After the invasion, Jurf, with its concentration of former officers, Baathists, weapons experts and leaders of the powerful Janabi tribe, predictably festered, becoming a terrorist sanctuary.

Overseas, terrorist sanctuaries have been reduced and the Navy and Air Force have shown they can quickly deploy weapons and personnel to deter adversaries.

He explains that we haven't managed in the least to understand the country, let alone transform it, to keep it from serving again as an easy terrorist sanctuary as soon as we leave.

He demanded assistance from the international community to destroy terrorist sanctuaries inside and outside Afghanistan.

Attacking guerrilla or terrorist sanctuaries in populated areas is not a mission that calls for cluster weapons, and the United States should not be supplying them.

Of course, Israel cannot allow Palestinian refugee camps and towns to become terrorist sanctuaries.

A senior Bush administration official said Mr. Ressam's account "demonstrates that Afghanistan, in fact, has turned into the most threatening terrorist sanctuary in the world today."

The U.S. government must identify and prioritize actual or potential terrorist sanctuaries.

The plan included a strong and focused intelligence collection program to track - and then act against - bin Laden and his associates in terrorist sanctuaries.

Now that Afghanistan is no longer a terrorist sanctuary, nonmilitary programs are probably more important to the fight against terrorism than the use of combat forces.