US hunts for citizens training with Al Qaeda, other terrorist groups

Asian News International
March 7, 2010

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The Obama Administration has no count of Americans training overseas with Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups, but is gathering information with Pakistan and other governments to identify and locate people holding US passports who are receiving terrorist training then legally returning to commit violent acts, according to a top US diplomat.

Speaking to the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson gave a nightmare scenario in which people holding US passports receive terrorist training then return legally to the US to commit violent acts.

They can easily infiltrate back into the United States and, frankly, we dont know what to do about them. We think there are more out there than we know about. We just have to keep working at it, FOX News quoted Patterson, as saying.

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