His call came amid mounting evidence that pointed to connections between the terrorists and Osama bin Laden, the Saudi exile believed to be living in Afghanistan and blamed for numerous anti-American attacks.

A1 Terrorists' retaliation in the U.S. and overseas after the arrest of an accused Lebanese hijacker has been considered by the Justice Department, which is planning for the possibility of anti-American attacks.

The last anti-American attack in Athens occurred in March, when 14 people were wounded in a bar frequented by American personnel from a military base south of the capital.

The report came a month after the State Department ranked Greece second to Colombia in anti-American terrorist attacks in 1999.

In Ramadi on Monday, military officials announced what they described as a significant success by apprehending Kazim Muhammad Faris, whom American officials described as an organizer of anti-American attacks.

Just behind the village hall sprawls the headquarters of the McDonald's Corporation, the fast-food company that has been the target of anti-American attacks in various parts of the world.

The officials said the planning began after United States military, intelligence and law-enforcement officials concluded they had ample evidence linking Mr. bin Laden to a series of anti-American terrorist attacks in recent years.

It had been padlocked March 28 by American soldiers acting on orders of L. Paul Bremer III, the former occupation chief, because he said it had incited anti-American attacks.

The precise source of these anti-American attacks remains unclear.

Instead of repeating anti-American attacks, with racist undertones, which dot his book, he argues that "Japan and America together can create a new civilization."