TerrorismOBL planned to kill Obama on 9/11
Osama Bib Laden was putting together a team of al Qaeda operatives whose mission was to use a shoulder-fired missile to bring down Air Force One or Marine one — the president’s helicopter - on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack; the plot was gleaned from digital storage media picked up on 2 May at OBL’s compound in Pakistan; other plots were discussed, among them flying an explosives-filled plane into a sports stadium on 4th July, and killing General David Petraeus
Targets: President Obama boarding Marine One // Source: trendite.net
Osama Bib Laden was putting together a team of al Qaeda operatives whose mission was to use a shoulder-fired missile to bring down Air Force One or Marine one — the president’s helicopter - on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The Daily Mail reports that the information was gleaned from the many storage devices picked up by the Navy SEALs team that raided bin Laden’s compound on 2 May. American intelligence sources said that the plan was still in the discussion phase when bin laden was killed.
One reason the plan was slow to go into effect was that bin Laden had been having disagreements with his operations chief Attiyah Abd al-Rahman, on who should be included in the attack team, the Wall Street Journal reported.
This disagreement and others, intelligence officials say, painted a picture of a leader who was losing his grip over the organization he had created, with his lieutenants openly defying his instructions.
Another plan found in the documents and digital data at the compound was to use a celebration day in the United States — for example, the 4th of July — to create a mass-casualty event by flying a small jet into a stadium during a sport even, creating a mass explosion.
“We have so many small airports, you could fly below radar,” he said. ‘”hat’s possibly doable.”
The newspaper notes that although at the embryonic stage, the details of the plot lead CIA acting director Michael Morell to tell staff that one of their top priorities was to ensure such an attack never took place.
Another plan was aimed at killing General David Petraeus.
