Word: antiterror
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MALAYSIA Antiterror Pact The leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines signed a cooperation agreement to combat terrorism and target Islamic fundamentalists who they say threaten all three states. The accord allows for combined antiterrorism operations and the sharing of information, including airline passenger lists...
...message is clear: so long as Musharraf stays in lockstep with Washington's antiterror objectives, he can do pretty much what he pleases at home. Privately, however, U.S. officials have expressed reservations about the referendum. "It doesn't seem like the greatest tactic," says a State Department official. "It'd be better if he just let the Parliament make him President." But real democracy is a messy, unpredictable business. "It does not simply mean elections," says political scientist Rizvi. "It also means you must compromise, and you may lose some power." That, for now, is not something Musharraf is willing...
...BRITAIN Antiterror Swoop A court in Leicester charged two Algerian men with involvement in the al-Qaeda network and police arrested another 17 in the largest crackdown on U.K. terror suspects since Sept. 11. Nine people were detained under new antiterrorism legislation, while another eight were held for possible immigration offenses. Police said the latest arrests were not directly linked to Sept. 11, but one of the two remanded in custody, Baghdad Meziane, faces charges of directing and financing undisclosed al-Qaeda operations and inciting an act of terrorism abroad...
...Senate majority leader, could have been chosen as a representative of all Democrats or of the entire Senate, Leahy is a less obvious choice, most likely targeted for a specific reason. He is head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is involved in issues ranging from antitrust action to antiterror legislation. Targeting Leahy seems to give more credence to the theory that the anthrax culprit is a domestic terrorist with personal grudges. And given that the FBI believes the killer in all likelihood spoke about his grudges to others, the hope is that someone who recognizes the culprit may soon...
...trust." The number of people who say they have "a great deal of confidence" in the government's ability to prevent more attacks has slipped from 41% to 25%, according to the TIME/CNN poll. The President did his part last week to bolster public faith in the government's antiterror campaign. In his speech Thursday night, Bush managed a more subtle version of his exhortation to get back to normal, wherever that is these days. "There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated," he said. While these times require vigilance, he also called on citizens to perform community...