FOUR months ago, British terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna was addressing
high-ranking military officers in Washington about Osama bin Laden and what his
next target might be. He likes prestige targets, said Gunaratna, so maybe an
aircraft carrier. Impossible, countered an admiral—American carriers are
too well protected. Not against a plane falling out of the sky, said
Gunaratna.
Last week, four planes fell. And while rescue teams search the rubble of the
World Trade Center, strategists are already hunting for clues to the next
attack. The political and military task ahead is as awesome as the scale of last
week’s…
