- TOKYO (Reuters) - The United
States has warned its allies of a possible second round of attacks by the
end of this week following the deadly recent strikes against New York and
Washington, Jiji news agency quoted Japanese government sources as saying.
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- The next round of attacks, if really launched, would
be on an even greater scale than those on September 11, which killed more
than 6,000 people, according to information provided to Japan by the United
States, Jiji said.
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- The news agency quoted the sources as saying on Saturday
that the ``means of terrorism'' would be ``more cruel and shocking'' than
in the September 11 carnage, when hijackers flew airliners into New York's
World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington.
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- The targets of the possible attacks were unknown but
possibilities included members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO and Pakistan, Jiji said.
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- The government sources said attacks on Japan could not
be ruled out since Tokyo has expressed support for U.S. retaliation against
the September 11 strikes.
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- The United States has judged that a second round of attacks,
if carried out, is likely by the end of this week at the latest, the sources
said.
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- Japan's public security authorities have gone on heightened
alert since receiving the information from the United States.
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- Washington suspects that a group led by fugitive Saudi-born
millionaire Osama bin Laden has been contemplating attacks using biological
and chemical weapons, such as sarin nerve gas, for years, according to
the sources.
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- The United States has information that the group has
already acquired small airplanes to spray bacteria causing smallpox or
anthrax from the air, Jiji quoted the sources as saying.
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- Time magazine reported on Saturday that investigators
had found a crop-dusting manual during a search for those responsible for
the attacks on New York and Washington, triggering concern that crop-dusting
planes might be used for chemical or biological assaults.
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- The FBI in Washington said it had not seen the report
and had no comment on it.
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