Zarqawi Planned to Top 9/11 Attacks

Newsmax.com ^ | June 11, 2006 9:42 a.m. EDT | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[edpc]

The New York Times reports today that before his death, top al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi trained about 300 foreign fighters in Iraq and sent them back to their home countries, where they awaited orders to carry out strikes.

But the paper makes no mention of Zarqawi's most ambitious foreign attack plot, which nearly succeeded two years ago: a weapons of mass destruction strike that intelligence officials estimated would have killed 20,000.

The death toll planned by Zarqawi would have far exceeded the destruction wrought by Osama bin Laden on Sept. 11.

The April 2004 attack, which was all but ignored by the Western press, was foiled at the last minute when Jordanian officials intercepted a convoy of three vehicles near the Syrian border.

It's cargo: 23,000 gallons of chemicals, poison gas and explosives. The target: The U.S. embassy in Amman along with the headquarters of Jordan's Intelligence service.

The Mideast bureau of the Associated Press reported at the time that Jordanian officials said Zarqawi's crew was planning to use to "a chemical bomb that would have killed as many as 20,000 people and caused large-scale destruction within a half-mile radius." "The terror cell was also apparently planning to carry out simultaneous poison gas attacks against foreign diplomatic missions, including the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Amman, vital Jordanian public establishments like the prime minister's office and unspecified civilian targets," the wire service said.

Jordan's King Abdullah II confirmed the details of the attack, and publicly thanked his intelligence chief, Gen. Saad Kheir, saying that the arrests of Zarqawi's terrorists had "saved thousands of lives."

Had the plot gone forward, Abdullah said, Jordan would have seen "a crime that would have been unprecedented in the country in terms of the size of explosives mounted on the vehicles and the methods of carrying out the attacks or the civilian locations chosen."

In confessions later broadcast on ABC's "Nightline," one of the plotters revealed that he began training for the mission in 2001 in Afghanistan.

"After the fall of Afghanistan, I met Zarqawi again in Iraq," the al Qaeda operative said.

[george76]

What is good for Americans, is bad for Democrats and bad for the old media.

The Canadians even caught a group planning another 9-11.

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“Rayed Abdullah” who lived and trained in Phoenix with Hani Hanjour, the Saudi believed to have piloted Flight 77 into the Pentagon.

Ali had arrived in New Zealand in February on a student visa saying he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot and needed to build up his flying hours and achieve an English language qualification.

Cunliffe said Ali’s true identity became apparent only after he arrived in New Zealand and “he used a variation of his name in applying for entry.”

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this.

There is so much of this data, and when the MSM ignores, we often forget about it.

[50sDad]

1) When it happens the Chaberlain News Network will Blame Bush.

2) Sadly, it will be exactly what we need to wake up the country after four years or so of dozing in the Dem-Generated "false security field".

[Incorrigible]

[edpc]

Did someone wrap that bug's head in a robe and beat it while it was dying?

;-)

[ForGod'sSake]

The only time in the last two decades when the MSM hasn't been the mouth piece of the terrorists was during the Clintoons 8 year reign of terror.

Agreed. And regarding the "society of utopian dreamers" they admire so much, we could go back much further. Truth be known, they have probably been a thorn in the side of our beloved republic since its inception. They have become more emboldened as the decades have passed. Conservatives, with their "live and let live" mindset are loathe to meddle in such things. I would submit the socialist busybodies will always have an edge.

[conservative in nyc]

Wow. Next the MSM will be telling us that Zarqawi was running the show from Baghdad before the U.S. invasion.

[musicman]

Taliban TV Guide

MONDAYS:
8:00 - "Husseinfeld"
8:30 - "Mad About Everything"
9:00 - "Suddenly Sanctions"
9:30 - "The Brian Benben Bin Laden Show"
10:00 - "Allah McBeal"

TUESDAYS:
8:00 - "Wheel of Terror and Fortune"
8:30 - "The Price is Right If Usama Says Its Right"
9:00 - "Children Are Forbidden From Saying The Darndest Things"
9:30 - "Afganistans Wackiest Public Execution Bloopers"
10:00 - "Buffy The Yankee Imperialist Dog Slayer"

WEDNESDAYS:
8:00 - "U.S. Military Secrets Revealed"
8:30 - "Bowling For Food"
9:00 - "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pita Bread"
9:30 - "Just Shoot Everyone"
10:00 - "Veilwatch"

THURSDAYS:
8:00 - "Matima Loves Chachi"
8:30 - "M*U*S*T*A*S*H"
9:00 - "Veronicas Closet Full of Long, Black, Shapeless Dresses and Veils"
9:30 - "My Two Baghdads"
10:00 - "Diagnosis: Heresy"

FRIDAYS:
8:00 - "Judge Laden"
8:30 - "Funniest Super 8 Home Movies"
9:00 - "Who Wants To Execute A Multimillionaire"
9:30 - "Achmeds Creek"
10:00 - "No-witness News"

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Bump.