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Al Qaeda has bases in Africa, UN says February 16, 2005 FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES UNITED NATIONS -- Al Qaeda has opened recruiting and training bases in Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda, the United Nations said Tuesday in a report that warned the terror group's attacks should be expected to increase. The report was written by terrorism experts appointed by the Security Council to monitor sanctions against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the regime of radical Muslim clerics that had run Afghanistan until a U.S.-led coalition ousted them in 2001. UN sanctions require all 191 UN member nations to impose a travel ban and arms embargo against a list of those linked to Osama bin Laden's terror network and the former Afghan rulers. Members are also required to freeze the financial assets of those on the list, which includes more than 430 individuals and groups. Terrorism involving Al Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction remains among the paramount global threats, the report said. Al Qaeda wants chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, and it is only "a matter of time" before a successful attack occurs using such weapons, the report said. "The biggest fear we all have is terrorists getting hold of the means to cause a mass attack," said Richard Barrett, a British intelligence expert who is the team's coordinator. "Al Qaeda is a phenomenon that observes no borders. It is even harder to track now than it was a year or two ago when it had a more coherent structure." The report said Al Qaeda is looking for "new areas to expand" and has established bases in "poorly policed" areas of sub-Saharan Africa. They are present there. The security forces of those countries agree with that," Barrett said of Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. SECURITY SECRETARY SWORN IN: Michael Chertoff was sworn in Tuesday as the nation's second Homeland Security secretary, hours after the Senate unanimously approved the former head of the Justice Department's criminal division. Chertoff, 51, has promised to balance protecting the country with preserving civil liberties as head of the sprawling agency that was created as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
