Posted on 04/18/2004 10:51:28 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice Sunday said the Bush administration is on alert for any al Qaida attack close to Election Day.
Rice, appearing on "Fox News Sunday" said, "I think that we do have to take very seriously the thought that the terrorists might have learned, we hope, the wrong lesson from Spain."
After Rice's appearance, Spain's new Socialist government -- brought into power in the wake of the Madrid railway bombings -- announced it would pull its 1,300 troops out of Iraq as soon as possible, perhaps within 15 days.
Said Rice, "I think we also have to take seriously that they (terrorists) might try during the cycle leading up to the election to do something. In some ways, it seems like it would be too good to pass up for them."
She said the administration is "actively looking at that possibility, actively trying to make certain that we are responding appropriately."
"Of course, we are concerned about the election cycle," she said.
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