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Virginia execution of Pakistani could produce reprisals : US

Virginia execution of Pakistani could produce reprisals : US

Author: AP
Publication: The Free Press Journal
Date: November 8, 2002

The State Department has said the scheduled execution of a Pakistani man in Virginia next week "may trigger retaliatory attacks against American interests overseas," reports AP.

A "world-wide caution issued by the department on Wednesday night said US citizens need to be vigilant and to be aware of the "continuing threat of terrorist actions that may target civilians."

Mir Aimal Kasi is to be executed on November 14 for killing two CIA employees and wounding three others outside CIA Headquarters in January 1993. US authorities snatched Kasi in July 1997 from a hotel in Pakistan after a four-year man-hunt.

Separately, the FBI issued a bulletin warning of possible terrorists attacks being carried out during the holy month of Ramadan, which started yesterday and runs through December 5.

"Al-Qaida and sympathetic Jihadists may view Ramazan as having religious incentives and symbolic and operational advantages for conducting terrorist attacks," the bulletin said.  The FBI also cited unspecified intelligence indicating Al-Qaida may be planning a strike this Ramazan.

Some lower-level al-Qaida operatives may be more likely to time attacks to symbolic dates and events, the FBI said, citing recent attacks in Yemen, Kuwait, the Philippines and Indonesia.

The State Department bulletin said the potential exist for retaliatory acts against US or other foreign interests in response to the execution."

It also reiterated warning contained in similar statements issued in recent months urging Americans to take precautionary measures.
 


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