Bin Laden Foiled in India?

NEW DELHI: Terrorists, like celebrities, hate being ignored. India's reported foiling of an Osama bin Laden plot to bomb U.S. targets there may be a sign of a new offensive by the Saudi superterrorist. "The biggest threat to Bin Laden is dropping out of the media spotlight," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "With the Ramadan fast over, he may now be feeling the pressure to carry out some actions and show that the clampdown on his organization hasn't stopped him."

Indian police Wednesday announced the arrest of four men -- including a Bangladeshi national who Indian authorities claim was working for Pakistani intelligence -- accusing them of planning to bomb the U.S. embassy on January 26. U.S. investigators have flown to India to interrogate the suspects. "It's too early to confirm that this is Bin Laden," says Dowell. But even if the India plot doesn't pan out, Bin Laden is likely to planning more dramatic attacks. Says Dowell, "He needs the publicity."