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Islamist Terrorism: Eight Years Later
Eight years after September 11, the UK may be at greater risk than the US from Islamic extremists. Why are young British Muslims so ripe for radicalization? Did the US jeopardize British efforts to foil a plot that could have been more deadly than 9/11? Also, the media mistakes a Coast Guard training exercise for the real thing, and global warming and open seas.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenEight years after September 11, the UK may be at greater risk than the US from Islamic extremists. Why are young British Muslims so ripe for radicalization? Did the US jeopardize British efforts to foil a plot that could have been more deadly than 9/11? Also, the media mistakes a Coast Guard training exercise for the real thing. On Reporter's Notebook, the so-called Northeast Passage between the West and Asia has been opened by global warming — and Russian bureaucrats. We get a report from Moscow.
Banner image: UK terror suspect, Rashid Rauf, is escorted by police to a civil court hearing on January 5, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Photo: Warrick Page/Getty Images
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3 storiesMedia Mistakes a Training Exercise for the Real Thing
With the President just pulling away from today's 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon, CNN broadcast a report that the Coast Guard had fired ten times at a boat in the Potomac River. The cable network also showed pictures of Coast Guard boats speeding around in the water.
Read the story8 minIslamist Terrorism: Eight Years Later
Almost eight years to the day since September 11, three British Muslims were convicted this week of plotting to bomb seven airliners in flight over the Atlantic Ocean, an act that could have killed more people more dramatically than the events of 9/11.
Read the story37 minCommercial Ships Pass through the Arctic Ice
The ancient dream of mariners for a shortcut through Arctic waters may be realized by global warming. Two German ships are on their way to becoming the first commercial vessels to negotiate what's called the Northeast Passage. One obstacle in addition to floating icebergs is Russian bureaucracy.
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