American officials said at the time that his name had been added to a list of terrorism suspects.

The Israelis zeroed in on the charter and the terrorism suspects who are still at large.

They were the first detentions under tough new laws enabling the government to hold foreign terrorism suspects.

He did not refer to the men as terrorism suspects, but said, "We need to know why they have been smuggled into the country."

The announcement brings to 15 the number of terrorism suspects who are scheduled to be tried in the military court.

A hundred or more terrorism suspects have similarly disappeared worldwide since the 9/11 attacks.

It said little effort was made to distinguish between legitimate terrorism suspects and the many people picked up by chance during the investigation.

There, he reportedly met other terrorism suspects or controllers who might have been involved in the attacks last week.

But only 58 percent thought it should not be used on terrorism suspects.

The issue reflects the difficult legal, diplomatic and political choices the government faces in dealing with terrorism suspects.