This article is pretty amazing and seems like something out of 24. If this is true we may have dodged a major terrorist attack by Al Qaeda in 2003 but it also is troubling that the cell that was supposed to carry out that attack might still be at large. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13385543/site/newsweek/ Too Close for Comfort An Al Qaeda cell had planned a 2003 cyanide attack on the New York subway system, a new book reports Web Exclusive By Mark Hosenball Newsweek Updated: 2:17 p.m. CT June 17, 2006 June 17, 2006 - U.S. authorities had intelligence that a team of Al Qaeda-linked terrorists had infiltrated the United States and planned a 2003 attack on the New York City subway system with homemade cyanide bombs, federal and local counter-terrorism officials have acknowledged to NEWSWEEK. But the officials say the plot was called off at the last minute by Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri-for reasons that remain unclear. Because of its length I'm only posting the first part of the article here.
I don't know, I am somewhat skeptical of that claim, I don't think Al-Zawahiri had much operational control, especially over an Al-Qaeda cell in NYC. Most agree that Al-Qaeda is very decentralized and for the most part operates through independent 'terror cells' that pledge their allegiance to the ideology of Al-Qaeda. Of course, it could be true, but seems somewhat 'vague' and unlikely.
