CNN.com - Source: U.S. had intelligence about possible Kenya attacks - Nov. 30, 2002

CNN.com - Source: U.S. had intelligence about possible Kenya attacks - Nov. 30, 2002 The U.S. government received intelligence information from the Australian government about the possibility of terrorist actions in Kenya before the attacks that left 16 dead in Mombasa this week, a senior U.S. government official told CNN Saturday.

The information, according to the source, was of a general nature and was not considered specific or credible and therefore did not lead the U.S. to take any action based on that information.

Australian officials said Friday they had issued a warning November 12 for Australians to avoid Mombassa because of intelligence that "warned of possible terrorist attacks against Western interests in Mombasa."

Thirteen people were killed Thursday when three suicide bombers crashed a vehicle packed with explosives through the gates of an Israeli-owned Mombasa hotel.