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Source: http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22Al+Qaeda+Seen+Aiming+at+Targets+Outside+U.S.%22&btnmeta_news_search=Search+News&tbm=n

Al-Qaeda Seen Aiming at Targets Outside U.S.

(Wall Street Journal) Siobhan Gorman, Julian E. Barnes and Adam Entous - Al-Qaeda is expected to shift strategy under new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, placing a higher priority on attacking the U.S. and Western targets overseas, where plots are easier to execute than on the U.S. homeland, say U.S. officials. "I would not be surprised to see potentially 1990s-style attacks at the U.S. embassies and consulates overseas," said Seth Jones, a political scientist at Rand Corp. Communications obtained from flash drives recovered at the residence of Osama bin Laden show Zawahiri's desire to attack U.S. interests in places like Iraq and East Africa, according to U.S. officials.

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