[piasa]

WASHINGTON - Nabil al-Marabh, who ran a print shop with his uncle in Toronto, plotted to steal a fuel tanker truck and blow it up in one of the heavily travelled tunnels between New Jersey and Manhattan, FBI documents allege. -------- "FBI: Terror suspect plotted fuel attack; Al-Marabh planned to blow up tunnel; Jail informant reported `martyr' bid," by JOHN SOLOMON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

This is interesting because these tunnels were cased by Iraqis working out of their mission to the UN- confusingly, these folks were also reported as Iranian diplomats in some articles.

[piasa]

Al-Marabh said he aided Raed Hijazi's flight from authorities and sent him money. Hijazi was a Boston cab driver convicted in Jordan for plotting to blow up a hotel in Amman in 1999, according to FBI and Justice documents. Al-Marabh and Hijazi were roommates at Afghan training camps and later in the United States.
A mystery figure in Chicago, known only as "al Mosul," [* My note: Mosul as in Iraqi city of Mosul?] asked al-Marabh to attend a driving school in Detroit with Arabic instructors so he could get a commercial truck driver's licence.
Al-Marabh said he and Hijazi planned to steal a fuel truck and detonate it in the heavily travelled Lincoln or Holland tunnels, but the plan was foiled when Hijazi was arrested. ------------- "FBI: Terror suspect plotted fuel attack; Al-Marabh planned to blow up tunnel; Jail informant reported `martyr' bid," by JOHN SOLOMON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Cindy]

Yes it really is interesting.
Thanks piasa.
All updates appreciated.