Central Afghanistan city, headquarters of Taliban and former headquarters of bin Laden's operations in Afghanistan.

Former collective name for the five Soviet republics of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Bin Laden's father was from Yemen. His organization attacked the USS Cole in Yemen. One of 60 nations believed to have al Qaeda cells active.

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Deadly bacterium used in apparent bioterrorist attacks since Sept. 11. Anthrax can infect by inhalation or skin contact (cutaneous infection). It is treatable with antibiotics, primarily doxycycline and Cipro. If diagnosed early, the patient has a strong probability of full recovery.

Anti-terrorism efforts are preventive measures, such as judicial, legislative, security or military measures taken to reduce vulnerability to a terrorist attack, as contrasted with counter-terrorism measures, which are military, police and intelligence measures used to fight terrorism through pre-emptive or retaliatory measures.

Terrorist groups may engage in assassination, but assassination is not terrorism. Assassination has a specific target, though other people may be killed or injured. Terrorists target a group of people, but generally choose specific victims randomly. If the Sept. 11 attack had succeeded in killing President Bush, it would have involved assassination [..]

Site of still-unsolved bombing at Centennial Olympic park during 1996 Summer Olympics. Security guard Richard Jewell was identified publicly as a suspect, but later was cleared. No terrorist group took credit. One person was killed and 111 were injured. In 1998, a federal complaint charged Eric Robert Rudolph with the crime.

Mohamed Atta is suspected of being the ringleader of the 19 terrorists who died in the Sept. 11 hijackings.

Japanese cult that released sarin nerve gas in subway in 1995, killing 12.