A captured Al-Qaida leader has named the Israeli Embassy in Washington as a possible target of future terrorist attacks. During interrogation by U.S. authorities, Khalid Sheik Mohammed has named a dozen Al-Qaida operatives plotting terrorist attacks, and named the embassy as a target, along with other U.S. sites, such as Chicago’s Sears Tower, according to Time magazine.
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