Two Sept. 11 jet hijackers first scouted San Diego targets

Wednesday, August 21, 2002

SAN DIEGO -- Investigators believe the San Diego-based Sept. 11 hijackers who helped crash an airliner into the Pentagon initially were sent to California to pinpoint targets in the Navy's largest West Coast port, a federal law enforcement source told The Associated Press.

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