Magazines at Al Qaeda Camp Prove Puzzling

Authorities in Michigan and Missouri tried to determine how copies of Aviation Week and Chemical Week magazines had turned up in an abandoned Al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan.

A copy of the aviation magazine bearing the Ann Arbor, Mich., address of an information company called ProQuest and the name “Universal Microfilms Inc.” was found earlier this week.

Also found was a chemistry text and a copy of Chemical Weekly addressed to the Kansas City, Mo., public library.

“The FBI has not uncovered any evidence of any persons involved in or with connections to Al Qaeda in Kansas City or anyone who’s passed through Kansas City,” FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said. “But we will be checking out the situation at the library.”