Target Brooklyn Bridge
Threat InformationPart of Al-Qaeda targets Brooklyn Bridge and trains
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 | Primary Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Start | Early 20021 | |
| Location | Brooklyn Bridge, New York, New York, United States | |
| Connected | Iyman Faris1, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | |
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| Reliable | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed tasked Faris to study the feasibility of cutting the suspension cables on the bridge to bring it down. In late 2002, Faris visited the bridge and determined it was unlikely to work.1 | |
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| 1United States vs. Iyman Faris, indictment. | |||
| Photo: Peter Basich, New York City Department of Transportation | |||
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