Handwritten plans uncovered in Afghanistan reveal that Osama bin Laden’s terrorists wanted to assassinate then-President Bill Clinton at an international economic summit in Malaysia, an al Qaeda expert says. In the never-before-revealed plot, al Qaeda obtained a map of the summit site and inside info on security before the leaders of 21 nations gathered in Kuala Lumpur in November 1998 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The crude map, hand-drawn in red and black ink, was found in Afghanistan in late November 2001 by the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, said Green Beret Keith “Jack” Idema. An Arabic legend on the right side of the map detailed the locations of security gates, a “surveillance room” and part of a mosque just outside the complex. On the back of the map was an insider’s report on the conference’s security. Full Story
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