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This Day in Minnesota History

August 15, 2001

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FBI and INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) agents arrest Zacarias Moussaoui in Minneapolis for an immigration violation. They find weapons and Boeing flight manuals in his possession, and in an ensuing trial (held after the terrorist attacks on September 11), Moussaoui admits to conspiring with al-Quaeda. The extent of his involvement in planning the September 11 attacks in particular is disputed.

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