Smaller al-Qaida remains a threat, say officials

Thursday, October 10, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The small-scale nature of Tuesday's shootout in Kuwait and last week's bombing in the Philippines -- both suspected of links to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network -- support the idea that al-Qaida has decentralized, leaving the plotting of attacks to local operatives, U.S. counterterrorism officials say.

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