Qaeda camps in Pakistan to train operatives: US official (AFP)

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Qaeda camps in Pakistan to train operatives: US official

by Jim Mannion

2 hours, 44 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Al-Qaeda is believed to have established compounds inside Pakistan
to train small groups of operatives for possible attacks in the West, a US official said.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the compounds had been detected
over the past year in a semi-autonomous tribal area along the mountainous border with
Afghanistan.

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But they were being used to train groups of 10 to 20 people at a time for what were
believed to be operations in the West, particularly in Western Europe, the official said.

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The compounds suggest that Al-Qaeda, once seen as having been reduced to a largely
inspirational role in an increasingly dispersed, decentralized international jihadist
movement, is rebuilding its capacity to mount international operations.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/wl_asia_afp/usattacksafghanistan_070219231358

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1. are these the guys the WH basically ignored the last few years????????