Female suicide bombers may target US
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ABC: Female bombers may target US
Al-Qaeda training female suicide bombers who may not look Arab, carry Western passport ABC says
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda is training female suicide bombers in Yemen, including at least two who do not look Arab and carry Western passports, ABC reported.
According the report, the current threat is tangible but the female bombers have not yet been sent on their suicide missions.
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Former White House counter-terrorism official Richard Clarke reported that al-Qaeda trains the female terrorists in Yemen. American officials have said that a recent US air strike on the terror network's training camp in the country killed many would-be suicide bombers but not all of them.
According to Clarke, many of the terror activists training at the camp have light skinned and may not look Arab.
US authorities have been preventing suspected terror figures from entering the US ever since the foiled recent attack by a Nigerian terrorist onboard a US-bound plane, ABC said. Six people were prevented from boarding planes headed to American last week, the news network said.
Earlier, Britain raised its terrorism threat level to "severe" – the second highest level –days before London hosts major international meetings on how to deal with militancy in Afghanistan and Yemen
