California, N. Mexico on terror target list

The FBI has warned police agencies in the Western United States to be especially vigilant about the possibility that al Qaeda terrorists may be planning attacks in California or New Mexico, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Without offering specifics, the FBI advisory was sent to more than a dozen Joint Terrorism Task Force teams days ago in the hope that law enforcement officials would redouble efforts to monitor suspicious activities and follow investigative leads on extremists, officials said.

FBI officials in several cities emphasized that the warning contained no specific or corroborated information about a threat to any jurisdiction.