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WASHINGTON -- As horrendous as they were, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were only a small part of terrorist visions that foresaw using 10 hijacked airplanes to attack targets on both the East and West coasts, including the U.S. Capitol and the White House, the staff of the independent commission investigating Sept. 11 reported Wednesday.
The staff also said in a companion report that it had found "no credible evidence" that Iraq and al-Qaida terrorists cooperated in the attacks, a conclusion likely to fuel the debate over President Bush's decision to go to war to topple Saddam Hussein. Indeed, the commission staff said, Iraq apparently rejected Osama bin Laden's requests to provide space for training camps and help al-Qaida acquire weapons.See the full content of this document
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9/11 Only Part of Terror Plot
Some of the Sept. 11 terrorist plans, the commission staff said, called for the hijacked jets to be crashed into the headquarters of the FBI and the CIA, various nuclear power plants, and skyscrapers in California and the state of Washington, a captured leader of al- Qaida, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, has told interrogators.
Mohammed, who is believed to have originated the idea for the Sept. ...See the full content of this document
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