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To: Steeny who wrote (83614)3/19/2003 12:46:17 AM
From: bela_ghoulashi  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Powell got his way.



To: Steeny who wrote (83614)3/19/2003 3:11:06 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 281500
 
Official: Al Qaeda attacks a 'near certainty'

Operation Liberty Shield

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Posted: 5:23 PM EST (2223 GMT)

cnn.com

<<...WASHINGTON (CNN) --The State Department's top counterterrorism official said Tuesday there is a "certainty" terrorists will try to "launch multiple attacks" and a senior intelligence official told CNN there is "a near certainty of small-scale al Qaeda attacks" against U.S. targets.

Intelligence officials also said there is some evidence that al Qaeda could be "in the last stages of planning for large-scale attacks," though one added "it is not clear" whether al Qaeda is still capable of large-scale action...>>