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| Al-Qaeda had worldwide targets |
| 2006-06-22 |
| AN official United States report has confirmed that al-Qaeda had planned to hijack planes and fly them into buildings in Australia and other countries. The Homeland Security Department document listed nine plans by al-Qaeda - separate to the attacks of September 11, 2001 - to hit sites worldwide, including targets in Australia, the US, Britain and Italy, the BBC said today. Among the plans was a plot to hijack a plane at Heathrow airport and crash it into an office block at Canary Wharf in London. The BBC said reports of such plots had surfaced in the media before but had never been confirmed. It was believed the British plot was disrupted by security services, although it was thought no arrests were made. The BBC said it had seen the unclassified US report dated June 16, 2006. It said the contents had also been reported on by The US' ABC TV network. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |