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Al-Qaida Targets 40 Americans

June 17 2011

USA

Al-Qaida has posted a list of 40 Americans on jihadist websites and called for assassinations, says the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as reported by UPI.

The document, dated June 8, also included 26 photographs, officials said.

No specific plots have been identified and the information appears to be "aspirational in nature," said the FBI.

Names are said to be of individuals in politics, media, finance, industry and military contracting, reported the New York Daily News....

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