Friday, 07 July 2006
Feds Foil AQ Tunnel Plot
Contributed by Bill Faith

FBI: Three held in New York tunnel plot
Suspected ringleader posed as playboy, professor in Beirut

NEW YORK (CNN) -- U.S. and international authorities disrupted a plot by eight terrorists to blow up a commuter train tunnel connecting New Jersey and Manhattan, the FBI announced Friday.

Three of the eight men are in some form of custody, and the rest have been at least partially identified, FBI Assistant Director Mark Mershon told reporters. The identity of one suspect, a 31-year-old Lebanese man, has been released.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 7, 2006 at 09:58 PM in Bill Faith, Islamism Delenda Est, Media Perfidy | Permalink

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