Officials Say Iraqi Forces Foil 9/11-style Plot (ap)

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, Shiites gather at the holy shrine of Imam Ali to mark the last days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi and U.S. security officials say Iraqi forces have disrupted an al-Qaida plot to hijack airliners and fly them into Shiite holy shrines. They say the plan was to carry out a 9/11-style attack aimed at re-igniting sectarian violence in Iraq. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, File)AP – Iraqi security forces disrupted a 9/11-style plot by al-Qaida in Iraq to fly hijacked planes into Shiite religious shrines, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday.

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