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...FORT WORTH Essam al Ridi testified in the embassy-bombing trial that in 1993 he bought a $210,000 plane for Osama bin Laden and flew it from Dallas-Fort Worth to Khartoum, Sudan...
...JERSEY Hijackers Nawaq and Salem Alhamzi lived in Fort Lee and Wayne; all Flight 93 terrorists gathered in Newark before the attacks...
...create crowds of people in terminals who could be targets for attacks; the machines would be installed near terminal entrances and thus create huge congestion there. The devices would quickly become outdated, the letter adds, yet require big construction costs. The directors from airports including those in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Miami, San Francisco and Washington say the TSA's one-size-fits-all security system cannot - and should not - be carried out in the next seven months. For the first time, they call on Mineta to stop or slow the process immediately by getting Congress to back...
...from Muscat to the foothills alone is worth the trip. A paved road winds through a dramatic landscape of wicked escarpments, jagged hills and further evidence of a geologically restless earth, before passing through the town of Birkit al-Mouz. The ominous check-post was in fact an old fort and jail turned museum. Built in 1640, it has been beautifully restored, and affords majestic views of the mountains and the picturesque town, known for its banana orchards. The necessary permit was a mere formality, and the guards waved us on with a smile...
...WATERWORLD Without H2O, it would all be wasteland. With it, Nizwa is a lush oasis of date palms about 165 km from Muscat. Its recently restored 17th century fort is the largest structure from that era on the Arabian peninsula. Check out the deceptive architecture featuring false passageways, as well as the underground stream that provided a steady source of water in case of siege...