July 7, 2006, 11:00 PM (GMT+02:00)

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The FBI says they are among the eight principal players who planned the suicide bombing of a tunnel under the Hudson River. The alleged mastermind Lebanese Amir al-Andalousli aka Asem Hammoud has been charged in Beirut. The FBI said the suspects were al Qaeda followers overseas who were in the early stages of their plot. “It would have involved martyrdom, explosives and certain of the tubes that connect New Jersey with Lower Manhattan, Mark Mershon, assistant director-in-charge of the FBI New York Field Office told a news conference Friday.

The story broke as Londoners marked the first anniversary of the July 7 bombing attacks on London transport that left 52 dead.

Terrorist Plot Revealed; Target: Holland Tunnel

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/site/modules/news/article.php?storyid=399

7 July 2006: Intelligence officials confirmed that a plot to bomb the Holland Tunnel is under “active investigation” and at least one Islamic terrorist plotter is in custody in Beirut. The plan involved detonating a large amount of explosives inside the tunnel, causing the river to flood the tunnel and the streets of lower Manhattan, targeting the financial district of New York.

According to intelligence officials speaking on condition of anonymity to the Northeast Intelligence Network, about a dozen Islamic terrorists are involved in the plot, some who reside in New York and northern New Jersey. Others are known to be from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iran. The terrorists were promised financial and tactical aid from Jordanian associates of top terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before he was killed in Iraq.

According to open source reports, the Islamist terrorists allegedly wanted to damage the Financial District in much the same way Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Our investigation is continuing.

3 Held Overseas in Plan to Bomb New York Target

Mr. Mershon said an attack was to have been carried out in October or November; Lebanese authorities confirmed that timing.

FULL STORY at

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/08/nyregion/08terror.html?hp&ex=1152417600&en=6e0b2512e3bc5303&ei=5094&partner=homepage

FBI foils New York terror plot

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060707-114007-3225r.htm

FBI thwarts terrorist plot against NYC

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060708/ap_on_re_us/new_york_tunnels_plot;_ylt=AlrycGjm24PrczbzUIrX0EGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg