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...home, says Roland Jacquard, a French terrorism analyst, the graduates of the camps "won't be plotting attacks in the heart of America, but they now feel they can attack America in their own backyards." Most terrorist acts in 2002--the bombings of a mosque in Tunisia, of a bus full of French contract workers and of the U.S. consulate in Karachi, together with the plans that al-Faruq has revealed--fit into this pattern of attacks by local groups on international targets...
Executive Bus Travel...
Four times a day, business travelers shuttle between Cleveland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa., in oversize leather seats while nibbling on deli sandwiches and sipping their choice of eight gourmet coffees. But they're not flying first class; they're taking the bus. The 27-seat motor coaches offer an alternative to airport-security hassles and delays, says Dale Bunce, CEO of ExecConnect America, the Aiken, S.C., company that operates the service. The trip costs $129 round trip and takes 2 hr. 40 min. (vs. $614 for a 1-hr. flight in coach). Bus travelers can watch cable...
...cold blood Two suicide bombings marked an end to more than six weeks of relative peace. In the first incident, a man killed himself and a policeman near the northern town of Umm al-Fahm. The next day a man exploded his payload on a Tel Aviv bus, killing six people and wounding more than 50. Hours later, Israeli troops blasted Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters. The army destroyed nearly every building in the sprawling compound in an effort to smoke out about 20 wanted militants who are holed up inside with Arafat and his aides. Curfews were...
...members are already exempt from citations because of overtime meters, they decided—as a matter of ‘home rule’—to extend their privileges to match those of members of Congress, so that they would be able to park at crosswalks, bus stops and residential permit areas without penalty. The sponsor of the measure said that there was “something not right” about members of Congress having more privileges in this area than council members. The proposal, like most D.C. ordinances, is now awaiting Congressional approval. Don?...