Aftermath of The September 11 Attacks - 9/11-related Plots and Attacks Within The US

9/11-related Plots and Attacks Within The US

Thwarted attacks include:

• A similar al-Qaeda plan to crash airplanes into the US Bank Tower (aka Library Tower) in Los Angeles and in other buildings elsewhere in the US as part of a 'Second Wave' of aircraft hijackings by martyr (suicide) squads to be in the spring or summer of 2002
• The 2003 plot by Iyman Faris to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City
• The 2004 Financial buildings plot which targeted the International Monetary Fund and World Bank buildings in Washington, DC, the New York Stock Exchange and other financial institutions
• The 2004 Columbus Shopping Mall Bombing Plot
• The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot which was to involve liquid explosives
• The 2006 Sears Tower plot
• The 2007 Fort Dix attack plot
• The 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot
• The 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt

Successful attacks include:

• The October 2002 sniper attacks in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Ten people were killed and three others were critically wounded in those shootings.
• The June 1, 2009, Little Rock recruiting office shooting. One person was killed and another was wounded.
• The November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting in Texas. 13 people were killed and 30 others were wounded.