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On the recordMarch 18, 2012
We know that before his death, Osama Bin Laden asked al-Qaeda operatives to target pipelines, oil tankers, and dams in the United States.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins discusses past threats to oil infrastructure from bin Laden.

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