The Millenium Plot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_millennium_attack_plots

In the year 1999, Jordanian terrorists plotted to destroy a hotel and Christian holy sites in Jordan, LAX, and the USS Sullivans. This plot was only found out by Jordanian authorities intercepted a phone call between the terrorists, and when Ahmed Ressam was caught smuggling explosives in from Canada.

What are the butterflies of this actually happening? The first, obvious one would be the world going nuts over Y2k hysteria, some announcing the end times. Would the war on terrorism start a year earlier? And how would Bush go in office, less than a month after the attacks?
 
Bumping this because there doesn't seem to be that much discussion about this.

If the attacks did happen, the Iowa caucuses between Gore and Bradley and McCain and Bush would be only a month away. It could have effected the election either way; either uniting America like 9/11 or having people think Clinton and Gore were soft on terrorism for letting it happen.
 
This reminds me of a bet I lost; I put up 5 bucks that some bomb was going to go off in times square on the 2000 new year, but of course it didn't happen. Then the next day I heard about this plot, and we got into an argument about if I won the bet, because the terrorists tried; in the end, since the plot was foiled and it wasn't in NYC, I still lost 5 bucks.

Note:I am glad I lost:)
 
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