Posted on 03/20/2003 5:14:06 AM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Sears Tower allegedly was on 9/11 target list
WASHINGTON -- A senior leader of Al Qaeda captured early this month in Pakistan has told interrogators that Osama bin Laden personally selected the targets for the Sept. 11 attacks and rejected plans for an even broader assault on prominent American buildings, including the Sears Tower, officials said Wednesday.
A classified government analysis circulated this week among counterterrorism officials said Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the captured Al Qaeda leader, has told interrogators that bin Laden gave Mohamed Atta, the leader of the Sept. 11 hijackers, "a list of targets."
The document said it included the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Israeli Embassy in Washington and the Sears Tower.
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Note for future...
Al Quada never gives up until they are dead, and returns to attack same targets again.
Those buildings should have permanent Patriot batteries installed on rooftops or nearby. I'd add the Supreme Court also.
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