U.S. officials say an initial review of documents seized from Osama bin Laden's compound shows al-Qaida considered carrying out a terrorist plot against the United States on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
A Homeland Security Department document obtained Thursday by U.S. news organizations says al-Qaida considered an operation against trains at an unspecified location in the United States.
The document says al-Qaida thought about tampering with rail tracks so a train would fall off the tracks in a valley or over bridge.
U.S. officials say they have no evidence the plot was active.
This information appears to be the first widely circulated intelligence stemming from the raid Sunday by an elite U.S. Navy SEAL team on bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad. In the raid, the Navy SEALs killed bin Laden and took documents and other valuable intelligence information.
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A Homeland Security Department document obtained Thursday by U.S. news organizations says al-Qaida considered an operation against trains at an unspecified location in the United States.
The document says al-Qaida thought about tampering with rail tracks so a train would fall off the tracks in a valley or over bridge.
U.S. officials say they have no evidence the plot was active.
This information appears to be the first widely circulated intelligence stemming from the raid Sunday by an elite U.S. Navy SEAL team on bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad. In the raid, the Navy SEALs killed bin Laden and took documents and other valuable intelligence information.
Read More
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Intelligence-Al-Qaida-Considered-9-11-Anniversary-Attack-121361629.html
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