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...community leaders like I Gusti Ngurah Harta worried. A Balinese who is spearheading the predominantly Hindu island's opposition to the legislation, Ngurah Harta says the bill would effectively be the "third Bali bomb," destroying efforts to bring the struggling local economy back to life after two devastating terrorist attacks in the past four years. "It would not only ruin tourism by imposing harsh restrictions on what might be considered unacceptable dress or behavior," he says. "By threatening our culture, arts, dance and creativity, it threatens our way of life and right to exist...
...Terrorist Attacks One of the conclusions of the 9/11 investigations was that in a major disaster, nothing is as important as the ability to communicate. This is not just a technical issue: just as they need interoperable radio systems, first responders also need to know and trust each other. That's a particular challenge in Washington, D.C., area, where a major disaster would be dealt with by two state governments, police and fire departments from 18 jurisdictions, and more than 40 federal police agencies and security services. Two years ago, the Government Accountability Office asked the Department of Homeland Security...
What no one denies is that the violence is becoming more brutal. U.S. officials say 25 bodies are found each day, although it's unclear how many are victims of sectarian killings. Unlike the terrorist attacks committed by al-Zarqawi, sectarian violence rarely bears a calling card. Shi'ite and Sunni militants interviewed by TIME say the worst killings are carried out by small, secretive death squads that the militants conveniently describe as rogue elements. Windows into the machinations of the death squads are rare, but U.S. and Iraqi forces have gained some intelligence on them. Some operations have been...
...March 26 raid on a Shi'ite militia complex--believed to be a hub for a kidnapping and terrorist network--has raised suspicions that a death squad may have been run out of the complex. Shi'ite leaders claim that the 16 men who died in the raid were worshipping peacefully in what turned out to be a mosque. But Iraqi commandos and U.S. military liaisons told TIME that the dead perished in battle with weapons in their hands. According to U.S. military officials, more than 60 reports of kidnappings or executions have been linked to the mosque, including...
...promising that the Freedom Tower would be done by September 11, 2006, just in time for the five year anniversary. Shortly thereafter the entire blueprint for the Freedom Tower had to be redone, after New York's police department said it was not sufficiently secure from any potential future terrorist attack...