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During the 1990s, Mossad discovered that a [[Hezbollah]] agent {{who|date=June 2022}} was operating
Mossad informed the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and CIA in August 2001 that, based on its intelligence, as many as 200 terrorists were slipping into the United States and planning "a major assault on the United States". The Israeli intelligence agency cautioned the FBI that it had picked up indications of a "large-scale target" in the United States and that Americans would be "very vulnerable".<ref name="latimes2001">[http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/20/news/mn-47840 Officials Told of ‘Major Assault’ Plans].</ref> However, "It is not known whether U.S. authorities thought the warning to be credible, or whether it contained enough details to allow counter-terrorism teams to come up with a response." A month later, terrorists struck at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon [[September 11 attacks|in the largest terrorist attack in history]].<ref name="latimes2001"/>
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