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...plots may be advancing swiftly. I've never seen the British quite this alarmed." British authorities are close-lipped about their concerns, but the U.K. has been on its second-highest terror alert for almost a month now. "Given the number of operations by British police," says French terror expert Roland Jacquard, "they're apparently going after more than one plot and group." Two weeks ago, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said police had thwarted four separate plots "to actually cause mayhem and take life in this city." In Britain, a 24-year-old man, accused of conspiring with convicted shoe...
...this expert in deflation and fiscal-belt tightening, being the big man on campus no longer means being the largest...
...Sometimes the mother ship may provide financial and logistical support, but the dirty work seems to be handled by local, autonomous units that are intimately familiar with their areas and can plan and attack below the radar of local security forces. The pattern, says Rand Corporation terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman, "is to send a handful of professional terrorists to make contact with existing local terrorist groups, who provide the cannon fodder--that is, the suicide bombers...
...financial resources have dried up. But that may not add up to a decisive blow as al-Qaeda reverts to its roots as a diffuse brand name for the ideology of international Islamic terrorism. Even without direct ties, bin Laden provides the militants' inspiration. Al-Qaeda, says French terrorism expert Roland Jacquard, has become the mentor for "local actors plotting and launching attacks along the guidelines and long-term instructions of al-Qaeda leaders." According to the CIA, 70,000 to 120,000 recruits went through bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan, graduating with lethal know-how just waiting...
...drive. The lead prosecutor for the campaign-financing investigation, Ahn Dae Hee?known to be fearless in pursuing politically sensitive cases?even has an Internet fan club. Under the circumstances, the Blue House "can't make the phone call even if they want to," says Kim Young Ho, an expert on Korean politics at Inha University in Inchon...