Incident Date:
August1998
Incident Successful: No
Location: Unknown United States
Perpetrators: Alfred Heinz Reumayr
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Oil pipeline)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/00/1998: In August 1998 Alfred Heinz Reumayr was arrested in Canada for plans to bomb the Alaskan pipeline during Millennium celebrations. The attack was intended to manipulate the oil financial futures market, and cause general mayhem and financial terror. Reumayr apparently intended to profit financially from the plot by purchasing oil futures stock before the attack on the pipeline. To execute his plans, Reumayr manufactured explosives and acquired other items necessary to manufacture the bombs he intended to attach to the pipeline. He had these items in his possession at the time of his arrest, as well as maps identifying where on the pipeline he planned to place the devices. Oil pipeline officials who later reviewed Reumayr's plans determined that the attack could have interrupted oil flow through the pipeline for as many as 90 days, and would have cost at least two billion dollars in lost oil revenue and additional costs associated with clean-up and repair. Since California and several other western states receive much of their oil from the pipeline, shortages would have lasted two weeks, and oil and gas prices would have risen nationwide."
References: 1) U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). (2000). Terrorism in the United States 1999: Counterterrorism threat assessment and warning unit. p. 8
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