Report: Al Qaeda Planned To Derail Train On 9/11’s Tenth Anniversary

Al Qaeda was planning on carrying out a deadly terror attack on 9/11’s tenth anniversary, according to a document obtained by ABC News, and this time, they would have focused on trains instead of planes.

“[Al Qaeda] was looking into trying to tip a train by tampering with the rails so that the train would fall off the track at either a valley or a bridge,” a bulletin issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security read. A specific location was not named.

The information was reportedly pulled from items seized by U.S. forces from terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani compound on Sunday.

Despite the new bulletin, the Department of Homeland Security has not issued a terrorist alert.

“We want to stress that this alleged [al Qaeda] plotting is based on initial reporting, which is often misleading or inaccurate and subject to change,” Department of Homeland Security Press Secretary Matt Chandler said in a released. “We remain at a heightened state of vigilance, but do not intend to issue an NTAS alert at this time. We will issue alerts only when we have specific or credible information to convey to the American public.”

Earlier this week, TSA Administrator John Pistole told Congress that al Qaida continues to view mass transit as particularly vulnerable.