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plomacy and sanctions in cooperation with Great Britain
and the international community to lead a third terrorist
regime in Libya away from its weapons of mass destruc-
tion;
Whereas the United States is reorganizing itself in order to
more effectively wage the Global War on Terrorism by
transforming the Department of Defense, sharpening the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterterrorism focus,
strengthening the authority of the Director of Central In-
telligence to coordinate national intelligence activities,
and creating a Department of Homeland Security;
Whereas of the senior al-Qaida leaders, operational managers,
and key facilitators that the United States Government
has been tracking, nearly two-thirds of such individuals
have been taken into custody or killed;
Whereas just as significant, with the help of its allies, the
United States has disrupted individuals and organiza-
tions that facilitate terrorism—movers of money, people,
messages, and supplies—who have acted as the glue
binding the global al-Qaida network together;
Whereas Pakistan has taken into custody more than 500
members of al-Qaida and the Taliban regime, including
Khalid Sheik Mohammed and Ramzi bin al Shibh, con-
spirators in the September 11, 2001, attacks, and
Kahallad Ba’Attash, an individual involved in the plan-
ning of the attack on the USS COLE in 2000;
Whereas Jordan continues its strong counterterrorism efforts,
arresting two individuals with links to al-Qaida who ad-
mitted responsibility for the October 2002 murder in
Amman, Jordan, of Lawrence Foley, a United States
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Agency for International Development Foreign Service
Officer;
Whereas in June 2002, Morocco took into custody al-Qaida
operatives plotting to attack United States Navy ships
and ships of other member nations of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in the Strait of Gibraltar;
Whereas the United States and its allies in Southeast Asia
have made significant advances against the regional ter-
rorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah, which was respon-
sible for the attack in Bali, Indonesia, in October 2003
that killed more than 200 people;
Whereas Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and
other countries in Southeast Asia have taken into custody
leaders and operatives of local al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist
organizations and members of al-Qaida traveling through
such countries;
Whereas the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy,
Spain, and other countries have disrupted cells of the al-
Qaida terrorist organization and are vigorously pursuing
other leads relating to terrorist activity;
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the
United States Government initiated innovative programs,
such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Ter-
rorism program and the Container Security Initiative, to
extend our borders overseas and to secure and screen
cargo before it is placed on ships destined for United
States ports of entry;
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security implemented
the US-VISIT border security screening system in De-
cember 2003 at all air and sea ports of entry, requiring
that nonimmigrant visa holders entering the United
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States be fingerprinted and screened through various
criminal and terrorist databases before entry into the
United States, and this system will be expanded to land
ports of entry in accordance with congressional deadlines;
Whereas since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has
conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols,
13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels,
interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter
the United States illegally, and created and maintained
more than 90 Maritime Security Zones;
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the
Terrorist Threat Integration Center was established,
which now fuses, for the first time in United States his-
tory, terrorist-related information, foreign and domestic,
available to the United States Government for systematic
analysis and dissemination to prevent or disrupt terrorist
attacks on the United States;
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the
Terrorist Screening Center, a multi-agency partnership,
was established to integrate the dozens of separate ter-
rorist databases that existed before September 11th into
a single terrorist watch list for use by Federal, State, and
local law enforcement, intelligence, and border security
personnel;
Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the
United States Government has ensured the hardening of
cockpit doors on airplanes and greatly expanded the use
of armed Federal air marshals to prevent and deter fu-
ture hijackings that could turn commercial planes into
weapons of mass destruction;
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Whereas having recognized the need to prevent terrorist orga-
nizations from using their resources, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation has worked closely with the Department
of the Treasury to target 62 terrorist organizations and
freeze $125,000,000 in assets of such organizations
worldwide used to fund terrorist activities;
Whereas to date United States Armed Forces and Coalition
forces have killed or captured 43 of the 55 most wanted
criminals of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, includ-
ing Saddam Hussein himself;
Whereas the al-Zarqawi terror network used Baghdad as a
base of operations to coordinate the movement of people,
money, and supplies; and
Whereas thousands of families have lost loved ones in the de-
fense of freedom and liberty against the tyranny of ter-
ror: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) extends again its deepest sympathies to the
thousands of innocent victims of the September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks, their families, friends, and loved
ones;
(2) honors the heroic actions and the sacrifices of
United States military and civilian personnel and their
families who have sacrificed much, including their lives
and health, in defense of their country in the Global War
on Terrorism;
(3) honors the heroic actions of first responders,
law enforcement personnel, State and local officials, vol-
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unteers, and others who aided the innocent victims and,
in so doing, bravely risked their own lives and long-term
health;
(4) expresses thanks and gratitude to the foreign
leaders and citizens of all nations who have assisted and
continue to stand in solidarity with the United States
against terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks;
(5) discourages, in the strongest possible terms, any
effort to confuse the Global War on Terrorism with a
war on any people or any faith;
(6) reaffirms its commitment to the Global War on
Terrorism and to providing the United States Armed
Forces with the resources and support to wage it effec-
tively and safely;
(7) vows that it will continue to take whatever ac-
tions necessary to identify, intercept, and disrupt terror-
ists and their activities; and
(8) reaffirms that the American people will never
forget the sacrifices made on September 11, 2001, and
will never bow to terrorist demands.
Attest:
Clerk.