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U.S. intelligence sources say security teams surrounding the upcoming inauguration of U.S. President George W. Bush will pay special attention to limousines. The increased concern results from a report seized in 2004 from al Qaeda that examines the possibility of using limousines rigged with cylinders of flammable gas as mobile suicide bombs.
Stratfor has discussed the possibility that terrorists could use limousines to stage bombings or to conduct covert surveillance of targets. Limousines often are able to gain access to places that normal vehicles cannot -- as it generally is assumed that they are transporting legitimate VIPs -- while their darkly tinted windows conceal both the occupants and their cargo. Because of the assumption about their passengers and their ubiquity at high-profile functions, limousines often are overlooked -- although Stratfor suspects that an attack during the Bush inauguration is highly unlikely, precisely because of the tight security surrounding the event, which includes the installation of barriers aimed at preventing vehicle-borne suicide attacks.
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