operation. he was also behind the infamous plot in the philippines. tragically, he was the individual personally kill ed a wall street correspondent and filmed that heinous act. he also, after 9/11, carried out an attack on a synagogue in tunisia, and he had other attacks planned. we were able to warn allies about a planned attack, for example, on heathrow airport. mr. nasiri was the amir of the attack in 2000 on the "uss cole" in which we lost 17 sailors. he also was behind the attack on a french ship, "limbburg," and he was the al qaeda chief of operations in the gulf and arabian peninsula.