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...conviction last week of four men in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania set off hopes that the U.S. would step up its campaign to nab the bombings' mastermind, Osama bin Laden. But in the wake of the trial, a new U.S. counterterrorism tactic is on display: silence. Bush officials realize that bin Laden bashing has been counterproductive. The more the exiled Saudi millionaire is demonized by the U.S., the stronger he becomes to radicals around the world. Intelligence officials also feel that, despite a near 20% decline in anti-American terrorism incidents over the past decade...
...Haberdashery MUSLIM CHIC Heading to Afghanistan and hoping to blend in with the locals? Better lose the T shirt from Springsteen's Born in the USA tour or the one emblazoned with a Yankees logo. Instead, pick up a paean to local legend Osama bin Laden. Though he is considered a terrorist and all-round pariah in the West, at home his name moves merchandise...
Last October's bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Aden that killed 17 U.S. Navy personnel was a reminder that bin Laden's networks are far from inactive. And the anti-American rage inflamed throughout the Arab world by the Palestinian intifada suggests his pool of potential recruits will grow no matter how harsh the punishment meted out by a New York jury to the four men convicted of the East Africa embassy bombings...
...Bin Laden's evasion of justice may be frustrating for the loved ones of his victims and the American public at large, but U.S. security and intelligence services have managed to foil a number of subsequent plots linked with the Saudi financier through patient intelligence gathering and cooperation with law enforcement agencies in foreign countries. Plans to wreak mayhem in Seattle and in Jordan at the dawn of the Millennium were thwarted by good police work, and there have, no doubt, been other successes that those in charge of the nation's security have chosen to keep secret...
...terrorism is primarily about intelligence - being able to monitor your enemy's communications and anticipate his actions in order to confound his plans and keep him on the defensive. Bin Laden's network is large and diffuse, and its components are highly autonomous, meaning that simply lopping off its head is unlikely to eliminate the threat...