June 02, 2004

Al Qaeda plans targetted U.S. border with Mexico. "Khalid Shaikh Mohammed suggested that they enter the United States by way of Mexico .. and that once in the country, they locate high-rise apartment buildings that had natural gas supplied to all floors, that they rent two apartments in each building, seal those apartments, turn on the gas, and set timers to detonate and destroy the buildings simultaneously at a later time. This was precisely the mission that Padilla and Jafar had trained for, and now Padilla had a new accomplice .. ". More: TRANSCRIPT -- U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Comey.

And from the LA Times: "Padilla was instructed to conduct the operation in the central U.S., along the U.S.-Mexican border, perhaps in Texas or California .. ". Government Says Padilla Plotted High-Rise Attacks. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack