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To: Les H who wrote (6251)	3/4/2003 2:18:19 PM
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-- Report: Al Qaeda Planned to Target Pearl Harbor -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network planned to attack the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, using hijacked airliners, The Washington Times reported on Monday. The potential targets included nuclear-powered submarines and ships, the newspaper said. Intelligence reports about the threat to the naval base were sent to senior U.S. officials in the past two weeks and coincided with reports that al Qaeda was planning a major attack, the newspaper reported. "There was a single report from an unverified, unreliable source that mentioned Pearl Harbor, but it was not in any way connected to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and it was held in very low credibility even when at the time it first came in," a U.S. official familiar with the intelligence report told Reuters. Mohammed, a key al Qaeda leader who allegedly masterminded the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was captured in Pakistan on Saturday. The Washington Times said officials pointed to the intelligence reports as a factor in the U.S. government's decision earlier this month to raise the terror threat level to orange, or "high" risk of attack. The government on Thursday lowered the terror threat level one notch, to yellow, or "elevated" risk of attack. The Washington Times quoted officials familiar with the intelligence reports as saying that al Qaeda was planning to take aim at Pearl Harbor because of its historical significance. The United States entered World War II because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The newspaper said another reason al Qaeda considered targeting Pearl Harbor was because its military facilities are open from the air. Bin Laden's al Qaeda network was blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in which four hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing more than 3,000 people. (C) Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. 03-Mar-2003 20:23:09 GMT Source RTRS - Reuters News