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Al-Qaeda begins recruitment drive, developing new explosives
New Delhi, May 29: The recent terrorist attacks in Riyadh and Casablanca seem to have emboldened al Qaeda which has heightened its recruitment drive and is `trying to develop explosives` which are harder to detect while boarding an aircraft, according to intelligence reports quoted by Pakistani media.
New Delhi, May 29: The recent terrorist attacks in
Riyadh and Casablanca seem to have emboldened al Qaeda which
has heightened its recruitment drive and is "trying to develop
explosives" which are harder to detect while boarding an
aircraft, according to intelligence reports quoted by
Pakistani media.
Quoting US counter-terrorism experts, daily 'Dawn' said
al Qaeda was "trying to develop explosives which are harder to
detect, to be placed in shoes or luggage, and would be used to
blow up a passenger aircraft.
"It is unlikely, the officials said, that a terrorist
team would follow the example of the September 11 hijackers
spending months in the us before a new attack. More probably,
they would remain abroad until they choose the time to
strike."
Among the recent major arrest of al Qaeda activists
included that of Tawfiq bin al-Attash, who was the mastermind
of the 2000 bombing of American warship USS Cole. The raids in
which al-Attash was caught also led to the capture of
truckloads of explosives, which led the agencies in Pakistan
to express surprise as to how could such a large amount of
bomb-making materials be smuggled into the country.
Bureau Report