Incident Date:
July 07, 2006
Incident Successful: No
Location: New Jersey United States
Perpetrators: Al Qaida
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Subway)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: Yes
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/07/2006: The FBI announced the arrest of three individuals overseas, including a Lebanese Al Qaida follower and one Canadian, who were planning to attack PATH transit tunnels from New Jersey to New York City under the Hudson River. The plot was disrupted before the trio could come to the U.S. to gather intelligence and obtain explosives. The Bureau intercepted e-mails and chat room postings on Islamist Web sites."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2008) Terrorism, 2005-2007: A Chronology. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Security International. p. 95."
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