ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Al Qaida has sent a message to its network of
sleeper agents in the Persian Gulf.Gulf intelligence sources said a taped message by Al Qaida leader Osama
Bin Laden was meant to send orders to sleepers to carry out one or more
unspecified attacks in Gulf Cooperation Council. The sources said the main
target is believed to be Kuwait."We believe this was directed at Al Qaida's large sleeper network in
Kuwait to move into action," an intelligence source said. "There's nothing
more specific than this."Over the weekend, Bin Laden sent a message that was broadcast over the
Doha-based A-Jazeera satellite channel that warned of fresh attacks against
the United States and its allies in Iraq. In that message, Bin Laden named
one only Arab country -- Kuwait.
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