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To: CharlieChina who wrote (55457)6/27/2002 1:57:38 PM
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Al-Qaida May Plan Cyber Attack

The Associated Press
Thursday, June 27, 2002; 1:18 PM

WASHINGTON –– Imagine this: a major terrorist
attack carried out on American soil just as
emergency dispatch systems or the power grid go
down.

That may be where al-Qaida is heading. The
Washington Post reports that analysts are becoming increasingly concerned about an
attack that uses the Internet either to cause real bloodshed on its own, or to make a
conventional attack even worse.

There have been recent unsettling signs that al-Qaida is refining its high-tech
know-how. The Post says investigators have found evidence that terrorists browsed
Internet sites that offer instructions for the digital switches that run power, water,
transport and communications grids. Interviews with al-Qaida detainees confirm the
tactic.

The U.S. intelligence community hasn't reached a consensus on the seriousness of the
threat. But a top counterterrorism official says it's "a question of when, not if."
© 2002 The Associated Press

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