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Terror expert assesses threat level as 9/11's tenth anniversary approaches

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published September 8, 2011 at 8:24 AM EDT
Claude Welch
Claude Welch

By Mark Scott

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Buffalo, NY – There has not been a terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11 ten years ago. And last May's death of Osama bin Laden delivered a crushing blow to al Qaeda. But a recognized expert on terrorism suggests the threat of further attacks remains very real.

Dr. Claude Welch is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at UB. WBFO's Mark Scott reached him at his North Campus office.