Plans for new terror attacks against Britain and the United States were found on a computer seized during the arrest of a Pakistani al-Qaida suspect wanted for the 1998 twin US embassy bombings in east Africa, it emerged today.

OSAMA BIN LADEN was yesterday reported to be directing an al-Qaida effort to launch an attack in the US sometime this year.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar pledged today to find those responsible for the worst terrorist attack in Spanish history as the nation mourned the 198 who died in the string of train bombings.

US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said today that the overnight train bombings in Madrid will only reinforce the international resolve in fighting terrorism.

INDONESIAN cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, due to be released from prison next month, had “intense and deep” involvement planning and executing terror attacks, US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said yesterday.

The latest terrorism alert issued by the US administration represents “the most significant” such warning since the September 11 attacks, US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said today.

The US terror alert was today raised from elevated to high for only the second time since September 11 following intelligence warning of an al Qaida attack on 'soft' targets.