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Terrorism_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 serious_JJ world_NN1 problem_NN1 ._. 
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Even_RR before_II the_AT attacks_NN2 on_II the_AT World_NN1 Trade_NN1 Towers_NN2 in_II New_NP1 York_NP1 and_CC the_AT Pentagon_NP1 in_II Washington_NP1 ,_, D._NP1 C._NP1 ,_, on_II September_NPM1 11_MC ,_, 2001_MC ,_, the_AT last_MD two_MC or_CC three_MC decades_NNT2 have_VH0 increasingly_RR seen_VVN a_AT1 continuing_JJ rise_NN1 in_II international_JJ terrorist_JJ acts_NN2 ._. 
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When_CS traveling_VVG in_II Europe_NP1 in_II 1986_MC ,_, the_AT American_JJ government_NN1 warned_VVD American_JJ tourists_NN2 to_TO be_VBI careful_JJ of_IO possible_JJ terrorist_JJ attacks_NN2 ._. 
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While_CS teaching_VVG in_II Swaziland_NP1 in_II southeast_ND1 Africa_NP1 in_II 1990-91_MCMC ,_, I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ warned_VVN by_II the_AT American_JJ Embassy_NN1 to_II he_PPHS1 alert_VV0 to_II possible_JJ terrorist_JJ attacks_NN2 ._. 
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In_II 1995_MC ,_, terrorists_NN2 attempted_VVD to_TO destroy_VVI the_AT World_NN1 Trade_NN1 Center_NN1 by_II a_AT1 vehicle_NN1 bomb_NN1 ._. 
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In_II 1998_MC ,_, terrorists_NN2 destroyed_VVD the_AT American_JJ embassies_NN2 in_II Kenya_NP1 and_CC Tanzania_NP1 ._. 
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Many_DA2 attacks_NN2 against_II American_JJ installations_NN2 and_CC individuals_NN2 have_VH0 continued_VVN ._. 
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since_CS that_DD1 time_NNT1 ._. 
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In_II 2002_MC ,_, a_AT1 terrorist_JJ attack_NN1 against_II the_AT Indian_JJ Parliament_NN1 was_VBDZ prevented_VVN ._. 
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In_II Israel_NP1 and_CC Palestine_NP1 t_ZZ1 terrorism_NN1 continues_VVZ ._. 
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Israel_NP1 and_CC Palestine_NP1 have_VH0 appeared_VVN to_TO be_VBI engaged_VVN in_II terrorism_NN1 and_CC counterterrorism_NN1 for_IF several_DA2 years_NNT2 ._. 
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The_AT former_DA Yugoslavia_NP1 and_CC Kosovo_NP1 conflicts_NN2 included_VVD many_DA2 acts_NN2 of_IO terrorism_NN1 ._. 
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The_AT Russian_JJ government_NN1 has_VHZ faced_VVN many_DA2 terrorist_JJ attacks_NN2 in_II the_AT last_MD several_DA2 years_NNT2 ._. 
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Even_RR sports_VVZ events_NN2 are_VBR subject_II21 to_II22 terrorism_NN1 ._. 
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beginning_VVG with_IW several_DA2 past_JJ Olympics_NN2 ._. 
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It_PPH1 seems_VVZ that_RG early_RR in_II the_AT twenty-first_MD century_NNT1 ._. 
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on_II almost_RR a_AT1 daily_JJ basis_NN1 ,_, we_PPIS2 hear_VV0 of_IO more_DAR and_CC more_RGR terrorist_JJ attacks_NN2 against_II governments_NN2 ,_, leaders_NN2 ,_, and_CC innocent_JJ individuals_NN2 ._. 
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After_CS the_AT September_NPM1 11_MC ,_, 2001_MC terrorist_JJ attacks_NN2 in_II the_AT US_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ many_DA2 leaders_NN2 around_II the_AT world_NN1 called_VVN an_AT1 affront_NN1 ,_, not_XX only_RR against_II America_NP1 ,_, but_CCB against_II the_AT entire_JJ civilized_JJ world_NN1 ,_, the_AT US_NP1 and_CC many_DA2 other_JJ countries_NN2 led_VVD a_AT1 concerted_JJ attack_NN1 against_II terrorism_NN1 ,_, particularly_RR in_II Afghanistan_NP1 ._. 
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The_AT Taliban_JJ government_NN1 there_EX was_VBDZ eliminated_VVN ,_, and_CC replaced_VVN by_II a_AT1 more_RGR democratic_JJ government_NN1 ,_, but_CCB at_II great_JJ cost_NN1 of_IO many_DA2 innocent_JJ lives_NN2 and_CC more_DAR than_CSN six_MC billion_NNO refugees_NN2 ._. 
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There_EX appears_VVZ to_TO be_VBI a_AT1 broad_JJ terrorist_JJ network_NN1 in_II many_DA2 parts_NN2 of_IO the_AT world_NN1 ._. 
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Only_JJ time_NNT1 will_VM tell_VVI if_CSW the_AT American_JJ and_CC other_JJ attacks_NN2 against_II the_AT bases_NN2 of_IO terrorism_NN1 in_II Afghanistan_NP1 and_CC elsewhere_RL will_VM have_VHI been_VBN successful_JJ ._. 
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Since_II coming_VVG from_II the_AT US_NP1 to_II China_NP1 ,_, I_PPIS1 am_VBM told_VVN by_II people_NN and_CC family_NN1 members_NN2 writing_VVG me_PPIO1 email_NN1 messages_NN2 that_CST the_AT America_NP1 that_CST I_PPIS1 left_VVD is_VBZ not_XX the_AT US_NP1 that_CST I_PPIS1 will_VM return_VVI to_II ._. 
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Apparently_RR ,_, there_EX has_VHZ been_VBN a_AT1 great_JJ sadness_NN1 among_II both_DB2 young_JJ and_CC old_JJ in_II the_AT US_NP1 over_II these_DD2 tragic_JJ attacks_NN2 ._. 
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The_AT American_JJ government_NN1 ,_, in_II its_APPGE efforts_NN2 to_TO counter_VVI terrorism_NN1 ,_, may_VM have_VHI restricted_VVN guaranteed_JJ freedoms_NN2 in_II various_JJ ways_NN2 ._. 
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One_MC1 of_IO the_AT most_RGT important_JJ things_NN2 that_CST I_PPIS1 have_VH0 heard_VVN in_II the_AT news_NN1 and_CC from_II individuals_NN2 is_VBZ that_CST the_AT American_JJ people_NN are_VBR resolved_VVN not_XX to_TO allow_VVI terrorism_NN1 to_TO destroy_VVI the_AT fabric_NN1 of_IO American_JJ culture_NN1 ._. 
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