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...DELHI: Terrorists, like celebrities, hate being ignored. India's reported foiling of an Osama bin Laden plot to bomb U.S. targets there may be a sign of a new offensive by the Saudi superterrorist. "The biggest threat to Bin Laden is dropping out of the media spotlight," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "With the Ramadan fast over, he may now be feeling the pressure to carry out some actions and show that the clampdown on his organization hasn't stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bin Laden Foiled in India? | 1/20/1999 | See Source »

Every so often, Palestinian coffers have been replenished with income extracted by terrorism. In December 1975 a group-working with the mysterious superterrorist "Carlos"-invaded an OPEC meeting in Vienna, killed three people and took 81 hostages. The hostages were gradually released in return for a $25 million ransom paid jointly by Saudi Arabia and Iran. The loot was split, $5 million for Carlos and $20 million for the Palestinians. The Palestinians also claim to make $5 million a year operating an illegal drug market inside Israel, using Oriental Jews as pushers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINIANS: The Well-Heeled Guerrillas | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

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