Take another example, recent September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States not only caused numerous American companies direct economic losses, but also cast its negative impact on many companies around the globe.
A plan to transport 44 tonnes of radioactive uranium and plutonium by train has run into opposition from councils worried about accidents and terrorist attacks.
(AFP, Whistler, Canada) Foreign ministers from the G8 group of leading industrial nations met in the remote mountains in Whistler, Canada, to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia and such other issues as threats of terrorist attacks.
After the September 11 terrorist attacks, TV stations and movie houses in the United States exercised some restraint on the broadcasting and screening of programs and films of violence.
For example, during the terrorist attacks on London's Underground last year, quite a few people in the wrecked trains took haunting photos with their mobile phones.
America is likely to press harder for Pakistan to tackle other extremist groups on its soil, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is thought to have been behind the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
The embassy is an obvious target for terrorist attacks.
Cheney said the Obama administration's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center will make America less safe and more vulnerable to another terrorist attack.
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