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Slain al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was plotting to derail American trains on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, documents seized from his Pakistani hideout reveal, officials said today. The plan, which was formulated last year, was to sabotage the rails of a train, forcing it off the tracks over a bridge or into a chasm, the documents show. Although still considered in the "aspirational" phase, the information was disturbing enough that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued an alert to law enforcement and transportation agencies nationwide. "As of February 2010, al-Qa’ida [sic] was allegedly contemplating conducting an...