Extremist groups including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah continue to pose a “significant threat” to the Middle East peace process and are planning terrorist attacks against U.S. and Israeli interests, the CIA director said. In the testimony, according to Reuters, George Tenet also said Hamas is seeking to conduct attacks with toxic chemicals and “may have achieved competence” in making such attacks.
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