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How big is al-Qaeda's presence in the US?
Anyone who can tell you how many terror cells are operating in the United States can also tell you how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Or so says a former CIA operative. But he and other intelligence experts say it's all but necessary to assume terror cells are here. And several revelations this week suggest that far more than prudence is at play. New reports indicate that an Al Qaeda operative captured in Pakistan had contacted people in the US as recently as this year. There are also the disturbing details about the discovered case studies of the targeted buildings in Washington, New York, and Newark that prompted last weekend's heightened terror alerts. The English was perfect, probably written by someone who had lived in the United States for a long time and was professional and meticulous, according to reports. The studies were three and four years old, which indicates that whoever wrote them could be long-term resident. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-08-06 |
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