National Commission on Terrorismrngave warning that US a n t i ­terrorismrnpolicies were “seriouslyrndeficient” andrnrecommended a series of drastrni c measures that have angeredrni t s a l l i e s accused of t o l e r a t ­ingrnterrorism. The most radicalrnelement in the report is arnproposal to begin surveillancernof every foreign student on USrns o i l , since “a small minorityrnmay exploit their student statusrnto support t e r r o r i s t actrni v i t y . “rnWhile it makes sense to monitor thosernforeign nationals—including students—rnwho fall into some higher-risk category,rnthe dictum of political correctness whichrndemands that “racial” (or religious, or ethnic)rnprofiling of students must not be appliedrnmeans that all foreign students mustrnbe monitored, Dutch and Swiss no lessrnthan Muslim. A threat from foreign studentrnradicals may exist, but to understandrnthe real nature of the threat we must returnrnto Britain. The Guardian reported on Mayrn16 that “a growing number of students arernbeing recruited on British campuses by Islamicrnextremists,” and many end up on thernworld’s front lines. The extremist partyrnAl-Muhajiroun, which is engaged in campusrnrecruitment, is active in the UnitedrnStates as well:rnSheikh Bakri-Muhammad, whornfounded the party in Saudi Arabiarnin 1983, says i t is the dutyrnof a l l Muslims to engage inrnjihad. He said: “I believe inrnthe divine cause for Muslims tornstruggle.” [He] admitted thatrnthere is a global network ofrnagents with connections to thernm i l i t a r y camps, some of whomrnwork from Britain . . . Theyrnknow that the m i l i t a r y warfarernthey are engaged in may berncalled terrorism by thernB r i t i s h government. But theyrnare convinced that they arernobeying a higher authority.rn”The law could go to h e l l , “rnsays Abdullah. “On the onernhand I have Tony Blair to follow,rnand on the other my creator”rn. . . To Sheikh Bakri-rnMuhammad, Islamising Britainrni s a “divine duty.” He regulrna r l y preaches Islamic globalirns a t i o n in his lectures and inrnparty l i t e r a t u r e .rnTTie consequences of Washington’s determinationrnto put on political blinders inrnits attempts to combat terrorism are becomingrnpainfully obvious at the trial in thernNetherlands of two Libyans accused ofrnblowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Scotlandrnin 1989. According to the GlasgowrnSunday Herald (May 28). Libya had nothingrnto do with Lockerbie. It was Syria, butrnthis was inconvenient for the Chnton administrationrnto admit because of its attemptsrnto broker a peace agreement betweenrnSyria and Israel:rnA former CIA agent who claimsrnLibya is not responsible forrnthe Lockerbie bombing . . .rnfaces 10 years in prison if hernreveals any information aboutrnthe t e r r o r i s t attack . . . DrrnRichard Fuisz, a multi-millrni o n a i r e businessman and pharmaceuticalrnresearcher, was,rnaccording to US intelligencernsources, the CIA’s key operatrni v e in the Syrian capital Damascusrnduring the 1980s . . .rnOne month before a court orderrnwas served on him by the USrngovernment gagging him fromrnspeaking on the grounds of nationalrnsecurity, he spoke to USrncongressional aide Susan Lindauer,rnt e l l i n g her he knew therni d e n t i t i e s of the Lockerbiernbombers and claiming they werernnot Libyan. Lindauer, shockedrnby Fuisz’s claims, immediatelyrncompiled notes on the meetingrnwhich formed the basis of arnl a t e r sworn affidavit d e t a i l ­ingrnFuisz’s claims. One monthrna f t e r their conversation, inrnOctober 1994, a court in WashingtonrnDC issued an order barringrnhim from revealing any informationrnon the grounds ofrn”military and s t a t e secretsrnp r i v i l e g e ” .rnLindauer claims that Fuisz made “unequivocalrnstatements to me that he hasrnfirst-hand knowledge about the Lockerbierncase” and that he can identify who orchestratedrnand executed the bombing. In herrnsuppressed affidavit, she states that Fuiszrn”has said that he can confirm absolutelyrnthat no Libyan national was involved inrnplanning or executing the bombing ofrnPanAm 103, either in any technical or advisoryrncapacity whatsoever.” This is inrnline with the claims of an Iranian defectorrncurrently being debriefed by the CIA inrnTurkey, who claims that the bombing wasrnthe work of Syria and Iran.rnWe end with an update on a group thatrnis increasingly replacing terrorism withrnold-fashioned gangsterism. “KLA-linkedrnGangs Commit 2000 Robberies in Spain”rnran the self-explanatory headline in thernleading Madrid daily El Pais (May 7):rn”They act with the effectivenessrnof commandos,” acknowledgesrna spokesman for a privaternsecurity company. They assaultrnbusiness establishmentsrnacross the countryside. Theyrncarefully plan the s t r i k e ;rnthey act at night; they takernthe money from the safe; theyrndepart without leaving tracksrnand with v i r t u a l l y no witnesses.rnEl Pais reports that they move all overrnthe country to carry out their attacks. Onerncrew rents a nearby site, another gathersrninformation about the target, and a thirdrncarries out the strike. They prefer to usernItalian identity cards, easily obtainedrnthrough a support network in Italy:rnOne estimate of the Civil Guardrnsets the amount of money obtainedrnby these bands at almostrn4,000 million pesetas, acquiredrnprimarily during thernl a s t two years. This money a l ­lowsrnthem to finance their highrnl i f e style and the means of executingrntheir robberies. Nevernr t h e l e s s , this is not the onlyrnuse for the money. A good portionrnof i t is sent outside therncountry . . . There i s somernconjecture about the destinationrnof the i l l e g a l funds. Onernhears much about the financingrnof the Kosovo Liberation Armyrn(KLA), but, as with other detrna i l s , the information isrns t i l l inadequate.rnSpain, one of the last civilized nationsrnin Europe, is about to join the internationalrncommunity. After the Kosovar gangs,rnGypsy pickpockets and Andean street musiciansrncan’t be far behind. But when thernfirst Gay Pride march hits Madrid, we’llrnknow that the Castihan goose has finallyrnbeen cooked.rn26/CHRONICLESrnrnrn