We have never seen anyone demonstrate that these standards are sufficiently stringent to deter terrorist assault.

Beyond any threat from the air lies the possibility of terrorist assaults over land or from the river.

He declined to characterize the incident as a terrorist assault on United States interests.

The studies looked at the likely effects of a spectacular terrorist assault on the United States.

"A fellow could put together a nice little terrorist assault with that."

But before the city and the region recover from last week's terrorist assault, they are destined to go through a tough time.

American officials have been unwilling to call the attack a terrorist assault on their national interests.

Officials said they could not be sure if the attack was banditry or a terrorist assault on a foreign aid organization.

"We have been notified of a full-scale terrorist assault to be conducted at a location not far from here."

Also, we are no closer to discerning who is behind the terrorist assaults than we were before.