Terrorists planning ‘another 9/11’, US intelligence head warns

Elaine Duke says recent knife and vehicle attacks carried out to keep Isis followers engaged

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Elaine Duke, the acting secretary of homeland security in the US has warned that Isis and other Islamic State terrorist groups are planning another terror attack similar to 9/11 which killed nearly 3,000 people.

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