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Show ipa in the u l2) spotlight I ! I ivM' 00i WORLD AT BAY Terrorist incidents can happen anytime, anyplace at the Olympics, in the quiet of the Dutch countryside, country-side, at any major airport and continue to do so with alarming frequency. According to a recent CIA report, there have been more than 1200 transnational terrorist acts in the last decade alone, ranging from the kidnapping of officials of international organizations to the slaying of the former mayor of Barcelona. On Tuesday, March 21, PBS will present an historic two-hour special with live satellite hookups from Rome, London and Tel Aviv, dealing with this explosive problem. TERRORISMTHE WORLD AT BAY will attempt to understand the enormity of the issue by defining it, by listening to what psychiatrists, journalists, world leaders, police officials and others who've been dealing with terrorism have to say. Additionally, films from Sweden, Canada. England, Germany and Italy will be screened to further illustrate the global crisis and to find out why a handful of people can virtually hold the world at bay. A terrorist is a man who expects to lose the batles but win the war. There is no set "terrorist personality" but most are middle-class, highly educated and clever. The goals may be different but all terrorists, no matter what they hope to achieve, seem to be getting more and more adept at what they do. Some of the world's brightest minds will use this special as a forum to work toward a solution. Expected to take part are Dr. Frank Ochberg of the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Ambassador Hayward Isham, Peter Janke of the Institute for the Study of Conflict in London, Peter Walton of Scotland Yard, Gen. Rehavam Zeevi, former advisor on counter-terrorist tactics to the Israeli government, Ulrich Wegner, who headed the German S.W.A.T. team that broke the Lufthansa hijack attempt of last October, Walter Lanqueur, director of London's Institute of Contemporary Contempor-ary History, Michael Ledeen of the Center for Strategy and International Studies at Georgetown University and Wilfred Rasch, director of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Berlin. Check your local PBS itatlon for broadcast day and time. J |