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Y2K plot  

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  • aka Millennium Bomb Plot On December 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian traveling on a fake Canadian passport, was arrested in Port Angeles, Washington, with nearly 200 pounds of explosives in the trunk of his rental car. The ensuing investigation revealed that Ressam, with the help of several others, was planning to blow up a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on New Year's Eve. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Y2K Plot]

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  • millennium bomb plot

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