They also serve as a reminder to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama that even as he seeks to deal with the financial meltdown, the global war on terror stands derailed, with the scourge of terrorism having spread deeper and wider.
The Brotherhood insists that it has nothing to do with the terrorism that has spread out of Sinai, while the government insists it does.
Terrorism and risk has spread across the globe as many said it would.
The dual impact of terrorism and recession has spread to places like Newburgh, a hilltop city of grand Victorian homes, faded row houses and crumbling factories overlooking the Hudson River, where Hispanics make up more than one-third of the population of 28,259.
Ending terrorism "is very difficult to achieve on the ground because the disease has spread over 20 years," says Jaswant Singh, India's foreign minister.
Nowadays, fears about the global economy, the environment, terrorism, loss of jobs, and the astonishing collapse of formerly stable companies has spread and touches everyone.
There is also the belief, which has spread since Sept. 11, that such sites are havens for money laundering linked to terrorism.
The shellshock has spread.
