FBI Releases Photos, Seeks Public Tips

W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 27 -- The FBI today released photographs of the 19 men suspected of carrying out the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, and asked Americans to help identify possible accomplices.

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Attorney General John Ashcroft today called the effort part of a "national neighborhood watch," hoping that someone, somewhere will recognize one of the photos and lead investigators to some of the terrorists' associates.

FBI Director Robert Mueller suggested those accomplices might be planning further terrorist attacks in the United States.

"Our primary focus is on preventing potential future attacks," he said. "We are working hard to identify and locate associates of the hijackers who may pose a threat to this nation."

Investigators are also trying to determine whether the names they have attached to the faces are in fact the true identities of the hijackers.

"What we are currently doing is determining whether, when these individuals came to the United States, these were their real names," Mueller said.

Ashcroft and Mueller said more than 100,000 tips had been phoned in or e-mailed to the FBI since the Sept. 11 attacks and that agents were pursuing some 200,000 leads in connection with the investigation.

With the release of today's photos, they are hoping to generate even more.

Anyone with information should call 1-866-483-5137 or visit the FBI's special Web site, ifccfbi.gov.

FBI Probes Possible E-Mail Warning

The FBI is investigating a pair of seemingly ominous e-mail messages received by employees at an instant messaging service two hours before the first hijacked plane struck the World Trade Center in New York.

According to Alex Diamandis, the vice president of sales and marketing for Odigo, two messages were received by a pair of employees at the U.S.-based company roughly two hours before the terrorist attack. Diamandis said the messages warned that "something bad is going to happen in two hours," but made no reference to the twin towers, New York or any specific location.

Odigo has its headquarters in New York City and is a leading provider of instant message services in Israel.

FBI investigators are said to be attempting to trace the messages and determine who sent them.

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An ambitious terrorist plot to attack a host of American interests overseas was foiled when a captured Osama bin Laden operative divulged the list of targets and the identities of his fellow conspirators, sources tell ABCNEWS.