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Report Says Al Qaeda Still Aims To Use Weapons Of Mass Destruction Against U.S.

The Washington Post:
When al Qaeda's No. 2 leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, called off a planned chemical attack on New York's subway system in 2003, he offered a chilling explanation: The plot to unleash poison gas on New Yorkers was being dropped for "something better," Zawahiri said in a message intercepted by U.S. eavesdroppers.
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