Word: terrorist
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Other evidence that interlocked terrorist groups are growing bold enough to strike in the U.S. came last April. Yu Kikumura, identified by federal prosecutors as a member of the Japanese Red Army, was arrested on the New Jersey Turnpike with pipe bombs designed to injure humans rather than damage buildings. He carried maps pinpointing targets in New York City. Prosecutors claimed his intended attack would have occurred on the second anniversary of the 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya. For unsuspecting Americans, the battle against international terrorism may be coming close to home...
Investigators were not ready to dismiss the possibility that Flight 811 was the target of a terrorist bombing, especially when it was recalled that in January a Honolulu radio station received a call from a man threatening to plant a bomb on a U.S. plane unless a member of the Japanese Red Army was released from a U.S. jail. The immediate speculation, however, was that a cargo door had simply been whipped off in flight, taking a large portion of the fuselage with it. If that was the case, the incident was one more in a series of mishaps...
...Makeba and the country's hot multiracial band Savuka. Its more reportorial pieces have documented the detention and alleged torture of black children, analyzed the causes of black- on-black violence, aired footage of the war in Angola and exposed the activities of the White Wolves, a right-wing terrorist group. Critics charge that the show crosses the line between journalism and advocacy. But staffers insist they are open to many views and regularly solicit South African officials for comment. "We strive for journalistic credibility," says O'Connor, "but we have no problem being identified as antiapartheid...
...West, the Ayatollah's terrorist threats have generated virtually universal outrage. The twelve nations of the European Community have severed high-level diplomatic ties with Iran and have warned that economic sanctions may follow if Rushdie is harmed. However, President Bush issued only a weak statement condemning Khomeini at a press conference more than a week after the controversy began. And authors, librarians and scholars have only recently voiced their solidarity with Rushdie, who has gone into hiding...
...radio-cassette player: innocuous-looking, compact, popular with travelers. To a terrorist, the perfect place to conceal a bomb. British authorities concluded last week that the explosive device that blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December was hidden in a radio-cassette player. The Federal Aviation Administration immediately advised tighter checks on electronic goods at airports...