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July 10, 2006       Share:    

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

FBI Foils New York Terror Plot

[Washington Times] Jerry Seper - Federal agents, working with security officials in Lebanon, have disrupted a terrorist network planning to attack train tunnels between New York and New Jersey, authorities said Friday. Lebanese security officials, acting on a U.S. request, have arrested Assem Hammoud, 31, a Beirut native, and said he admitted belonging to an "extremist organization" planning to carry out "a significant act of terrorism." Mark Mershon, who heads the FBI's New York field office, said the attacks were scheduled for October or November. FBI agents who monitored Internet chat rooms and e-mail messages discovered the scheme. Five suspects remain at large.

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