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Disrupted Heathrow Airport Plot

Disrupted Terrorist Plotting

Event Details
	Primary Organization	Al-Qaeda
	Center of Gravity	London, United Kingdom
	Plot Started	2003
	Plot Ended	2003¹
	Connected	Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander) ¹

Narrative and Notes
	Reliable	In 2003, the United States and allies disrupted a plot to attack Heathrow with hijacked airliners. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was plotting the attack.

Sources
¹'Summary of The High Value Terrorist Detainee Program,' press release, Director of National Intelligence, Sept. 6, 2006.

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