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Lebanese Arrested In Connection With New York Plot
 (AKI) - A man has been detained in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, in connection with a plot to blow up tunnels in New York, counter-terrorism sources told CNN on Friday. The New York Daily News first reported on Friday that the FBI had revealed a plan to bomb New York's Holland Tunnel and flood the financial district in Manhattan.The man arrested in Beirut is reportedly called Amir Andalousi and the Daily News reported that the arrest took place in recent months.The FBI said on Friday it had no indication of imminent threats to New York's transport system. Plotters reportedly considered targets including the Holland Tunnel which links Manhattan and New Jersey. FBI agents said plotters had discussed driving vehicles laden with explosives into several tunnels around Manhattan and then blowing them up. Information from Islamic militant websites suggests that the late leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had agreed to give his financial support, the FBI says. None of the suspects sought in connection with the plot is in the United States, a source told CNN. Posted by: Fred 2006-07-08 |
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