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U.S. Sees Signs of a Revived Al Qaeda

(New York Times) Leaders and operatives of al Qaeda have reorganized bases of operations in at least a half-dozen locations, including Kenya, Sudan, Pakistan, and Chechnya, and have begun to recruit and train new members and plan new attacks on Western targets in earnest, senior counterterrorism officials say. The U.S. has secretly arrested a number of al Qaeda followers in recent months who are suspected of having been sent to the U.S. to scout targets for new terror attacks. Some of those recently arrested were said to have been studying possible locations for attacks on gasoline tanker trucks or suspension bridges.
2003-05-19 00:00:00
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