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Osama bin Laden planned more attacks for 9/11 anniversary

Osama bin Laden was planning a terrorist outrage to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with Barack Obama number one on his hit list.

The former leader of Al Qaeda wanted to shoot down the U.S. President’s jet Air Force One during a trip abroad.

He also wanted to murder General David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and was still obsessed with using planes to carry out terror attacks.

The terror chief had already begun putting a team of militants together for the attack, according to communications seized by Navy Seals from his Pakistani lair.
 

Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)