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AL-QAEDA AND U.S. REMILITARIZING THE REGION.

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Honduran authorities have declared a national terror alert saying that the country has received threatening information from alleged al-Qaeda-connected groups. The country thus became the second in the region to experience this problem after El Salvador, the only country in the region to have troops in Iraq (See NotiCen, 2004-08-04). The declaration to press and populace said that al-Qaeda was recruiting Hondurans to attack the embassies of the US, Britain, Spain, and El Salvador. The US, however, has denied any threat against its embassy in Honduras, but a spokesman said they were aware of Honduran reports and were "taking appropriate measures in coordination with Honduran security authorities."

Security Minister Oscar Alvarez told a news conference, "We are facing a state of preventive national alert because our intelligence services report that al-Qaeda foreigners have made offers for Hondurans to carry out sabotage both here and abroad. We believe that there are Hondurans who could accept these offers, some for money, and others because they believe in Islam. Our best agents are investigating the case and working out a strategy to prevent international terrorists from using Honduras as a base for training terrorists."

Alvarez said he had already increased security at...

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