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Jihadists not lacking for plot ideas, terrorist watchdog says.(SECURITY BEAT: HOMELAND DEFENSE BRIEFS)

* Senior al-Qaida leaders through a password protected Internet message board periodically ask their loyal readers to send in their best ideas for attacking their enemies.

One such request for proposals posted last year received thousands of responses, said Rita Katz, executive director of the SITE Institute, a for-profit consultancy that monitors radical websites.

"Basically they are using all the jihadists throughout the world as their eyes," said Katz. The request called for members to look for vulnerabilities in U.S. government facilities or for targets "anywhere in the world," she said.

This shows that terrorist groups are not lacking for ideas when it comes ...

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