Bin Laden terror group boasted of 'Hiroshima' on US

The CIA intercepted a message from an al-Qaida member boasting of plans to carry out a "Hiroshima" on America, it was revealed today.

The CIA intercepted a message from an al-Qaida member boasting of plans to carry out a "Hiroshima" on America, it was revealed today.

The message, last year, said Osama bin Laden was planning to carry out an attack like Hiroshima, a reference to the 1946 atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese port which killed more than 200,000 people.

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