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Back before President Bush spoke of an "Axis of Evil," he spoke of "the evil one" behind the September 11 attacks. And even as Washington's focus has shifted to its looming confrontation with Iraq, Osama bin Laden popped up again this week to confirm that he survived Year 1 of America's war on terror - and to warn that more mayhem awaits the U.S. and its allies. Announcing himself rather meekly, via an audio cassette delivered to an al-Jazeera TV correspondent in Pakistan rather than through one of the promotional videos his global audience has come to expect...
...Bin Laden has, rightly or wrongly, come to symbolize America's continued vulnerability to terror attacks - simply by his ability to remain alive despite the efforts of the world's most powerful military and intelligence services, assisted by the security services of most of the European, Arab and Asian worlds, to eliminate him. The fact that bin Laden is alive underscores not only a sense of the limits of U.S. achievements in Afghanistan - achievements in danger of being reversed, the Pentagon has warned - but also the vitality of his movement. If bin Laden is alive, it can safely be assumed...
...from America's Criminal Investigation Command (CID), police nabbed the pair on suspicion of plotting to bomb a U.S. military base near Heidelberg. After searching the couple's apartment, investigators found five rudimentary pipe bombs, raw material for 18 kilos of explosive powder, and a portrait of Osama bin Laden. Petmezci and Eyzaguirre are now in custody, awaiting trial. Another victory for German law enforcement? Not quite. CID's Aug. 29 warning wasn't the first call from CID, but the third. The first call was delivered on July 17; another was made on July...
...authorities for being caught by surprise if something terrible does happen? An early indication that al-Qaeda might be turning its sights on Europe came in an audio recording of Ayman al-Zawahiri broadcast by the Qatar-based television network al-Jazeera on Oct. 8. The Egyptian doctor, Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, said his network had already sent messages to Germany and France but that "if these doses weren't enough, we are prepared with the help of Allah to inject further doses." Hanning's analysts figured he was referring to the April 11 synagogue bombing...
...Yemen has it's own reasons for wanting to rid itself of al-Qaeda. The country sent thousands of young men to join the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and hundreds more drifted over there in the 1990s and became disciples of bin Laden. That left Yemen with one of the Arab world's largest concentrations of al-Qaeda supporters, which threatens President Saleh's plans to strengthen ties with the West. Recent suspected al-Qaeda operations in Yemen have included attacks on a French oil tanker and a U.S. oil company, underscoring the terrorist threat...