Giuliani: American interests are under siege

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Already -- court hearing expected any moment now for the 21 year old suspect accused of plotting to do.

-- -- the New York Federal Reserve Bank with 1000 -- Bob.

Authorities are labeling it a suicide mission to suspect and a video statement saying I quote here we will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on the phone with us right now it's there's so much we don't know there's -- we do lower Manhattan again.

-- Well I think this is a real wake up call to us that we can't be complacent as a commissioner Kelly pointed out is that this press statement.

He pointed out that they've been up to sixteen plots since September -- -- To attack targeted New York City whether Federal Reserve and out of Brooklyn Bridge in New York Stock Exchange Citicorp center.

This one this one's really seriously this -- I've missed -- on the -- with the bomb ready considered off.

And he had a plan B which was to bomb didn't work he was gonna do -- suicide attack.

And try to kill as many people -- -- women and children as well.

And the only reason it didn't work is because he happened.

To run into an FBI operative who was working undercover as an al-Qaeda represented.

So when he went to the Al collateral representative -- turned -- to -- an undercover FBI agents of the FBI.

And it and the joint terrorism task force include NYPD.

Or top of but had -- gone to someone other than an undercover operative who we might have seen you know horrible attack today with many innocent people killed.

What it underscores is al-Qaeda is not it al-Qaeda is not gone -- killing Ben Holland yes it was important act.

But it hasn't been made the world you know safe from Islamic extremist terrorism fact if anything.

Which seems to me in the last couple months.

-- just got a lot more dangerous when you combine what happened in Libya when you combine what's happening in Afghanistan without people being killed in Afghanistan getting.

Getting getting killed -- -- afghanis.

I think -- just got more to interest.

Do you think that there was.

And it always is suited to terrorists or terrorist wannabes.

Some -- -- on wannabes.

That even though he's dead.

There's there's bubbling.

Hornet's nest.

Hundreds if not thousands of them on wannabes who wanted to -- -- -- -- murder.

Or finish his work and and New York -- and at a particular withhold money -- -- the status with all -- the the very personification of capitalism -- it in engenders.

Will always be -- at target.

Yes unfortunately I wish I could say something else but I think Mayor Bloomberg the commission -- -- we'll tell you the same thing.

New York City is unfortunately.

Prime target -- number one.

Does -- mean -- -- only target it be a real mistake to think that because.

Washington DC Chicago.

Or nationalist and his usual can be targets plus we're targets overseas what would happen to a Libyan ambassador -- three other people.

You know American interest.

Are under siege by Islamic extremist terrorist.

And it's.

Yes it's in this particular case it's.

Looks like one person that this guy and according to the press release -- -- connections with.

-- -- Operatives he -- -- dealing with -- al-Qaeda operatives luckily he was dealing with an FBI undercover person FBI informant -- undercover person.

And it's not as disconnected -- ashamed to -- it all comes out of one big movement called job -- -- appalled Islamic extremist terrorism.

That's exactly what major Hasan was doing you know a few years ago.

Although of course with the administration we have in Washington -- workplace violence.

-- thank you very very much this particular suspects case.

He.

Shouted -- those jihadist views on the Internet for all to see in the at a guy to know -- thank you very much.

That we'll keep monitoring this that'll do it for now.

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