31. Rumsfeld underscored that U.S. efforts were now shifting to target other nations that harbor terrorists. 32. Special Operations forces may also be useful if the United States conducts military operations in Somalia and Yemen, two nations that have long harbored terrorists. 33. That was just a few weeks after the World Trade Center disaster, at a time when the US government had identified Syria as a nation that harbored terrorists. 34. The attorney general wants authority that would permit authorities to wiretap individuals, no matter what phone they use, and increase current penalties for harboring a terrorist. 35. The decision to place Sudan on a list of states that harbor terrorists without what he considers adequate proof. 36. The order also could apply to foreign nationals legally living in the United States who are suspected of aiding or harboring terrorists. 37. The president reissued a stern warning to those who harbor the terrorists who struck the United States. 38. The United States is also asking the Council to demand that Afghanistan stop harboring international terrorists, close their training camps and bring indicted militants to trial. 39. The United States has no diplomatic relations with those three countries, and has accused all of them of violating human rights and harboring terrorists. 40. There has been speculation that the United States also hopes to target Iraq and perhaps other predominantly Muslim nations that harbor terrorists. |