Official: Al-Qaeda plans something big

A top counterterrorism official says al-Qaeda operatives...
focus[ing] on plotting a "more spectacular" assault comparable to the Sept. 11 attacks.

"It's clear that al-Qaeda wants to strike here" and that it continues to seek opportunities for "a catastrophic attack,"...

...[Al-Qaeda] think[s] that an attack using chemical or biological weapons could be a way to top the 9/11 attacks...

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security told law enforcement agencies last week to be particularly mindful of security around cargo jets and chemical plants.

[Full Story - USA Today, 11/27/03]