Planned terrorist attacks linked to al-Qaeda in the year 2000
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was a target of the plots.
A series of Islamist terrorist attacks linked to al-Qaeda were planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000, in the context of millennium celebrations, including bombing plots against four tourist sites in Jordan, the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), USS The Sullivans, and the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814.[1]
In Lebanon, dozens were killed in clashes in the Dinnieh district between radical Islamists with connections to the Jordan plots and the Lebanese Army.[2] The plots in Jordan and against LAX were foiled by law enforcement agencies, while the attempted bombing of The Sullivans only failed because the boat filled with explosives sank before detonating.
The revelation of the plot linked to the LAX "Millennium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam led to unprecedented investigations into other potential terrorist cells in the United States, dubbed Operation "Borderbom", and security measures around millennium celebrations. Other al-Qaeda-linked millennium attack plots may have been planned or foiled around the same time.[3]
^"Planned Jan. 2000 Attacks Failed or Were Thwarted; Plot Targeted U.S., Jordan, American Warship, Official Says", Vernon Loeb, The Washington Post, December 24, 2000 (subscription required) Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (mirrored at "todd". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2009.)
^Cite error: The named reference Soufan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Other Millennium Attacks". PBS Frontline. October 25, 2001. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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