Islamistischer Terrorismus

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EU agrees on anti-terror post
From correspondents in Brussels
19mar04
EU ambassadors today gave their unanimous backing to a new post of "Mr Terrorism" to coordinate the bloc's security strategy following the Madrid bomb attacks, diplomats said.
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Terror's South American Front

By Erick Stakelbeck
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 19, 2004

Situated between Argentina and Brazil, the sprawling Iguazu waterfalls are among the most popular tourist destinations in South America, with nearly 2 million visitors flocking annually to witness their extravagant beauty. In recent years, however, the area surrounding the falls has also attracted a far less savory element. In the shadow of the Iguazu lies the “tri-border” region, a lawless zone which has become a magnet for Islamic terrorists.
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Why the Qaeda Threat is Growing
Bin Laden's movement is now a loose association of likeminded jihadis. And the Europeans may have their own ideas over how to fight back
By TONY KARON
Terrorists reminded us last week in Madrid that the specter of al-Qaeda haunts the Western world today as much as it did on September 12, 2001 — if not more so. Even as Spain appears to have arrested those responsible, security analysts on both sides of the Atlantic are already focused on one question: Where next? Italy, France, Australia, Japan and others are tightening up security procedures; the New York City Police Department, mindful of the vulnerability of the city's mass transit system, has sent experts to Madrid to study the mechanics of the train bombings that killed more than 200 commuters there. "Attack on London is Inevitable," screamed one British headline on Wednesday, quoting British security officials.
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Fires set at 40 sites across violence-ridden southern Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Unidentified arsonists on motorcycles set a string of fires targeting mostly deserted police checkpoints in southern Thailand where Islamic leaders have warned that violence would escalate after the disappearance of a prominent Muslim lawyer, police said Friday.
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U.S. allows Muslim
'fox in the henhouse'
Guest panelist threatened America, openly supported terror groups

Posted: March 20, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Kenneth R. Timmerman
© 2004 Insight/News World Communications Inc.

The congressionally funded United States Institute of Peace hosted an event yesterday in Washington on reforming Islam, with a guest panelist who has threatened the United States and openly supported terrorist groups, Insight has learned.
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