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...Attacks continue. In April, a truck bomb--now thought to be the work of Islamic terrorists with links to al-Qaeda, the network headed by Osama bin Laden--crashed into a synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, killing 19, including 14 German tourists. On May 8, an apparent suicide bomber in Karachi, Pakistan, pulled his car up beside a military bus loaded with French contract workers, exploded the car and killed 14. Those waiting nervously for a second al-Qaeda attack on the U.S. may have forgotten: it already happened. Last December, shoe bomber Richard Reid tried to blow up an American...
...thinks those campaigns continue apace. Al-Qaeda, he believes, has "two or three operations" in the planning stage. Some al-Qaeda cells are sleepers, he figures, remaining inactive for long periods, while others will launch attacks without waiting for any go-ahead from a central authority. The Karachi bomb, in the words of a French official, was "opportunistic terrorism," targeting vulnerable Westerners where preparing an attack--and escaping the cops--is much easier than it would be in Europe or the U.S. But operations that require higher authority can still get it. U.S. intelligence believes that bin Laden--along with...
FOUND. A dismembered body believed by Pakistani police to be the remains of DANIEL PEARL, 38, the Wall Street Journal reporter killed, allegedly by Islamic militants, last winter; on the outskirts of Karachi. Investigators are conducting DNA tests to confirm the identity...
...Egypt, to Turkey, and finally to Pakistan, before leaving that country for an unknown destination on August 14, 2001. His passport also indicates a second trip to Pakistan on November 20, 2001, with an exit from that country on December 5, 2001. Airline records disclose that he flew from Karachi to Belgium. On December 18, 2001, Reid purchased a round trip airline ticket on Flight 63 with the cash equivalent of $1,800 (U.S.). Despite the amount of money necessary to fund such travels, Reid had no known source of income during the summer of 2001, or before...
PAKISTAN Terrorists Target French Workers Immediately after Sept. 11, 80 French engineers helping build an Agosta submarine for the Pakistan navy in Karachi were ordered home because of the terrorist threat. Earlier this year 40 of them returned, knowing they might still be at risk. Last week those fears were realized when a suicide bomber in a car blew up a bus, killing 11 French engineers and three local workers and injuring 23 others. Police suspect the bomber may have belonged to a militant group opposed to Pakistan's support for the war on terrorism...