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now Benni Antoine Noris, and no one in Canada was the wiser. For five years, Ressam lived in Canada as Noris. However, Ressam wanted to be a terrorist, too. In 1998, he flew from Montreal to Afghani- stan to train in one of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist camps. He returned to Canada in 1999, armed with the knowledge of how to make a bomb. By August, Ressam had hatched a plan to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport. By the fall, he had built the timing devices needed to set off the explosives. By mid-November, Ressam was in Vancouver gathering all the other materials to complete the plan. He and an associate later rented a motel room and set up a bomb-making factory. The plan was to rent a car, cross the bor- der with the explosives, drive to Los Angeles, and plant the bombs. Crossing Over The rental car inches closer up Lane 2. Inspector Diane Dean cheerfully goes about her job.

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