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...scariest aspect of Mombasa was that terrorists fired a simple, shoulder-launched SAM at a commercial airliner. For the first time, terrorists showed that they are able and ready to shoot down vulnerable civilian planes anywhere as they take off or land, when a heat-seeking missile can easily lock onto a plane's engine...
...cargo planes with such devices. But no commercial airline, with the possible exception of Israel's El Al, has been willing to spend the estimated $3 million per plane that it would take to protect its aircraft. U.S. officials believe such systems will have to be put on civilian airliners--especially if one is shot down...
...them foreign tourists. Mukhlas' brother, Amrozi, arrested earlier, has admitted to having obtained bomb-making materials. Police say other accomplices may still be hiding out in Indonesia. IVORY COAST Mass Grave Survivors of an alleged village massacre said that government soldiers in late November killed more than 120 civilians whom they suspected of colluding with rebels. Reports from the village of Monoko-Zohi indicated that body parts could be seen protruding from a 28-m-long shallow grave. If verified, it would be the worst civilian massacre since a rebellion split the nation into military- and rebel-held zones three...
...cost the already cash-strapped airline industry billions of dollars, but defense officials believe last Thursday's botched missile strike on an Israeli airliner will raise pressure for the installation of sophisticated electronic protection gear on civilian planes. It's a problem the Pentagon has been grappling with for some time: Three years ago, the Defense Department told Congress the biggest threat to its cargo planes were shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles like the ones fired in Mombassa. Three months ago, on August 27, the Pentagon awarded a $23 million contract to outfit four Air Force C-17 cargo...
...This wasn't how Musharraf had planned it. After the Oct. 10 general elections, he hoped to introduce an obedient Parliament that would dress up his dictatorship in civilian clothes. What he got was the opposite: an angry rabble of political enemies in the 342-seat National Assembly. The Pakistan Muslim League, which was to carry out Musharraf's bidding, fell way short of a majority. Suddenly, he had to contend with wrathful, anti-American clergymen and wily old pols from the traditional parties that he had tried to crush. Everybody was itching for a fight...