Al-Qaida Plot to Kill Bush Thwarted: Report

WORLD

COMMENTARY
With all the negative press about the war on terrorism, NSA, CIA, etc., this is one story sure to be overlooked by the mainstream.

NEWSLINE
"Al-Libi had one mission: Kill Bush and Musharraf," the Pakistani official told The News. "He wanted to kill Bush in the White House, preferably."

NEWSBYTE
Al Qaeda fiend targeted Bush
(NY Daily News) WASHINGTON - Before he was captured last spring, Osama Bin Laden's top operational commander was solely focused on killing President Bush and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharaff, the Daily News has learned.

The capture last May of Al Qaeda's No. 3 leader, Abu Faraj Al-Libi [PICTURED], apparently thwarted plots to assassinate the two partners in the global war on terror, said a senior Pakistani official, whose information was corroborated by two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials.

TENSION: Another one bites the dust
GRAVITY: Overlooked

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