Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Meet The al-Qaeda Commander Who Saved Chicago

The parcel bomb that contained the high explosive PETN. Photo: AFP

The Saudi Spy Who Saved Chicago -- The National Interest

Al-Qaeda had a simple but deadly plan for the eve of the 2010 American elections. Two parcel bombs would explode in the cargo holds of two cargo aircraft descending into Chicago on the eve of the elections, demonstrating the terror group could still disrupt the international airline business and strike the American homeland in what al-Qaeda called “Obama’s city.” What al-Qaeda did not count on was a defector, a Saudi, who revealed the details of the plot to the Saudi intelligence services, who in turn passed the information to the Americans and other countries so the bombs could be stopped in England and Dubai before getting into the United States.

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My Comment: Our luck is going to run out one day.

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