Word: terrorization
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...terror attacks go in Pakistan, the damage was relatively minor. The 12 terrorists, divided into teams of two, were well-trained and armed with grenades, rocket launchers and automatic weapons. Like the Mumbai attackers, they carried backpacks filled with extra ammunition and explosives. But where the comparison doesn't work in scale and numbers - 165 died in the Mumbai attacks - the damage to the national psyche may be similar...
...worst sporting terror attacks...
...over the past year were initially driven by fears of possible collapse of global finance markets, that panic is now mostly being inspired by the world's dismal economic outlook. Because of that, many experts say, traders are coming to work scared, and looking for signs to confirm that terror. "Markets have lost points of reference, and are now acting on a combination of mega-pessimism and hyper-speculation," says Marc Touati, director general of Global Equities in Paris. "Meaning, when they get bad news justifying that outlook, there's mass movement downward disproportionate to the negative information markets...
...First and foremost, the United States must immediately figure out what to do with present and future detainees. And, yes, there will be future detainees—unfortunately, the global war on terror is not a myth of the Bush administration. It is part of the often-violent tension between the forces of rapid globalization and modernization and people who want to stay rooted in their own ways of being in the world...
...happen. Nevertheless, they should not all be held indefinitely. If evidence has been provided against a detainee, she should be brought to trial. International law dictates that the United States can hold captured combatants without trial until the end of an armed conflict. But, since the global war on terror is itself indefinite in scope and duration, the best option is to prosecute suspects in either U.S. courts—where they can still be convicted of conspiracy and judges may still decide they are too dangerous to release—or regular military courts if they are actual combatants...