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Fragmentary evidence and a sense of inevitability that Boko Haram may be planning an attack on U.S. interests in Nigeria has intelligence and counterterrorism officials in Washington on alert.
U.S. intelligence officials, speaking with NBC News on condition of anonymity, declined to characterize the nature of the evidence, other than to say it was recent and non-specific. But they said it is prompting efforts to locate the terrorist groups military assets and identify other senior leaders beyond Abubakar Shekau.
They also said that Boko Harams desire to strike against a U.S. target apparently has been heightened by the increasing U.S. involvement in the hunt for 276 missing Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the group last month, though the goal itself is not new.
Boko Haram has a long standing interest in this, said one senior U.S. counterterrorism official when asked about the possibility of an attack.
Its consistent with what we've seen from them. Broadly speaking, its in line with what we are tracking.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-nigeria-schoolgirls/washington-worries-boko-haram-planning-attack-u-s-interests-africa-n112536
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