Al-Qaida Eyed Oil Tankers As Bombing Targets -- Forbes/AP
WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden's personal files revealed a brazen idea to hijack oil tankers and blow them up at sea last summer, creating explosions he hoped would rattle the world's economy and send oil prices skyrocketing, the U.S. said Friday.
The newly disclosed plot showed that while bin Laden was always scheming for the next big strike that would kill thousands of Americans, he also believed a relatively simpler attack on the oil industry could create a worldwide panic that would hurt Westerners every time they gassed up their cars.
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U.S.: al Qaeda has interest in strikes on energy infrastructure -- CNN
Al-Qaeda eyed attacks on oil sector: US -- AFP
US says al Qaeda last year targeted oil tankers -- Reuters
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Al-Qaida hoped to blow up oil tankers, Bin Laden documents reveal -- The Guardian
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