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  • How a 9/11 hijacker quietly shopped at a Laurel Target.

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• It's easy to get knives and razors onto a plane, the hijackers found (newsweek.com) — Laurel briefly appears in a detailed Newsweek reconstruction of how 9/11 hijackers tested and exploited lax rules on knives and razors in airline security, including a documented knife-tool purchase at a Target in Laurel. The piece traces weapon buys, security warnings, and hijackers' trial runs in the months leading up to the attacks.
   

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