Word: counterterror
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...impartial western diplomat involved in that process says the French have been "bending over backward" to accommodate American wishes for the event. They have given the Americans "everything they wanted," right down to a preferred time slot for the arrival of Air Force One and a higher profile for counterterror issues on the summit agenda. Those relatively painless accommodations hardly signal French contrition, nor are the hawks at the Pentagon willing to offer absolution. France has reacted coolly to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's call that it forgive Iraq's state-to-state debt of some $1.7 billion...
...Kelly was New York Police Commissioner during the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, and took over the top job again in February last year. One of his first acts was to set up a dedicated counterterror unit, partly because he felt the city could not rely on the federal government for adequate protection. Time's New York correspondent Amanda Bower spoke with him shortly before the war in Iraq started...
...veteran of many federal authorities, but when you took over the NYPD you set up the city's own counterterror unit...
...antiterror legislation, the region (or federation unit) in which an attack occurs must pay victims "moral and material damages." If a court awards compensation beyond the capacity of the region to pay, the central government can be tapped. But citizens cannot sue for punitive damages and the leaders of counterterror operations are exempt from liability. While the Moscow city government has paid each victim $3,000 in compensation, Trunov argued that the funds do not cover the expensive medical care that many need. And the loss of primary wage earners has plunged many middle-class families - those who could afford...
...strike owed its success to a tip from Yemeni authorities on the whereabouts of al-Harethi, and U.S. officials say Yemen gave its permission for the strike. But the action infuriated opponents of the government, who called it a violation of sovereignty. There may be more to come. U.S. counterterror operatives in Yemen are already hunting their next target: Muhammad al-Hamati, a bakery owner who, a U.S. official says, helped al-Harethi with logistics for the Cole bombing. --By Azadeh Moaveni. With reporting by Scott MacLeod/Cairo and Elaine Shannon and Mark Thompson/Washington