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Terrorists planning `grand finale` in US: Report
New York, Nov 24: United States` intelligence officials fear last week`s deadly terrorist attacks on British targets in Turkey could be a build up to a `grand finale` on US soil, media reports said.
New York, Nov 24: United States' intelligence
officials fear last week's deadly terrorist attacks on British
targets in Turkey could be a build up to a "grand finale" on
US soil, media reports said.
US intelligencies picked up loose talk of threats among
Islamic extremists, which had increased significantly,
Newsweek magazine reported.
"You have rapid-fire, back-to-back significant al Qaeda attacks," one counter-terrorism official told the magazine.
"It's starting to look like this could be the buildup to a grand finale on US soil."
More than two years after attacks on the US, al Qaeda continues to hit "soft targets," mostly in the Islamic world - Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Yemen, Kenya, Chechnya, Saudi Arabia. But so far, not London or Paris or New York or Washington, the magazine says.
That leaves many wondering if al Qaeda, with its very long view of history, is biding its time, working up slowly toward another "spectacular," Newsweek said.
Despite spy satellites and high-tech listening devices homing in on the terrorists' chatter, and enormous increases in the "black budget" spent on intelligence, the true threat to the American homeland remains murky, the report said.
The magazine quoted "knowledgeable" officials saying the united states had no clue over who was behind the deadliest bombings in Iraq, including the attacks on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad and killing of a prominent Shi'ite cleric in Najaf.
Bureau Report
"You have rapid-fire, back-to-back significant al Qaeda attacks," one counter-terrorism official told the magazine.
"It's starting to look like this could be the buildup to a grand finale on US soil."
More than two years after attacks on the US, al Qaeda continues to hit "soft targets," mostly in the Islamic world - Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Yemen, Kenya, Chechnya, Saudi Arabia. But so far, not London or Paris or New York or Washington, the magazine says.
That leaves many wondering if al Qaeda, with its very long view of history, is biding its time, working up slowly toward another "spectacular," Newsweek said.
Despite spy satellites and high-tech listening devices homing in on the terrorists' chatter, and enormous increases in the "black budget" spent on intelligence, the true threat to the American homeland remains murky, the report said.
The magazine quoted "knowledgeable" officials saying the united states had no clue over who was behind the deadliest bombings in Iraq, including the attacks on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad and killing of a prominent Shi'ite cleric in Najaf.
Bureau Report