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Yellow-belly alert in U.S. (by Latuff) by Latuff Monday December 22, 2003 at 09:17 AM |
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Even the world's most powerful nation is frightened by only the possibility of an attack in its own territory...
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The Bush administration yesterday put the United States on a high state alert, saying it had picked up credible intelligence of a possible terrorist attack "that could either rival or exceed" September 11.
It was unclear last night whether the decision to raise the state of alert was connected to a broadcast on Friday on the Arabic television network al-Jazeera - the station aired an audio tape of a statement attributed to Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy and an Egyptian-born al-Qaida strategist.
"We are still chasing the Americans and their allies everywhere, even in their homeland," Mr al-Zawahiri said on the tape.
(Source: The Guardian)