Al Qaeda May Be Plotting Holiday Attacks

November 10, 2006

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Intelligence agencies have been warned that al Qaeda may be planning to attack air and rail travel in Europe in actions that may occur during the busy holiday travel season.

In separate interviews with Arab and other intelligence sources, the warnings come from interrogations of al Qaeda suspects who recently left Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“One suspect said plans for repeating the Heathrow attempt (a reference to the failed ‘liquid bomb’ plot interrupted in August) were all prepared. It is now a matter of taking action,” said one Arab official who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media. “Al Qaeda’s strategy appears to be raising the pressure in Europe.”

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