U.S. officials believe they have evidence that last week’s failed missile attack on an Israeli airplane taking off from Kenya was the work of Al-Qaida. Two missile launchers recovered after the Nov. 28 attack are from the same production batch as one used by an Al-Qaida operative who tried to down a U.S. military plane in Saudi Arabia in May, the officials said Monday.
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