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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2007 
Mexico: No Evidence of al-Qaida Threat
 Associated Press
| | This is an image provided by IntelCenter of a video posted on the Internet by Al-Qaida Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, showing what they claimed to be an insurgent attack on a military position of U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan. It begins with the deputy leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahri, ridiculing President Bush and saying that his claim to have deprived al-Qaida of a safe haven in Afghanistan is a 'bare-faced lie,' according to a transcript provided by IntelCenter, This image was provided via the IntelCenter, which is a private contractor working for intelligence agencies. (AP/IntelCenter) |
Mexico has found no evidence of a reported al-Qaida threat to attack Mexican oil facilities in order to disrupt the flow of petroleum to the United States, a top security official said Thursday.
Roberto Campa, executive secretary of Mexico's National Public Security Council, said there is no evidence to back up the threats against his country's heavily guarded oil facilities.
An article posted on the Internet purportedly by a Saudi Arabian group affiliated with al-Qaida urged Muslim militants to attack oil facilities worldwide, including Canada, Mexico and Venezuela.
"Cutting oil supplies to the United States, or at least curtailing it, would contribute to the ending of the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan," said the purported article, which had not been independently verified.
But it has not been possible to verify independently that the posting was from a terror faction.
In Venezuela, Defense Minister Raul Isaias Baduel said military intelligence would conduct an investigation "to detect any alleged abnormalities" and will be on alert for any problems.
Also Thursday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff arrived in Mexico for a two-day visit to discuss cross border issues with Mexican officials. |
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