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Kansas City International Airport Ranked Fourth US Hub for Terrorist Travel - Report

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The Kansas City International Airport is ranked fourth out of 57 US hubs for terrorist travel, a report prepared by Kansas City area emergency management officials states.

MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) – The Kansas City International Airport is ranked fourth out of 57 US hubs for terrorist travel, a report prepared by Kansas City area emergency management officials states.

"According to Transportation Security Administration data, Kansas City International Airport is ranked fourth out of 57 Category I airports in the US for TSC [Terrorist Screening Center] encounters," the report said.

The TSC has a full database of people who are known for being involved with the terrorist activity.

"This makes KCI a primary hub for KST [Known or Suspected Terrorist] travel," the report said.

According to the KCTV5 television, Kansas City Police captain Daniel Gates argued that he sent the report to the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency in order to evaluate the terrorism risk in the region.

Gates said, however, that local residents had nothing to worry about.

"If it were something that were going to impact our area, or was an issue for the safety of the region, we would get the information out," KCTV5 quoted Gates as saying.

However, some security specialists argue that information in the report could be exaggerated in a bid to win a federal grant to fight terrorism.

According to The Washington Post, just about every part of the United States has been hit by terrorist attack since 1970s.

There have been about 3,000 terrorist attacks in the United States over the last 40 years. In over 50 percent of the cases, terrorists used bombs.

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