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Al-Qaeda Down But Not Out
Friday, March 22, 2002
SouthNexus.com

"A convergence of threats to the US has created a world in which dangers exist not only in those places where it has most often focused its attention, but also in other areas that demand it."

WASHINGTON
Despite the reverses it has suffered following the US war on terrorism, Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network has yet to be destroyed and could target US installations and infrastructure nodes around the world, CIA Director George Tenet has said.

"Al-Qaeda has not yet been destroyed. It and other like-minded groups remain willing and able to strike us," Tenet said on Tuesday in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The US has made "enormous progress" against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and had disrupted its global operations with the arrests of 1,300 people in 70 countries but the terror group and its associates would continue to plan attacks on US and its interests abroad, Tenet said.

"American diplomatic and military installations are at high risk, especially in East Africa, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan," he said.
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