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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/766601.html
Al-Qaeda Could Use Non-Arabs to Attack Israel
[Ha'aretz] Ze'ev Schiff - Intelligence sources said al-Qaeda could try to execute a surprise attack on Israel using non-Arabs. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden's deputy, is believed to be taking over the leadership of al-Qaeda, due to Bin Laden's illness. Bin Laden wants to act in the U.S. and Europe, while Zawahiri, of Egyptian origin, wishes to focus on Israel and the Arab states that cooperate with it. Zawahiri pushed to set up al-Qaeda cells in Sinai, initiated terror acts in Jordan, and was behind the idea to intercept an aircraft carrying Israeli tourists to East Africa and attack the hotel where Israelis were staying in 2002.