The Chronicle: Alleged Conspirator in New York Terror Plot Was Professor at Lebanese University
A Lebanese university professor is being held in Lebanon in connection with a foiled plot to attack parts of New York City’s public-transit system.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security announced on July 7 that they had thwarted a planned terrorist attack on public transportation in the New York-New Jersey area, and that an important suspect was being held in Lebanon. Later that day, Lebanese authorities named Assem Hammoud, 31, who taught economics and business courses at Lebanese International University’s Beirut campus, as that suspect.
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