al-Qaeda recruiting non-Arabs, says FBI
The FBI is cautioning local authorities the al-Qaeda terror network may be recruiting non-Arabs less likely to attract notice as they carry out attacks in the United States.
al-Qaeda especially wants operatives who have American citizenship or legal residency status, the FBI's counterterrorism division said in its weekly bulletin to 18,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide.
"Finding operatives with US status would greatly facilitate al-Qaeda's ability to carry out an attack within the United States," said the bulletin, obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The new warning comes amid a continuous stream of intelligence indicating that al-Qaeda is determined to strike the United States in the summer or fall. Officials have said the terror network blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks hopes to inflict mass casualties again and disrupt the political process in this presidential election year.
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