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Taj Mahal Threat and Al Qaeda

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Taj Mahal Threat Update - A possible al-Qaeda threat to the Taj Majal may not be credible, authorities are now declaring. The Press Trust of India reported over the weekend that a letter written in Hindi warned that the 17th century monument in Agra would be blown up.

Officials are suspect of the validity of the threat was as it is the letter was the third such message about the Taj Mahal received this year and appeared to have been written by the same person who penned the others, PTI said.

Fingerprints on all three letters matched, police said.

Jim Roberts reported earlier that the threat against the Taj Mahal forced police in northern India to heighten security around the Taj Mahal.

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