Likely Potential Terrorist Targets

Urban design writer Anthony Flint catalogs the most likely urban targets for terrorism.

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September 11, 2002, 6:00 AM PDT

"'You can model the likelihood of an earthquake or a hurricane based on science,' said King, who, like most of the cutting-edge specialists analyzing terrorism today, does work for the insurance industry. 'This is more subjective. It's trying to apply probabilistic methods to something that has to do with a person's mind-set, and that's difficult. ... A Boston-based company, Applied Insurance Research, made headlines this week when it unveiled a national database of likely terror targets... The parsing of targets is of particular interest to the architects and builders who are attempting to fortify America, by creating stronger structures and protecting their perimeters from explosive-laden vehicles.'"

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Security analysts trying to narrow list of possible targets

Friday, September 6, 2002 in The Boston Globe

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