[Infowarrior] - OpEd: Thwarted Terror Attacks Since Sept. 11

[Richard Forno]

http://informationparadox.blogspot.com/2008/03/bullshit.html

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Two things on this article:

How many of these were real, and valid "terror threats"?

And if these were valid, at what price were they averted, what did we
forfeit to feel protected?

(This is from FOX News so you can count on GOP propaganda being contained.)

    List of Thwarted Terror Attacks Since Sept. 11

    Thursday , March 06, 2008
    By Joseph Abrams

    The following is a list of known terror plots thwarted by the U.S.
government since Sept. 11, 2001.

    € December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe
bomb on flight from Paris to Miami.

    € May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking "dirty
bomb," convicted of conspiracy.

    € September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin
convicted of supporting Al Qaeda. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.

    € May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with trying to topple
the Brooklyn Bridge.

    € June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va.,
trained for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the
Neutrality Act, conspiracy.

    € August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted
bombings on financial centers (see additional images).

    € August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant
bomb at New York's Penn Station during the Republican National Convention.

    € August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate
a Pakistani diplomat on American soil.

    € June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of
attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs
violation.

    € August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon
Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who
plotted to attack National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate.

    € December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up refinery in
Wyoming, convicted of providing material support to terrorists.

    € February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand
Wassim Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making
bombs for use in Iraq.

    € April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and
videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization.

    € June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor,
Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild
Augstine: Accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.

    € July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to hit New York City
train tunnels.

    € August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten
airliners over the United States.

    € May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort
Dix Army base in New Jersey.

    € June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men accused of plotting to blow up fuel
arteries underneath JFK Airport in New York.

    € March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author
of numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy
skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.