Al-Qaeda had planned to attack Israel after 9/11
The CIA kept the al-Qaeda plot to attack Israel a secret for almost 20 years. In 2021, the previously classified information was cleared for publication.
“Al-Qaeda planned to carry out massive terrorist attacks on Israeli nightclubs in 2002 and was in the final stages of the plan, but was thwarted with the help of United States intelligence operatives, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation researcher has said.”
“The details of the nightclub attacks plot had previously been blocked for publication by the Central Intelligence Agency and has only now been cleared for publication.”
“After 9/11, al-Qaida planned attacks against Israeli dance clubs, recently declassified information shows. U.S. interrogators uncovered the plot without torture, undermining arguments that such methods are essential to getting information, Bruce Riedel writes. This article originally appeared in Lawfare.”
“Recently declassified information from the first-ever interrogation of someone presumed to be a senior al-Qaida operative captured after 9/11 provides dramatic new insights into Osama bin Laden’s plans for a follow-up attack to September 11. Specifically, bin Laden was plotting a major attack in Israel, a move consistent with his obsession with the Arab-Israeli conflict and U.S. support for Israel. The attack was thwarted at the last minute.”