World leaders offer condolences after US terror attacks
Global reactions pour in as governments express sympathy for the United States while Palestinians in the West Bank celebrate and markets react. Airlines cancel flights and airspace restrictions intensify. Leaders condemn violence and call for restraint amid a tense international response.
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London
America
West Bank
United States
Nablus
Britain
Belgium
Israel
Bush era counterterrorism shift and funding rise
The article discusses rising concern over large scale attacks on the United States, with U S counterterrorism officials warning of threats such as a digital harbor and biological attacks. It notes President Bush’s focus on asymmetric threats, the educational shift in national security awareness, and the doubling of counterterrorism spending from 1995 to 2001 with over 13 billion requested for 2002 and 8.3 billion earmarked for related programs.
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Pas
U.S
Offic
Bill Clinton
Bush
Soviet Union
Samuel
Sandy” Berger
Clinton
Ment
Pentagon
World Trade Center
Earl Blumenauer
D-Orp
Aftermath of Terror Attacks Steers Focus to Conventional Threats
Analysts note the 2001 attacks shifted scrutiny from weapons of mass destruction to conventional terrorism and infrastructure defenses. Leaders debate funding and priorities as Bush and Clinton era programs blend, with Cheney office slow to take shape and turf fights delaying national preparedness efforts.
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Bush
Dick Cheney
United States
Office of
National Preparedness
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Justice
United States Responds After Kabul Terrorist Attack
U S officials weigh involvement in Afghanistan as debris and devastation follow the assault in Kabul. The attack linked to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda prompts U S statements on possible responses and actions abroad.
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Afghanistan
bin Laden
Kabul
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