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> The following is a list of known terror plots thwarted
> since Sept. 11, 2001.
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> € December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb
> on flight from Paris to Miami.
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> € May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking "dirty bomb,"
> convicted of conspiracy.
>
> € September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted
> of supporting Al Qaeda. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.
>
> € May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with trying to topple the
> Brooklyn Bridge.
>
> € June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va., trained
> for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the Neutrality
> Act, conspiracy.
>
> € August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted
> bombings on financial centers (see additional images).
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> € August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant bomb
> at New York's Penn Station during the Republican National Convention.
>
> € August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate a
> Pakistani diplomat on American soil.
>
> € June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of
> attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs
> violation.
>
> € August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson
> and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who plotted to attack
> National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate.
>
> € December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up refinery in Wyoming,
> convicted of providing material support to terrorists.
>
> € February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand Wassim
> Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making bombs for
> use in Iraq.
>
> € April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and
> videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization.
>
> € June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar
> Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augstine: Accused
> of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.
>
> € July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to hit New York City train
> tunnels.
>
> € August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten airliners
> over the United States.
>
> € May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix Army
> base in New Jersey.
>
> € June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men accused of plotting to blow up fuel arteries
> underneath JFK Airport in New York.
>
> € March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author of
> numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy
> skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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