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LeT <http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2008/02/let-to-target-places-of-worship-u s.html> to target places of worship: US <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/LeT_to_target_places_of_ worship_US/articleshow/2762952.cms> 7 Feb, 2008, 0301 hrs IST, TNN http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2008/02/let-to-target-places-of-worship-us .html NEW DELHI: The US has warned that the Lashkar-e-Taiba and other Pakistan-based terror organisations would continue to launch terror attacks on India possibly targeting places of religious importance and transportation network. Director of National Intelligence J Michael McConnell, a top US intelligence official, has said that LeT and other terror organisation could target government buildings, transportation network and places of religious importance. The assessment is part of a 47-page report on <http://intelligence.senate.gov/080205/mcconnell.pdf> Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National which was submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. ``The Intelligence community assesses that Pakistan-based LeT and other Kashmir-focused groups will continue attack planning and execution in India," he said in the report, which mainly assesses the terror threat to the US. ``Shia and Hindu religious observances are possible targets, as are transportation networks and government buildings," Mr McConnell said. He added: "We judge Kashmir-focused groups will continue to support attacks in Afghanistan, and operatives trained by the groups will continue to feature in Al-Qaeda trans-national attack planning.'' All these groups are connected with the al-Qaeda, he further said. However, the report only mentions LeT by name and as an affiliate of the Al Qaeda. LeT has been involved in a large number of terror attacks in India with the biggest one being the attack on Parliament in December 2001. But reports also warns against the growing instability in Pakistan and the threats to the US from the increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan. "Al-Qaeda and its terrorist affiliates continue to pose significant threats to the United States at home and abroad, and Al-Qaeda's central leadership based in the border area of Pakistan is its most dangerous component," he said. Warning that the Al-Qaeda and Taliban elements are now threatening the existence of Pakistan, the intelligence official in an endorsement to the Pakistani military says that the Army is the only institution that has the strength to check the spread of terror elements. 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