QAEDA MILITANTS SEEK SYRIA BASE, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY.

The article discusses U.S. intelligence reports indicating that Islamic fundamentalist organization Al Qaeda is planning to use Syrian territory to train extremists to execute terrorist attacks in Western countries as of March 25, 2014. Topics addressed include Qaeda's potential efforts to train American and European Muslims in Syria, an influx of extremists from Pakistan into Syria, and Qaeda veterans' involvement in the opposition in the Syrian civil war.