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FBI issues new alert; says attack may be imminent

Dharam Shourie in New York

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning to all law enforcement agencies and the American public that a Yemeni man and several of his associates may be plotting a terrorist attack on US targets as early as on Tuesday.

Alerting about the possibility of an attack, the FBI on Monday night said that the warning was based on information obtained in Afghanistan and from detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where several Al Qaeda and Taliban soldiers are being held.

"As a result of US military operations in Afghanistan and ongoing interviews of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, information has been available regarding threats to US interests," the FBI said.

"Recent information indicates a planned attack may occur in the United States or against US interests in the country of Yemen on or around February 12, 2002. One or more operatives may be involved in the attack," the alert said.

The FBI identified one possible terrorist as 23-year-old Fawaz Wahya al-Rabeei, an Yemeni national who was born in Saudi Arabia and said he might have a dozen associates.

Law enforcement agencies were asked to 'stop and detain' any individual named in the alert and told that each one must be considered 'extremely dangerous'.

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