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...surge in piracy is worrisome to counterterrorism experts, who fear that terrorist groups might be tempted to collude with pirates--whose motivations are more mercenary than ideological--to strike maritime targets. In Southeast Asia, where bandits regularly attack ships passing through the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea, Asian security officials fear that a terrorist cell could hire a gang of pirates to help attack an oil tanker or a container ship. Singapore's former Deputy Prime Minister and national security czar Tony Tan said late last year that "the increased frequency of piracy attacks [and] the changing pattern...
...Hyatt Hotel. A third bomber detonated just outside the entrance to a Days Inn; had he made it inside, he probably would have killed dozens of official visitors who were part of a delegation from China. The attacks left at least 57 people dead, making them the most devastating terrorist strikes in Jordan's history, and set off reverberations throughout the Middle East. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed in an Internet posting by Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian who runs al-Qaeda's operations in Iraq. The posting asserted that all three bombers and a woman it claimed...
...Before a terrorist attack can take place, a weapon must be assembled. Volatile ingredients must be combined, a trigger put in place, a timer set ticking. That weapon is the mind of the terrorist. But since 9/11--and before--pop culture has focused mainly on the other sort of bombs...
What is the TSA worried about these days? Long lines, which annoy travelers and make choice terrorist targets. To speed things up, the agency is taking its Registered Traveler program nationwide in June. Passengers who enroll--pay a fee and get a background check and biometric scans--will be fast-tracked through security. The program, along with fewer prohibited carry-on items, should help the TSA's 45,000 screeners spend less time confiscating cuticle clippers. The hope is that by creating a voluntary database that identifies frequent flyers, the measures will also reduce reliance on racial profiling. Sounds smart...
...easy to host all these countries. It's particularly not easy to host, perhaps, me." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, in a press conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina, site of a 34-nation Summit of the Americas, where anti-Iraq-war protesters, calling Bush a "fascist" and a "terrorist," threw Molotov cocktails and set a building on fire...