Rauf said that the three potential targets given to them were the Bank of England, the upcoming G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, scheduled for July 6-8, 2005, or the London Underground.

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"I believe there is a dire need for a change of course in Afghanistan, irrespective of who becomes the president, " said Rauf Roashan of the Institute for Afghan Studies, a scholarly center founded by Afghans living abroad.

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The 2001 attacks opened a "wound has never quite healed, " said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, formerly of the controversial Park51 Muslim community center planned for lower Manhattan, not far from the former site of the twin towers.

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