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Mntsnow
09-24-2004, 7:44 AM
The flags that sprouted after the Sept. 11 attacks still flap on lawns and flutter on poles outside well-tended homes here, about 15 miles from Manhattan. Looming above them is a concrete tower that houses a real-estate firm, an office supplies company--and, until recently, investigators fear, an outpost of al-Qaida.

On the second floor, an Internet company called Fortress ITX unwittingly played host to an Arabic-language Web site where postings in recent weeks urged attacks against American and Israeli targets. "The Art of Kidnapping" was explained in electronic pamphlets, along with "Military Instructions to the Mujahedeen," and "War Inside the Cities." Visitors could read instructions on using a cell phone to remotely detonate a bomb, and one even asked for help in manufacturing small missiles. Read more at Cnet (http://news.com.com/On+the+Web%2C+a+new+front+in+the+terror+battle/2100-1028_3-5379151.html)