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...businesses and transportation nodes, terrorist operatives look for targets that are not so well protected. CIA interrogators questioning Omar al-Faruq, the al-Qaeda lieutenant detained in Indonesia in the summer, learned he had cased the U.S. embassy in Jakarta but abandoned an attack when he saw the compound's hefty security. Terrorists have switched to striking Westerners where the risks are lower. As a U.S. intelligence officer says, "One of the things that figures into their calculations are chances of success." So the terrorists are taking aim at accessible places --dance halls and hotels, shopping malls and tourist sites...
...Iraqi officials say they believe Washington suggested the choice of al-Sajoud palace that day to U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission (UNMOVIC) chief Hans Blix for a different reason. Iraqi officials assert that the Americans directed inspectors to the compound because they thought Saddam was in the area and they wanted to see how accurately U.S. intelligence was tracking his movements. However the site was chosen, Baghdad believes Washington may have wound up with useful information. Since the Tuesday- morning destination was a secret, inspectors were surprised to be greeted within 10 minutes of their arrival by none other...
...young Korean girls with an armored vehicle. U.S. officials have tried to ease tensions with numerous expressions of regret, including an apology by Bush himself last Wednesday. But the demonstrations show no signs of abating. On Nov. 26, at least 10 firebombs were thrown into a U.S. military compound in Seoul...
...suddenly one of these medieval-like castles receives a burst of visitors, rumbling up the dusty trails in four-by-fours, but that isn't happening anymore. Al-Qaeda is too wary. Earlier this month, the FBI agents became the hunted when two rockets crashed into their compound...
...cost saving and intangible benefits (like R.-and-D. expertise) that multinationals can derive from global sourcing and manufacturing. In fact, companies that increase foreign sales and profit at a sustained and healthy clip (at least 8% annually) yielded superior shareholder rewards. From 1995 to 2000, their stocks delivered compound annual growth of 36%, vs. 21% for the Standard & Poor's 500 index...