Osama bin Laden planned a series of attacks against Israeli targets in Asia, according to a top aide. Omar Farouk spoke of the plan, which was later abandoned because it would not have a large enough impact, when he was interrogated by CIA agents after his arrest in Indonesia in June, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz.
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