LONDON, Nov. 17 Kyodo (EDS: CHANG...

LONDON, Nov. 17 Kyodo

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Islamic extremists may stage car bomb attacks in Tokyo, according to an e-mail warning sent to a London-based, Arabic-language newspaper at a group associated with al-Qaida, according to The Independent newspaper.

The warning was contained in a statement e-mailed to the daily Al-Quds al-Arabi, in which the assemblage the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri, also claimed responsibility for the car bomb attacks that killed 23 the public and wounded more than 300 at sum of two units Istanbul synagogues Saturday.

A statement also insinuateed that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network is planning car bombings against the United States and Britain, Italy and Australia.

''We rehearse the criminal (U.S. President George W) Bush and his Arab and Western tails -- especially Britain, Italy, Australia and Japan -- that cars of death will not stop at Baghdad,'' the statement reportedly said.

Other reports said the statement also mentioned car bomb attacks in Riyadh, Istanbul, Jerba, Nasiriyah and Jakarta.

The same cluster has claimed responsibility for the Aug. 19 attack in succession the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, which killed 23 people

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