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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: 1973 New York City bomb plot, 1991 Toronto bomb plot, 2000 millennium attack plots, 2004 financial buildings plot, 2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, 2005 Sydney terrorism plot, 2006 German train bombing plot, 2006 Ontario terrorism plot, 2007 bomb plot in Germany, 2007 Fort Dix attack plot, 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, 2007 London car bombs, 2008 Exeter bombing, 2009 Bronx terrorism plot, 2009 Hezbollah plot in Egypt, 2009 New York subway and United Kingdom plot, 2010 European terror plot, 2010 Portland car bomb plot, 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt, 2011 alleged Iran assassination plot, 2011 alleged Manhattan terrorism plot, 2011 Dearborn mosque bombing plot, 2011 Spokane bombing attempt, 21 July 2005 London bombings, Aftermath of the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 attack, Ahmed Ressam, Alleged 2007 bomb plot in Copenhagen, Bojinka plot, Bomb plot against the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Columbus Shopping Mall bombing plot, Connetquot High School Plot, December 2010 Copenhagen terror plot, Failed terrorism plots, Holsworthy Barracks terror plot, Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, Hudson River bomb plot, Michael Finton, Mohammed Wali Zazi, Najibullah Zazi, Naser Jason Abdo, New York City landmark bomb plot, Raleigh jihad group, Singapore embassies attack plot, Tyler poison gas plot, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Virginia jihad network, Wood Green ricin plot. Excerpt: The attempted car bombing of Times Square on May 1, 2010, was a planned terrorist attack that was foiled when two street vendors discovered the car bomb and alerted a New York Police Department (NYPD) patrolman to the car bomb threat after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle. The bomb had been ignited, but failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties. Two days later federal agents arrested Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Pakistan-born resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had become a U.S. citizen in April 2009. He was arrested after he had boarded Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The plane was called back again but later cleared. He admitted attempting the car bombing and said that he had trained at a Pakistani terrorist training camp, according to U.S. officials. United States Attorney General Eric Holder said that Shahzad's intent had been "to kill Americans." Shahzad was charged in federal court in Manhattan on May 4 with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and other federal crimes related to explosives. More than a dozen people were arrested by Pakistani officials in connection with the plot. Shahzad told interrogators that he was "inspired by" Anwar al-Awlaki, with whom he was reportedly in internet contact. An initial claim of responsibility by the Pakistani Taliban was publicly dismissed by U.S. authorities at first; however, Holder later said the Pakistani Taliban directed the attack and may have financed it. John Brennan, President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, said: "It's a group that is closely allied with al-Qaeda. They train together, they plan together, they plot together. They are almost indistinguishable." President Barack Obama said that Americans "will not cower in fear" as a result of the attempt, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: "We will not tolerate any bias or any backlash against Muslim New Yorkers," and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that to terrorists,
