Bin Laden Planned US Attack on 9/11 Anniversary

But planning was in early stages when he was killed
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 14, 2011 3:44 PM CDT
Bin Laden Planned US Attack on 9/11 Anniversary
A file photo of Osama bin Laden.   (AP Photo, File)

Osama bin Laden wanted to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this year in the best way he knew how: with another assault on US soil. Intelligence gathered from the Navy SEALs raid that killed him showed bin Laden was trying to put together a team to carry out an unspecified attack, officials tell the Wall Street Journal. It apparently remained only in the discussion phase, but the CIA is giving the threat high priority. (More Osama bin Laden stories.)

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