OXFORD, England (Reuters) - The United States is taking seriously the possibility that al Qaeda could expand its activities into Lebanon, exploiting the conflict there, intelligence chief John Negroponte said.
He said such a move, already publicly urged by al Qaeda leaders, could not be ruled out despite the chasm between the predominantly Sunni Muslim group and Lebanon's militant Shi'ite Hizbollah, which ended a 34-day war with Israel last month.
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