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Bin Laden planned to take down Obama's aircraft

Washington, USA - Plan unveiled with the publication of a seized document

Osama Bin Laden planned the downing of Air Force One, the US President's aircraft, in order to kill Barack Obama and General David H. Petraeus, former ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) commander in Afghanistan: it was revealed in one of the 17 documents seized during the raid that killed Bin Laden last year, and declassified by the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140211
Rome, Italy, 05/04/2012 14:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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