2003 -- Handwritten plans uncovered in Afghanistan reveal that Osama bin
Laden's terrorists wanted to assassinate then-President Bill Clinton at an
international economic summit in Malaysia, an al Qaeda expert says.
In the never-before-revealed plot, al Qaeda obtained a map of the summit
site and inside info on security before the leaders of 21 nations gathered
in Kuala Lumpur in November 1998 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
summit.
The crude map, hand-drawn in red and black ink, was found in Afghanistan in
late November 2001 by the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, said Green Beret
Keith "Jack" Idema.
An Arabic legend on the right side of the map detailed the locations of
security gates, a "surveillance room" and part of a mosque just outside the
complex.
On the back of the map was an insider's report on the conference's security.
Clinton canceled two days before the event, and sent then-Vice President Al
Gore in his stead.
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