Yemen Al-Qaeda to attack West: US officials

US intelligence agencies claim that a team of non-Arabic female suicide bombers has been sent to attack targets in the West.Security officials have been warned to be on the look-out for the women, carrying Western passports, who are believed to have escaped an attack on an Al-Qaeda terror camp in Yemen. Terror experts within the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, a unit of MI5, now believe that an attack against the UK is highly likely. US law enforcement agents have been told to be on the lookout for female suicide bombers who may attempt to enter the country. At least two are believed to be connected to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula which dispatched underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who tried unsuccessfully to bring down a transatlantic airliner over Detroit. Security sources said that it was inevitable that Al-Qaeda would eventually turn to using women with a western appearance to carry out suicide attacks. Officials said that airliners and all forms of transport could be targeted as well as sports stadiums, ports and power stations. Although female suicide bombers have been used to carry out attacks by Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Palestinian groups in Israel, none are thought to have been used against European or US targets before.