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Bush: in 2002 Al Qaeda wanted to hit Los Angeles

Washington, USA - In terrorists' viewfinder the Liberty Tower of the "City of angels"

Yesterday US President George W. Bush said that in 2002 a terroristic attempt to the Liberty Tower of Los Angeles was circumvented. Creator of the action should have been Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mind of the attempts of September 11. The plan scheduled to take the control of a plane utilizing explosive shoes to commandeer the aircraft against the skyscraper. The attempt was avoided thanks to a series...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 135787
Rome, Italy, 02/10/2006 14:11
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