2000 millennium attack plots

Planned terrorist attacks linked to al-Qaeda in the year 2000 January 2026 January 2023 thumb|Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was a target of the plots. A series of Islamist terrorist attacks linked to al-Qaeda were planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000, in the context of millennium celebrations, including bombing plots against four tourist sites in Jordan, the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), The Sullivans DDG-68 6, and the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814."Planned Jan. 2000 Attacks Failed or Were Thwarted; Plot Targeted U.S., Jordan, American Warship, Official Says", Vernon Loeb, The Washington Post, December 24, 2000 (mirrored at http://www.powmadeak47.com/terror/dzterr001224bs.html todd August 12, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110715111031/http://www.powmadeak47.com/terror/dzterr001224bs.html July 15, 2011 ) In Lebanon, dozens were killed in clashes in the Dinnieh district between radical Islamists with connections to the Jordan plots and the Lebanese Army. The plots in Jordan and against LAX were foiled by law enforcement agencies, while the attempted bombing of The Sullivans only failed because the boat filled with explosives sank before detonating. The revelation of the plot linked to the LAX "Millennium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam led to unprecedented investigations into other potential terrorist cells in the United States, dubbed Operation "Borderbom", and security measures around millennium celebrations. Other al-Qaeda-linked millennium attack plots may have been planned or foiled around the same time.Other Millennium Attacks https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/inside/attacks.html PBS Frontline October 25, 2001 July 13, 2016 September 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904031028/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/inside/attacks.html live Millennium attack plots Jordan bombing plots In Jordan, members of the Islamist terror organization al-Qaeda planned to bomb four sites: a fully booked Radisson hotel in Amman, Jordan; the border between Jordan and Israel; a Christian church on Mount Nebo; and a site on the Jordan River where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus.Amman Radisson Targeted in Foiled Millennium Attack https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Terrorism/story?id=1296624 American Broadcasting Company February 4, 2015 ABC News November 9, 2005 October 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211618/https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Terrorism/story?id=1296624 live These locations were chosen to target tourists from the United States and Israel. The most active participant was a Boston taxi driver named Raed Hijazi. On November 30, 1999, Jordanian intelligence intercepted a call between Saudi citizen Abu Zubaydah, the leader of the plot, and Khadr Abu Hoshar, a Palestinian militant terrorist. In the conversation, Zubaydah stated, "The time for training is over." Sensing that the attack was imminent, Jordanian police arrested Hoshar and fifteen others on December 12, 1999.Dissecting a Terror Plot From Boston to Amman https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/15/world/dissecting-a-terror-plot-from-boston-to-amman.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times January 15, 2001 February 18, 2017 October 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211635/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/15/world/dissecting-a-terror-plot-from-boston-to-amman.html?pagewanted=all live Jordanian authorities put twenty-eight suspects on trial. Twenty-two of them were quickly found guilty. Six of them, thought to be linked to Osama bin Laden, including Hijazi, were sentenced to death. Abu Zubaydah was sentenced to death in absentia.Six Muslim militants sentenced to death for plotting to attack tourists in Jordan https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/six-muslim-militants-sentenced-to-death-for-plotting-to-attack-tourists-in-jordan-699684.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/six-muslim-militants-sentenced-to-death-for-plotting-to-attack-tourists-in-jordan-699684.html May 1, 2022 subscription live The Independent September 19, 2000U.S.-Jordanian sentenced to death http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/02/11/jordan.terrorism/index.html?related CNN February 11, 2002 July 13, 2016 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901150900/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/02/11/jordan.terrorism/index.html?related live Luai Sakra and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were sentenced in absentia in 2002 for their part in the plot, which included using poison gas during the bombing.Syrian Terror Suspect: Aladdin of the Black Forest http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/syrian-terror-suspect-aladdin-of-the-black-forest-a-371214.html Der Spiegel August 15, 2005 July 13, 2016 August 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160820132654/http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/syrian-terror-suspect-aladdin-of-the-black-forest-a-371214.html live LAX bombing plot thumb|Ahmed Ressam was arrested on the ferry MV Coho while attempting to cross into the US at Port Angeles. Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian citizen living in Montreal, Canada, confessed after interrogation to having planned to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on New Year's Eve. He was arrested by a U.S. Customs Service inspector at Port Angeles, Washington, a U.S. port of entry, on December 14, 1999. Customs officials found a cache of explosives that could have produced "a blast forty times greater than that of a devastating car bomb" and four timing devices hidden in the spare tire well in the trunk of the rented car in which he had traveled from Canada.http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/US_v_Ressam_9thcircuitappeals0210.pdf U.S. v. Ressam U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 2, 2010 February 27, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121004023628/http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/US_v_Ressam_9thcircuitappeals0210.pdf October 4, 2012 http://nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/U.S._v_Ressam_Complaint.pdf Complaint; U.S. v. Ressam December 1999 NEFA Foundation February 26, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120301162643/http://nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/U.S._v_Ressam_Complaint.pdf March 1, 2012 Ressam later asserted that the plot was facilitated by Zubaydah and known to bin Laden. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted door-to-door interviews of up to 50 individuals across the country, made "dozens of arrests" as part of investigations into possible other individuals linked to the case,FBI 'terrorism' swoop https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/584144.stm BBC December 30, 1999 July 15, 2016 October 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211211/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/584144.stm liveU.S. links Canadian woman to bomb-smuggling suspect http://edition.cnn.com/1999/US/12/30/terror.wrap.01/index.html CNN December 30, 1999 July 15, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818062505/http://edition.cnn.com/1999/US/12/30/terror.wrap.01/index.html dead and reportedly "questioned hundreds of Muslims from Los Angeles to Boston, wiretapped hundreds of conversations, and put hundreds of individuals under surveillance".Lorraine Adams The Other Man https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082000897.html The Washington Post August 20, 2007 August 23, 2017 August 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160822122554/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082000897.html liveChapter 14: The Warning http://old.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/terroristwithin/chapter14.html Seattle Times July 2002 July 23, 2016 April 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160413191712/http://old.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/terroristwithin/chapter14.html live Abdelghani Meskini, a known criminal was arrested in Brooklyn, New York on December 30 by Joint Terrorism Task Force for his links to Ressam.Big Apple's Millennium Bash http://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-apples-millennium-bash/ CBS News December 31, 1999 July 23, 2016 August 19, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160819223025/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-apples-millennium-bash/ liveLawrence Wright The Counter-Terrorist http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/14/the-counter-terrorist The New Yorker January 14, 2002 July 23, 2016 July 23, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160723010715/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/14/the-counter-terrorist liveU.S. Case Against Informer Bares a Tangled Bond https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/nyregion/18informer.html The New York Times October 17, 2010 February 18, 2017 July 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721132155/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/nyregion/18informer.html live In New York and Boston, nine other Algerians linked to Meskini were arrested by the FBI, as part of the largest counter-terrorism operation ever conducted in the United States, dubbed Operation "Borderbom". Most, including Meskini faced minor charges after no significant terrorism links could be proven, although a main suspected bomb-making accomplice, Abdelmajid Dahoumane had fled the country. Other suspected targets alleged by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sources included the Seattle Space Needle and Disneyland, California,Terrorists targeted Disneyland, Space Needle http://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/02/20/Terrorists-targeted-Disneyland-Space-Needle/9610982645200/ United Press International February 20, 2001 July 23, 2016 August 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807232801/http://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/02/20/Terrorists-targeted-Disneyland-Space-Needle/9610982645200/ live with maps found with circles around "three California airports—Los Angeles International, Long Beach and Ontario—as well as maps with San Francisco's landmark Transamerica building and Seattle's Space Needle."Millennium Terror Plot Foiled, U.s. Tells Trial https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/03/14/millennium-terror-plot-foiled-us-tells-trial/ Chicago Tribune March 14, 2001 July 23, 2016 August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817013113/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-03-14/news/0103140232_1_prosecutor-explosions-ahmed-ressam live Ressam began cooperating with investigators in 2001. He was initially sentenced to 22 years in prison, but in 2010 an appellate court reversed and remanded the case based on procedural errors and recommended that his sentence be extended.http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/02/millennium.bomber/index.html?hpt=T2 CNN 'Millennium bomber' sentence overturned; feds seek longer one April 21, 2010 February 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329113326/http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/02/millennium.bomber/index.html?hpt=T2 March 29, 2010 live He was re-sentenced to 37 years' imprisonment in 2012.'Millennium bomber' Ahmed Ressam given longer sentence https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212426/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20075561 October 28, 2020 , BBC News, October 24, 2012 Another Algerian-Canadian, Mokhtar Haouari was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for assisting Ressam in the plot.New York: Manhattan: Conviction Upheld In Bomb Plot https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/28/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-conviction-upheld-in-bomb-plot.html?ref=topics The New York Times January 28, 2003 February 18, 2017 March 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309170507/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/28/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-conviction-upheld-in-bomb-plot.html?ref=topics live Abu Doha was indicted for the plot, but was denied extradition from the United Kingdom.Germany sends 4 to prison in New Year's plot https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/03/11/germany-sends-4-to-prison-in-new-years-plot/ Chicago Tribune March 11, 2003 July 23, 2016 February 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160213103929/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-03-11/news/0303110303_1_al-qaeda-bombing-plot-terror-network liveLacking evidence, Britain to free LAX bomb plot suspect https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-29-fg-lax29-story.html The Los Angeles Times June 29, 2008 July 23, 2016 February 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160214012054/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/29/world/fg-lax29 live Hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 Indian Airlines Flight 814 Indian Airlines Flight 814, en route from Kathmandu, Nepal to New Delhi, India was hijacked on December 24, 1999, by five militants of the al-Qaeda-linked Harkat-ul-Mujahideen group.Kandahar plane hijack: Rehman admits link with terrorists http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kandahar-plane-hijack-rehman-admits-link-with-terrorists-2871159/ The Indian Express June 23, 2016 July 20, 2016 June 24, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160624115610/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kandahar-plane-hijack-rehman-admits-link-with-terrorists-2871159/ live The hijackers reportedly told the captain, "Fly slowly, fly carefully, there is no hurry. We have to give India a millennium gift," as a bomb in the cargo room of the plane was timed to go off at midnight, December 31, 1999. The plane eventually landed in Taliban-controlled Kandahar, Afghanistan. On December 31, India agreed to release three captive militants in exchange for the nearly 200 passengers and crew that were being held hostage.Bruce O. Riedel 2012 Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad https://books.google.com/books?id=ULgk7_oWB1EC&pg=PA58 Brookings Institution Press 58–59 9780815722748 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025839/https://books.google.com/books?id=ULgk7_oWB1EC&pg=PA58 liveDilip Hiro 2014 War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response https://books.google.com/books?id=J1G4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA288 Routledge 287–288 9781136485565 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025839/https://books.google.com/books?id=J1G4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA288 live Lebanon and Syria clashes Dinnieh clashes On December 31, 1999, attacks were launched by a group of up to 300 radical Islamists against Lebanese Army forces in the Dinnieh district in northern Lebanon.Ali Soufan The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkMU-uOEiFIC&pg=PA144 W. W. Norton & Company 144 9780393083477 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025907/https://books.google.com/books?id=IkMU-uOEiFIC&pg=PA144 liveGary C. Gambill Syrian, Lebanese Security Forces Crush Sunni Islamist Opposition https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0001_l1.htm Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 2 1 January 2000 July 16, 2017 October 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028232949/https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/0001_l1.htm live The group behind the attack, calling itself after the apocalyptic Takfir wal-Hijra groupBarry Rubin Revolutionaries and Reformers: Contemporary Islamist Movements in the Middle East 2012 https://books.google.com/books?id=XigAcphccngC&pg=PA18 SUNY Press 18 9780791487396 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025840/https://books.google.com/books?id=XigAcphccngC&pg=PA18 live was led by Bassam Kanj, a close associate of Raed Hijazi who had been indicted for his involvement in the Jordan bombing plots. Kanj had met Hijazi in the Khalden training camp in Afghanistan, and they later worked for the same Boston taxi company in the United States in the 1990s.R. Rabil Religion, National Identity, and Confessional Politics in Lebanon: The Challenge of Islamism 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=3fHMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 Springer 192 9780230339255 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025841/https://books.google.com/books?id=3fHMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 live The fighting lasted for eight days, and killed eleven soldiers, five civilians, and 28 Islamists.Robert G. Rabil Salafism in Lebanon: From Apoliticism to Transnational Jihadism 2014 https://books.google.com/books?id=4pGrBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 Georgetown University Press 167 9781626161177 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025849/https://books.google.com/books?id=4pGrBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 live Lebanon being under Syrian occupation at the time, the Lebanon clashes followed clashes in Syria between Syrian security forces and Islamists, some of whom were accused of infiltrating the country from Jordan and Saudi Arabia, that began on December 30 when several Syrian intelligence agents were ambushed and killed. The clashes lasted for four days in Damascus, Homs and nearby villages, and the Hizb ut-Tahrir group claimed that 1,200 of its members had been arrested by January 2000.Line Khatib Islamic Revivalism in Syria: The Rise and Fall of Ba'thist Secularism 2012 https://books.google.com/books?id=QGhe5jU-l_oC&pg=PA194 Routledge 194 9781136661778 November 23, 2020 January 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230124025853/https://books.google.com/books?id=QGhe5jU-l_oC&pg=PA194 live USS The Sullivans bombing attempt USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)#Attempted Al-Qaeda bombing On January 3, 2000, in Yemen, members of al-Qaeda attempted to use a boat with explosives to damage the warship The Sullivans DDG-68 6 while it was refueling in Aden. The attempt failed when the over-loaded, bomb-laden boat sank before detonating.Federal Bureau of Investigation Terrorism 2000/2001 2004–306-694 https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terror/terrorism-2000-2001#Terrorism_2000/2001 www.fbi.gov United States Government Printing Office February 4, 2015 2004 June 21, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160621075632/https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terror/terrorism-2000-2001/#Terrorism_2000/2001 live (PDF version https://web.archive.org/web/20210204055547/https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-terror-terror00_01.pdf February 4, 2021 )Dennis Piszkiewicz 2003 https://archive.org/details/terrorismswarwit00denn registration Terrorism's war with America: A history 123 978-0-275-97952-2 Praeger Westport, Conn. first February 4, 2015"Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" Richard A. Clarke. 0-7432-6823-7 February 2015 Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi and Fahd al-Quso were charged in absentia in United States district court in 2003 for their alleged roles in several terrorist acts, including the attempted bombing of The Sullivans.U.S. Charges Cole Role Players http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-charges-cole-role-players/ CBS News April 11, 2003 July 23, 2016 August 19, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160819230240/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-charges-cole-role-players/ live In 2011, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, held in Guantanamo, was charged with planning the attack on The Sullivans along with other attacks, facing the death penalty.USS Cole Bombing Fast Facts https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/uss-cole-bombing-fast-facts CNN April 6, 2016 July 23, 2016 January 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150103200000/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/meast/uss-cole-bombing-fast-facts/ liveUSS Cole bombing 'mastermind' arraigned in Guantánamo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8879578/USS-Cole-bombing-mastermind-arraigned-in-Guantanamo.html The Telegraph November 9, 2011 April 4, 2018 April 13, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190413060757/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8879578/USS-Cole-bombing-mastermind-arraigned-in-Guantanamo.html live Other plots According to National Security Advisor of the Clinton administration, Sandy Berger, terrorist cells had been disrupted in "eight countries" in the weeks before New Year's Eve, which was said to have "almost certainly" prevented additional attacks. The man behind the LAX plot, Ahmed Ressam, claimed there had been plans by other terrorist cells of millennium attacks "in Europe, in the Gulf, against U.S. and Israel." Major security operations were launched to improve security for the millennium celebrations in Times Square, New York, along with several other cities in the United States and Europe.Federal agents are scrambling to stop a new Y2K worry: terror http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/27/new.year.html CNN December 27, 1999 July 23, 2016 May 9, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170509131658/http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/27/new.year.html liveBig bang theory haunts the US https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/millennium.uk The Guardian December 28, 1999 July 23, 2016 August 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160826015820/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/millennium.uk live In anticipation of the turn to the new millennium, official concerns by the FBI and U.S. authorities had focused on purported threats by "apocalyptic" religious or political groups, claimed to include lone wolf white supremacists, Christian apocalyptic cults or radical elements of militia organizations.World prepares for millennium attacks http://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/12/23/World-prepares-for-millennium-attacks/3116945925200/ United Press International December 23, 1999 July 15, 2016 August 8, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160808023756/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/12/23/World-prepares-for-millennium-attacks/3116945925200/ liveFBI to warn local police to be alert for extremist millennium attacks http://journaltimes.com/news/national/fbi-to-warn-local-police-to-be-alert-for-extremist/article_d9b8e08f-ffc2-5176-b77e-174193a6657a.html The Journal Times October 21, 1999 July 15, 2016 September 3, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200903152947/https://journaltimes.com/news/national/fbi-to-warn-local-police-to-be-alert-for-extremist/article_d9b8e08f-ffc2-5176-b77e-174193a6657a.html liveThis Week in History: Y2K, terror and apocalypse https://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-Y2K-terror-and-apocalypse The Jerusalem Post December 31, 2010 July 15, 2016 August 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818113913/http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-Y2K-terror-and-apocalypse live Aftermath Investigation While in prison, Ressam revealed that al-Qaeda sleeper cells existed within the United States. This information was included in the President's Daily Brief delivered to President George W. Bush on August 6, 2001, entitled Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US.Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/august6.memo/ CNN April 10, 2004 July 18, 2016 October 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235945/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/august6.memo/ liveBin Laden memo puts Bush on back foot https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bin-laden-memo-puts-bush-on-back-foot-559687.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bin-laden-memo-puts-bush-on-back-foot-559687.html May 1, 2022 subscription The Independent April 12, 2004 FBI special agent and counter-terrorism chief John P. O'Neill, who had been central in the investigation of al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and the millennium plot, and subsequently suspected the existence of sleeper cells in the United States, died in the September 11 attacks in 2001 as head of security of the World Trade Center. O'Neill had started his new job on August 23 less than a month before the attack, after he had been squeezed out of the bureau. On July 19, 2004, it was revealed that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating former National Security Advisor of the Clinton administration, Sandy Berger, for unauthorized removal of classified documents in October 2003 from a National Archives reading room prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission. The documents were five classified copies of a single report commissioned from Richard A. Clarke, covering internal assessments of the Clinton administration's handling of the plots. An associate of Berger said Berger took one copy in September 2003 and four copies in October 2003.http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/01/berger.plea/ CNN Sandy Berger to plead guilty on documents charge April 1, 2005 May 23, 2010 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901150854/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/01/berger.plea/ live Attacks After the unsuccessful attack on USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda attempted the same type of attack for a second time, again in Aden, Yemen. They successfully bombed Cole DDG-67 6 on October 12, 2000, in an attack that claimed the lives of seventeen U.S. sailors. The Radisson SAS hotel in Amman, Jordan, which was the target of a millennium attack plot, was one of three hotels in the city that were bombed by al-Qaeda in 2005. Thirty-eight people were killed in the bombing, which was the deadliest of the three hotels attacked.Amman Radisson Targeted in Foiled Millennium Attack https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Terrorism/story?id=1296624 ABC News November 9, 2005 June 27, 2020 October 28, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211618/https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Terrorism/story?id=1296624 live See also 1990s 2000s Law Greater Los Angeles Timeline of al-Qaeda attacks Kosheh massacres, millennium massacre of Copts in Egypt Strasbourg Cathedral bombing plot, al-Qaeda plot for 2000 New Year's Eve 2015 New Year's attack plots, plots by ISIL 2012 phenomenon References 2 External links "2000 Millennium Bomb Plots", collection of articles in The New York Times "Trail of a Terrorist", about Ahmed Ressam and millennium attack plots by PBS Frontline Category:1999 in Jordan Category:Al-Qaeda activities Category:Apocalypticism Category:Attacks during New Year celebrations Category:Counterterrorism Category:Counterterrorism in the United States Category:Failed terrorist attempts Category:Presidency of Bill Clinton Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 1999 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2000 Category:Terrorist incidents in Jordan Category:Terrorist incidents in 1999 Category:Terrorist incidents in 2000 Category:Terrorist incidents in the United States in 1999 Category:Terrorist incidents in Yemen in 2000 Category:Turn of the 3rd millennium Category:Los Angeles International Airport Category:Terrorist incidents in Jordan in the 2000s Category:1999 in India Category:Counterterrorism in India Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1999 Category:Indian Airlines Category:Islamic terrorism in California