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Australia on al-Qaeda 'plane hit list'

Thursday Jun 22 15:22 AEST
An official US report has confirmed that al-Qaeda had planned to hijack planes and fly them into buildings in Australia and other countries.

The report lists nine plans by al-Qaeda - separate from the attacks of September 11, 2001 - to hit sites worldwide, including targets in Australia, the US, Britain and Italy, the BBC reported.

It cited a US Homeland Security Department document that said that among the plans was a plot to hijack a plane at Heathrow airport and crash it into an office block at Canary Wharf in London.

The BBC said reports of such a plot had surfaced in the media before but have not previously been confirmed.


It is believed the plot was disrupted by security services, although arrests are not thought to have been made.

The BBC said it had seen the report, dated June 16, 2006, and marked unclassified. It said the contents had also been reported on by America's ABC TV network.

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Movietime Blues

Forget Japan. China and India are rapidly industrializing. I read a report that said that China is now the fourth-largest economy and still rapidly growing. Also, China is using its increased economic power to further its interests in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Read it here: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_B.../GL22Cb05.html

I wonder how the two would-be titans deal with Islamofascism when they're targetted next.