaking News reports.
The packages were found aboard cargo planes — one in England and one in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The discovery set off a massive international security effort as authorities rushed to track other parcels headed to America from Yemen, searching jets in Philadelphia and Newark, N.J. A passenger jet from Yemen was escorted by U.S. military fighter jets to Kennedy Airport in New York where its cargo was searched.
Read the full Chicago Breaking News story here: Terrorist Threat
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