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Al Qaeda Seen Using Web to Regroup, NY Times Says
Wednesday, March 6, 2002
(4:17 AM ET)
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American officials believe villages in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan, and perhaps others in the disputed Kashmir region, could be serving as new sanctuaries for Al Qaeda members, the Times said.

NEW YORK -- Reuters
Newly detected Internet traffic among al Qaeda followers, including intercepted e-mail messages, indicates that elements of the organization may be trying to regroup in remote parts of Pakistan near the Afghan border, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

U.S. government officials say they have found new Web sites and Internet communications that appear to be part of an effort to reconstitute Al Qaeda and reestablish communications after the war in Afghanistan, the Times said.

Officials said the new communications traffic was a serious concern because they feared that Al Qaeda could use the Internet to launch new attacks against the United States, but the content of the intercepted cyber traffic has not indicated specific threats, the Times reported.
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