U.S. Hunting for 7 'Plotters'

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WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft cited "credible intelligence from multiple sources" Wednesday that indicates terrorists plan to "hit the United States hard" in the next few months. He said al-Qaida claims its preparations are 90 percent complete.

Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller unveiled photographs and information about seven people associated with al-Qaida whom they are seeking in connection with terrorist threats on U.S. soil. Six had been previously identified; the seventh, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American convert to Islam from the West Coast, had not been known before. "They all should be considered armed and dangerous," Ashcroft said, asking for "unprecedented" cooperation from local officials and citizens.

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U.S. Hunting for 7 'Plotters'

The other six were identified as Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani; Fazul Abdullah Mohammed; Amer El-Maati, a Canadian citizen and licensed pilot; Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani MIT-trained microbiologist; Abderraouf Jdey, a Canadian citizen with fl...

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