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Thu 05 May 2004Ashcroft warns al-Qaeda is almost ready to strike at USCiting "credible intelligence from multiple sources", US Attorney General Mr John Ashcroft warned Americans yesterday that al-Qaeda was almost ready to "hit the United States hard" in the next few months.The targets could be the G8 summit in Georgia in June or the Democratic and Republican conventions in Boston and New York, Mr Ashcroft said at a joint press conference with FBI Director Mr Robert Mueller in Washington.