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To: rrufff who wrote (762)	9/12/2006 2:39:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

News of alleged plot met with surprise Baltimore Sun ^ \| September 12, 2006 \| Siobhan Gorman and Laura Barnhardt baltimoresun.com When it comes to attacks, terrorism experts say, al-Qaida has historically sought something more spectacular than setting gas stations ablaze -- a plan ascribed to a former Baltimore County man who was locked up in a secret CIA prison. Even an attack on a mall would probably kill more people and have more of an effect on the economy, said Robert Liscouski, a former senior official at the Department of Homeland Security. But, he added, blowing up gas stations could underscore "a vulnerability of everyday life," not unlike the Washington-area sniper attacks. Majid Khan, a 1999 graduate of Owings Mills High School, was among 14 prisoners moved last week from CIA custody to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Having worked at his family's gas station, Khan was able to help with assessing the feasibility of a plan to attack gas stations at unspecified locations in the United States, according to an intelligence document. The plan was to drive tanker trucks into gas stations to blow them up simultaneously, said a federal law enforcement official familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak with the media. "It's very easy to do. All you have to do is drive a truck across a pump," the official said. "You're not going to have a weapon of mass destruction, but you're certainly going to have a heck of a fire." (Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ....

To: rrufff who wrote (762)	9/12/2006 5:22:19 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Iraq Asks Iran To Stop Flow Of Militants AP ^ \| September 12, 2006 fox28.com Iraq's prime minister made his first official visit to Iran on Tuesday, asking Tehran to prevent al-Qaida militants from slipping across the border to carry out attacks, an Iraqi official said. Iran's president promised to help Iraq establish security. The visit by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reflected the complex relationship between mostly Shiite Iran and Iraq's government, dominated by Shiite allies of Tehran. Ties have grown stronger between the two, including new oil cooperation. Haidar al-Obadi, a parliament member from al-Maliki's Dawa Party, said "there are al-Qaida members and al-Qaida strongholds in Iran." Tehran says it has no interest in fomenting instability across the border. Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq has carried out some of the most brutal suicide attacks against Iraqi Shiites.