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Article: Attack on America -- 'Cells' Under Microscope -- Investigators ID four to five groups linked to bin Laden operating in United States
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- September 23, 2001
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THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON - Four to five al Qaeda groups have operated in the
United States for the last several years but investigators have not
yet found any connection between them and any of the 19 hijackers
responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, according to government
officials.
The groups, called "cells" by the FBI, are under intensive
government surveillance. The FBI has not made any arrests because
the group members entered the country legally in recent years and
have not been involved in illegal activities since they arrived, the
officials said.
Government officials say they don't know why the cells are here,
what their purpose is or whether their members are planning attacks. ...