WHAT TERRORIST THREAT? PART XXVII
British security services thwarted planned September 11-style terror attacks on Heathrow Airport and skyscrapers in London's Canary Wharf financial district, according to two media reports.
But the stories, which cited unidentified sources, did not say when or where the plots were uncovered, or how close they came to being carried out.
The plans to crash planes into the two targets were among four or five attacks planned by terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, ITV News said Monday night and the Daily Mail newspaper reported in its Tuesday editions.
ITV News also said that British authorities had disrupted training programs for suicide pilots. More...
But the stories, which cited unidentified sources, did not say when or where the plots were uncovered, or how close they came to being carried out.
The plans to crash planes into the two targets were among four or five attacks planned by terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, ITV News said Monday night and the Daily Mail newspaper reported in its Tuesday editions.
ITV News also said that British authorities had disrupted training programs for suicide pilots. More...
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