(Yousef) left Manila for several days, but was met by Islamist emissaries upon his return to
Metro Manila. They asked him to attack
United States President Bill Clinton, who was due to arrive in the
Philippines on November 12, 1994 as part of a five-day tour of Asia. Yousef thought of several ways to kill the president, including placing nuclear bombs on Clinton's motorcade route, firing a
Stinger missile at
Air Force One or the presidential
limousine, launching theater ballistic missiles at Manila and or killing him with
phosgene, a chemical weapon. He abandoned the idea, as it would be too difficult to kill the President.