Civil defense officials said six people were killed in the attack.

Although it was not developed, the location had become well known to defense officials.

But defense officials have said that a decision on what planes to buy would not be made for a year.

"We need to fight for our money," a defense official said today.

Such support is now barred by law, defense officials said.

"The information was not new to us," said a German defense official.

"We had to work with them to make sure it was out there," a senior defense official said.

"The threat is clearly very high right now," a defense official said.

That assessment was based on a single intelligence source, defense officials said.

Defense officials hope to spend an additional $5.9 billion during the next fiscal year.