Right at the Edge By DEXTER FILKINS Published: September 5, 2008 Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
[...] Depois, tem a Al Qaeda. De acordo com oficiais americanos e especialistas em contraterrorismo, a organização se reconstruiu e está usando seus refúgios em áreas tribais para planejar ataques contra os EUA e Europa. Desde 2004, seis grandes planos contra a Europa e os EUA -- incluindo os ataques bem sucedidos em Londres que mataram 52 pessoas em 2005 -- tiveram sua origem localizada em áreas tribais do Paquistão, de acordo com Bruce Hoffman, professor de estudos de segurança da Universidade Georgetown. Hoffman diz temer que a Al Qaeda poderia estar preparando um grande ataque antes da eleição presidencial americana. "Estou convencido que eles estão planejando algo", disse-me. --- No original: [...] Then there is Al Qaeda. According to American officials and counterterrorism experts, the organization has rebuilt itself and is using its sanctuaries inside the tribal areas to plan attacks against the United States and Europe. Since 2004, six major terrorist plots against Europe or the United States — including the successful suicide attacks in London that killed 52 people in July 2005 — have been traced back to Pakistan's tribal areas, according to Bruce Hoffman, a professor of security studies at Georgetown University<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/g/georgetown_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org>. Hoffman says he fears that Al Qaeda could be preparing a major attack before the American presidential election. "I'm convinced they are planning something," he told me. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07pakistan-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all - c.a.t.
