Re: Breaking News

I was searching around the New York Times and could find no reference to 
Israeli victims.  However,  I could find no clear chart indicating what 
countries say how many are missing (in general, there has been little well 
organized information about the victims out yet).  Having followed this story 
since an hour or so after the attacks hit, I don't recall ever hearing about 
4,000 missing Israelis.  From the Jerusalem Post, I found nothing about 
Israeli victims, however,  I found this.

Mossad warned CIA of attacks - report
By Douglas Davis


LONDON (September 17) - Mossad officials traveled to Washington last month to 
warn the CIA and the FBI that a cell of up to 200 terrorists was planning a 
major operation, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph here 
yesterday. 

The paper said the Israeli officials specifically warned their counterparts 
in Washington that "large-scale terrorist attacks on highly visible targets 
on the American mainland were imminent." They offered no specific information 
about targets, but they did link the plot to Afghanistan-based terrorist 
Osama bin Laden, and they told the Americans there were "strong grounds" for 
suspecting Iraqi involvement. 

A US administration official told the paper that it was "quite credible" that 
the CIA did not heed the Mossad warning: "It has a history of being 
over-cautious about Israeli information." But the official noted that "if 
this is true, then the refusal to take it seriously will mean heads will 
roll."