President Bush said Friday that Turkey had become a new front in the campaign against terrorism and that Britain and the United States would work together to help the Turkish government head off further attacks.

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After months in which he had cast Iraq as the central front in the war on terrorism, Mr. Bush seemed to acknowledge that the United States and its allies had not contained the spread of the threat. ("Bush Vows U.S. and Britain Will Work to Help Turks", the New York Times)

Sadly, we haven't paid enough attention to the initial front, which remains a troubling vision of things to come.