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Top Obama officials worried U.S. terror attack by Al Shabaab may be next after Uganda bombings
 Concerns that Somali terrorists might stage a brazen attack on America are on the rise after the deadly Uganda bombings, senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday.Al Qaeda-aligned Al Shabaab's attacks in Kampala Sunday that killed 76 World Cup revelers, including one American, could foreshadow a U.S. terror plot, they said. "There is a concern Al Shabaab might try to carry out similar types of attacks in other venues," a top U.S. official told reporters. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said he dispatched a sergeant and three officers to join about 60 other Joint Terrorism Task Force investigators in Uganda. A detective who was already based in South Africa for the World Cup is also on his way, Kelly said. Shabaab goons - including some Somali-Americans and Al Qaeda operatives who moved to Somalia to flee a CIA drone blitz in Pakistan - have long been targeted by U.S. Special Operations Forces. "I'm worried about any organization - particularly one associated with Al Qaeda and has Al Qaeda sprinkled within it - [and] their determination, as well as potential capability, to carry out an attack outside of the region," the senior administration official said. Posted by: Fred 2010-07-15 |
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