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The intensification of geopolitical risks makes discerning the economic path ahead especially difficult Alan Greenspan 3

The Impact of 9/11 on the Dow 4

The Dow Remains Depressed 5

The Impact of 9/11 on High Yield Bonds % 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 JAN 2000 APR JUL OCT JAN 2001 APR JUL OCT JAN 2002 APR JUL OCT JAN 2003 6

The Impact of 9/11 on Airline Stocks US$ 80 United 60 Delta 40 20 Northwest 0 JAN 2000 APR JUL OCT JAN 2001 APR JUL OCT JAN 2002 APR JUL OCT JAN 2003 7

Instability Pushes Oil Prices Higher West Texas Crude ($ per barrel) 8

5 Industries Affected Most by 9/11 Industry Bars and Restaurants Hotels and Motels Misc. Recreation Air Transport Advertising 2002 Forecast Job Losses -135,000-123,000-119,000-77,000-49,000 9

5 Metropolitan Areas Most Affected Most by 9/11 New York Los Angeles Chicago Las Vegas Boston 2002 Forecast Job Losses -149,000-69,000-68,000-41,000-36,000 10

Money Laundering and Terrorism Executive Order 13224 gives the Treasury authority to freeze the assets of persons or institutions associated with terrorists. It also allows the Treasury to deny foreign banks that refuse to freeze terrorist assets access to U.S. markets. 11

Hawala Banking Hawala is the Hindi word for trust and refers to a trust-based informal banking system Based on a chain of hawaladars informal money lenders Requires no identification, commissions are low, and transmission of funds is fast In ancient China a similar system operated and was known as "fei qian" or "flying coins" 12

Hawala Banking Hawala dealers don't care about where the money comes from or what it is being used for. Delhi Hawala Banker 13

Somalia s Al Barakaat Informal Hawala Bank or Terrorist Financier Al Barakaat was deemed the quartermasters of terror," by Paul O'Neill and its assets were frozen. A Somali financial and telecom company, it operated 40 countries and handled $140 million in remittances. Somalia s largest private sector employer with 3,000 staff It is alleged to raise, manage, invest, and distribute funds for al-qaida 14

$33 Billion U.S. Physical Security Corrections Armored Transport 6% 6% 6% Services Market 25% Other 33% 35% Guarding Private Investigation Alarm Monitoring 15

2001 Private Physical Security Demand by Market Other Government Commercial Guarding 19% 16% 8% 13% 14% 49% Alarm Monitoring 9% Armored Transport 8% Institutional Industrial Other 13% 16

Nonresidential Physical Security Services Market 1996 2001 2006E 2011E Businesses 6,740 7,150 7,650 8,150 Nonresidential Security Market (billions) 19.6 25.8 33.7 47.7 Total Security Market (billions) 24.2 33.6 47.7 77.5 17

Major Armed Conflicts Around the World Countries with ongoing armed conflicts 18

Global Political Risk Low or Moderate Risk Medium Risk High Risk Very High Risk 19

Nuclear Proliferation Possess nuclear weapons Active nuclear weapons program 20

Nuclear Warhead Stockpiles U.S.A. 10,600 Russia 8,600 China 400 France 350 U.K. 200 Israel 100 Pakistan ~35 India ~30 N. Korea ~2 21

The Threat of Russia s Nuclear Weapons Scientists Russia s nuclear development program employs 120,000 More than 62% of employees earn less than $50 per month 58% of nuclear weapons scientists have to take 2 nd jobs to make ends meet 80% of scientists would be willing to work in the military industrial complex of a foreign country 22

The Threat of Russia s Nuclear Arsenal Russia has 8,600 nuclear warheads Troops responsible for warhead storage have suffered from wage arrears There are 9,500 homeless active duty and retired officers Officers wages rarely exceed $70 a month In 1997 a warhead storage site was closed due to hunger strikes by staff 23

Combating the Threat Eliminating Russian Weapons of Mass Destruction 6,000 nuclear warheads deactivated 500 ICBMs destroyed 450 ICBM silos destroyed 200 nuclear test tunnels sealed 100 nuclear bombers dismantled 24

Combating the Threat 2003 US Spending An increase of $1.5 billion including $549 million for ongoing programs to destroy nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in Russia $235 million to secure and better control dangerous fissile materials in Russia $101 million for ongoing programs to engage Russian weapons scientists in peaceful research 25

Thousands 35 Russian Disarmament From 33,000 to 8,000 Warheads 30 25 20 15 10 5 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 26

Military Buildup in Korea North Korea 1 million South Korea 550,000 U.S.A. 35,000 27

The Koreas North Korea can only compete in war $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 GDP ($bn) Military Budget ($bn) $20 $15 $10 $5 $0 North Korea South Korea $0 North Korea South Korea 28

Signatories of the Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories of the Chemical Weapons Convention Non-Signatories of the Chemical Weapons Convention 29

Chemical Proliferation Declared chemical weapon stocks or facilities Undeclared chemical weapon stocks or facilities 30

History of Chemical Weapons 1915: First use of chemical weapons: Germany uses chlorine gas against French and British troops 1915-8: Chlorine, mustard and phosgene gas used by both sides in First World War. 100,000 tons used and 90,000 men killed 1934-6: Italy uses chemical weapons against Abyssinians 1940-5: Germany uses nerve gas to commit genocide against Jews and others 1995: Aum Shinrikyo uses nerve gas to murder commuters on Tokyo Subway 2002: 10% of world chemical weapons stocks have been eliminated 1984-9: Iraq uses chemical weapons against Iran 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 1925: Geneva Convention bans use of chemical weapons 1918: Haber awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1937-1945: Japan uses chemical weapons against China 1914: Fritz Haber heads German chemical warfare program 1972: Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention 1963-7: Egypt uses mustard gas against Yemeni Royalists in Yemen s civil war 1988: Iraq uses poison gas on its Kurdish population 1992: Chemical Weapons Convention: Iraq refuses to ratify 2002: Chemical Weapons Convention has been accepted by 145 countries with 98% of the world s chemical industry 31

Chemical Weapons Destroyed 1997-2002 Metric Tons Total Declared Chemical Weapon Stocks Total Destroyed Chemical Weapon Stocks 70,000 6,700 32

Countries Not Committed to Eliminating Their Chemical Weapon Stocks Iraq Libya North Korea Syria Estimated Stocks (metric tons) 100-500 70 100 5,000 500 1,000 33

Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness 34

$37.7 Billion of Homeland Security Other $9.4 billion Spending for 2003 25% 28% Border Security $10.6 billion 18% 13% 16% Department of Defense Homeland Activities $6.8 billion Aviation Security $4.9 billion Biological Terrorism Defense $6 billion 35

U.S. Missile Defense Spending Missile Defense Agency Budget (billions) 2002 2003 2004 $7.7 $6.7 $7.7 36

International Terrorist Attacks 1981-2001 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 37

Suicide Attacks 1980-2000 200 150 168 100 50 0 50 30 21 Tamils Hezbollah Hamas PKK 6 Other 38

7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 Victims of International Terrorism 1981-2001 0 96 97 98 99 00 01 39

Economic Costs of Terrorism in U.S.A. Immediate Costs Becker and Murphy estimate $25-$60 billion IMF estimates $21.4 billion Longer Term Costs Becker Murphy estimate airline security and its associated waiting costs will cost the economy $11 billion per year Council of Economic Advisors estimate increased security could lower total output by 0.6% over 5 years IMF estimates increased security and other costs could lower 5 year output by 0.75% 40

Middle East Comprises 8% of World Population Middle East & North Africa Rest of the World 41

Middle East Comprises 3% of World GDP Middle East & North Africa Rest of the World 42

Middle East Comprises 63% of International Terrorist Groups Middle East & North Africa Rest of the World 43

Middle East Lags in Economic Growth Real GDP Growth 1980-99 Percent 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 World Middle East & North Africa High Income United States 44

Middle East Leads in Population Growth 1980-99 Percent 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 World Middle East & North Africa High Income United States 45

Per-Capita Economic Growth is Negative in Some Countries United States World Yemen Pakistan Egypt Syria West Bank and Gaza Morocco Algeria Jordan Iran Tunisia Lebanon Saudi Arabia Israel -3-2 -1 0 1 2 3 46

Percent 54 Estimated Population Below Poverty Line 45 36 27 18 9 0 IRN PAK JOR LBN EGY MOR TUN USA DZA SYR YEM KWT 47

Percent of Population Less Than 14 Years Old United States Qatar Israel Lebanon United Arab Emirates Tunisia Kuwait Bahrain Iran Morocco Algeria Libya Egypt Jordan Syria Pakistan Oman Iraq Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Sudan West Bank & Gaza Yemen 0 10 20 30 40 50 48

United States Israel Illiteracy Rate Among Population Aged 15 or Older Jordan Bahrain Lebanon Kuwait Qatar Libya Saudi Arabia Iran United Arab Emirates Syria Tunisia Oman Algeria Middle East & North Africa Sudan Iraq Egypt Morocco Yemen Pakistan Afghanistan 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 49

Unemployment Rate United States Pakistan Israel Egypt Iran Bahrain Tunisia Lebanon Syria Morocco Jordan Yemen Libya Algeria West Bank & Gaza 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Percent 50

US$ 20 The Middle East Relies on Aid Foreign Aid Per Capita 15 10 5 0 Middle East & North Africa World 51

Percent 100 Capital Markets are Undeveloped Stock Market Turnover as a Percentage of GDP 80 60 40 20 0 Middle East & North Africa World 52

Conflict is Concentrated in the Middle East Countries with ongoing armed conflicts 53

Two States Have Nuclear Weapons and Three More are Trying to Join Them Possesses nuclear weapons Active nuclear weapons program No nuclear weapons program 54

The Aspiring Nuclear Powers are State Sponsors of Terrorism State Sponsors of Terrorism 55

Five Middle Eastern States Have Chemical Weapons Possesses chemical or biological weapons No chemical or biological weapons program 56

Ratification of the Convention on Chemical Weapons is not Universal Non Signatory States Signatory States 57

World GDP Shares 38% 26% 27% 4% 2% 3% 58

World Oil Production Shares 16% 9% 23% 9% 10% 32% 59

Chief Security Officers Not Confident A poll of nearly 300 CSOs revealed: 63% are not confident the government can protect critical infrastructure and citizens from terrorist attacks 43% anticipate a terrorist attack on U.S. soil within 6 months 40% have stockpiled food and water 6% have purchased duct tape and plastic sheeting 60