CIA warns of terror strike against US troops in Iraq

AL-QAIDA operatives are planning to strike at US and allied forces taking part in a war in Iraq, according to information acquired by American intelligence agencies.

Mon, 10 Mar, 2003 - 00:00
John Lumpkin, Washington

The operatives are subordinates of Abu Musab Zarqawi, whom CIA officials describe as a senior associate of Osama bin Laden.

Some are in Baghdad; others are elsewhere in Iraq, said US counter-terrorism officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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