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January 25, 2009 Special Dispatch No. 2109

'Al-Quds Al-Arabi': Bin Laden Has Ordered an Attack Bigger than 9/11

January 25, 2009
Special Dispatch No. 2109

On November 9, 2008, the London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported, citing "a source close to the Al-Qaeda leadership in Yemen," that Osama bin Laden had ordered a new attack on the U.S. which will be "far greater than the 9/11 attacks."

The paper said the source was "a former Al-Qaeda commander who is still in touch with... the organization leadership, and who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons."

According to the source, the attack is meant "to change the world [both] politically and economically," and is planned for the near future.

The source also claimed that…

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