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FBI: Three held in New York tunnel plot

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ringleader posed as playboy, professor in Beirut

Friday, July

7, 2006; Posted: 9:58 p.m. EDT (01:58 GMT)

 

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.

Mershon said the plan was " what we believe was the real

deal, " a scheme involving al Qaeda members on three continents.

Mershon said none of the suspects has been to the United States. The investigation remains

classified, he said.

" They were about to go to a phase where they would

attempt to surveil targets, establish a regimen of attack and acquire the

resources necessary to effectuate the attacks, " Mershon said. " At

that point I think it's entirely appropriate to take it down. "

Although Mershon would not divulge extensive details of the

plot, law enforcement sources said the suspects wanted to cross the

Canadian border into the United States.

Once in New York City, they would board trains with backpacks full of explosives, which

they planned to detonate when the trains passed through a tunnel under the Hudson River.

The suspects discussed how much explosive material would be needed to

breach the thick bedrock lining of the tunnels, the sources said.

Assem Hammoud is the only suspect who has been formally

charged; he is in custody in Lebanon. Hammoud, who claims to be an al Qaeda member, has admitted to

being the group's ringleader and has professed his loyalty to the terror network's leader, Osama bin

Laden, Mershon said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/07/tunnel.plot/index.html

 

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