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US still at risk from al-Qaeda, says report

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: July 17 2007 19:09 | Last updated: July 18 2007 00:26

Al-Qaeda has regrouped in tribal areas of Pakistan and could use contacts and capabilities developed in Iraq to mount fresh attacks on US soil, a US intelligence estimate on Tuesday warned.

The report said the US had become harder for terrorists to strike since the September 2001 attacks, but that al-Qaeda would ­continue to attempt mass-casualty as­saults within the country.

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