Giuliani says expects another New York attack
( 2001-12-24 15:48 ) (7 )

Outgoing New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said in an interview broadcast on Sunday he expects another attack on the city after the September 11 suicide hijackings which killed about 3,100 people in the United States.

"I anticipate another attack and try as much as I can to figure out what it will be -- where it will be, are we prepared for it, are we doing all the things that we can do to prepare for it," Giuliani said.

"So after the attack, we ... continue to try to anticipate new things," he told BBC Television.

The interview was recorded before flight attendants and passengers on a trans-Atlantic flight overpowered a man on Saturday who appeared to be trying to blow up a plane with explosives packed in his shoes.

In another interview broadcast on Sunday but taped last week, Giuliani said Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaeda movement blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks, had to be found as quickly as possible.

"I think there's no question that no one person is ever responsible for evil like this," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

But he said bin Laden's charisma and "leadership ability" put him in a special class. "And I think the sooner and the faster we find him the safer the world's going to be."

After two terms at the helm in New York, Giuliani steps down on December 31, when billionaire Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg takes over. Giuliani was named on Sunday as Time magazine's Person of the Year.