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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24571-2003Nov10.html
Report Evaluates al-Qaeda Risks Worldwide
(AP/Washington Post) - A report released Tuesday by the London-based Control Risks Group said Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network has been largely dismantled, but the threat posed by extremist Muslim terrorists remains high and has grown harder to track. Kevin Rosser, one of the report's authors, said, "The al-Qaeda organization that existed on Sept. 11...really no longer exists, it's been largely dismantled....What we're beginning to see is a much more disparate movement of people who are sometimes coordinating their acts and sometimes not, but who are inspired by the example of al-Qaeda." While the report noted the continued risk of a major attack on the U.S. or Europe, "the area which we expect in 2004 is going to see the highest incidence of attacks is going to be the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia," Rosser said.