AP: U.S. Foresaw Terror Threats in 1970s
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Nearly three decades before the Sept. 11 attacks, a high-level government panel developed plans to protect the nation against terrorist acts ranging from radiological "dirty bombs" to airline missile attacks, according to declassified documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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The threat of terrorism against the United States remains chillingly lethal five years after 9/11, and officials predict another massive attack is not a matter of if &#151; but when.
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Run for the hills Western nations have less than 20 years to prepare for the next generation of terror threats, according to Dr Yair Sharan, director of Tel Aviv University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Technology Analysis and Forecasting.â¦
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The reverberations from 9/11 include 'a new dynamic for global politics.'
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WASHINGTON, Sept 23: Homeland Security official Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said the United States was on heightened alert for terrorist threats, particularly involving aircraft, ahead of the Nov 2 presidential elections.
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WASHINGTON -- The White House expressed concern yesterday about recent indications of a heightened terrorist threat and said such signals point to a greater need to promote the benefits of democracy.
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The third year of the US' global "war on terror" saw a number of high-profile terrorist acts in a wide range of countries.
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Airlines and airports remain prime targets for extremists nearly 6 years after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, but the U.S. government has yet to determine whether sweeping security proposals could ever be put into practice.
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Group at strongest since before 2001 attacks on US, according to American counter-terrorism analysts.
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Three years after the Sept. 11  attacks, Americans are feeling less vulnerable while remaining  determined to fight terrorism, according to a survey released  on Tuesday.
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More than three years after the United States was stunned by terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, its much-vaunted homeland security is still a work in progress.
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President George W. Bush warned on the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 strikes that the world would face new tragedy if the United States shows weakness in the war on terrorism.
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Aviation officials in the US had many warnings that airlines might be hijacked in the months before 11 September.
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Some U.S. airports will tighten security in response to possible terrorist incidents in Britain, the White House said Saturday.
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The United States faces a heightened threat of terrorist attack "for the foreseeable future" but any attack will likely be homegrown, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday.
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The United States said it was concerned over safe havens being established by Islamic militants in northern Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
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The State Department said Thursday it has information that terrorist groups are developing plans for possible attacks in Kuwait in the near future, reminding Americans in the small Persian Gulf nation to be careful.