(New York Times) Judith Miller - Mordecai Dzikansky, a veteran New York Police Department detective, had only recently taken up his post here in Israel in March 2003, when a shrapnel-packed bomb blew a bus to shreds in Haifa. Fifteen passengers, among them a 14-year-old American girl, were killed. An Israeli police officer faxed Detective Dzikansky a copy of a letter found near the Palestinian suicide bomber's remains, praising the "glorious" 9/11 attack on the "two big buildings in New York." The New York Police Department's overseas liaison program now has New York police officers working in seven cities from Montreal to Singapore. The effort is meant to produce significant information about the evolution of Islamic terrorism, how New York can prevent another attack, and should one occur, how it can best recover.
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