Washington DC, SAEDNEWS, Jan. 6: A voice message threatening a 9/11-style attack on the US Capitol has prompted a federal probe after the audio was picked up on aviation radios, vowing to “avenge” the US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
“We are flying a plane into the Capitol Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged,” the mysterious message said, first received by air traffic controllers based in New York earlier this week, according to CBS News. The message refers to the American drone strike that killed the Iranian Quds Force leader near the Baghdad airport early last year.
The alarming missive came as Congress prepares to count Electoral College votes in the nation’s capital on Wednesday. It is believed the message was designed to suggest an attack during those proceedings.
While it’s yet unclear who was behind the digitized voice recording, officials do not believe the threat is “credible,” CBS reported – though the incident is nonetheless being investigated as a breach of air traffic frequencies. The culprit is thought to be based in the US, with Newsweek noting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had narrowed down the broadcast’s origin to a location on New York’s Long Island.
“It is assessed that the technician responsible has radio modifying experience and is transmitting somewhere within [20 nautical miles] of the radio tower in North Sea, NY,” a DHS report said.
A former Joint Terrorism Task Forces officer also voiced doubts that the perpetrators are Iranian, telling Newsweek “Any advanced terror group or nation-state, whether Quds Force or Hezbollah, has demonstrated very professional operational security.” (Source: Russia Today)
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