[Arthur Wildfire! March]

The government won't admit it for two reasons: why give the terrorists credit for any victories they ask. The other reason is, the word 'terrorism' scares investors in the stock market.


Neil Livingstone, of Global Options, a Washington-based security conglomerate, has written nine books on terrorism.

Nine books and the first terrorism doctorate? That's impressive. Funny that he isn't a household name.

[meenie]

From a practical standpoint, it does not matter whether this is a mideast terrorist. The way it has intimidated the Washington area, any foreign terrorist leader will realize that a half dozen teams could shut down most of the commerce in the United States.

In my opinion, this is a team, that is studying the effectiveness of this style of attacks. It has the advantage of terrorizing the public and saving the attacker to attack again. This is far more efficient than the suicide bomber that kills himself along with his victims in a bombing.

[bimbo]

The government won't admit it for two reasons: why give the terrorists credit for any victories they ask. The other reason is, the word 'terrorism' scares investors in the stock market.

There is another reason, I believe: The authorities are uncertain of their ability to protect the Muslim Communities from American counter-terrorist activities. It is these Muslim Communities that are providing shelter to these terrorists. Even with a $500,000 reward, they refuse to provide information.