U.S. State Department Shifts Emphasis In War On Terrorism 
MICHAEL HOLMES, WORLD NEWS: United States officials say the face of terrorism is changing. For decades, Washington worried about terrorist groups sponsored by other governments. But as CNN's Andrea Koppel reports, that view is now very different.</s>ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): August 1998: Terrorists bomb two U.S. embassies in East Africa. Saudi exile Osama bin Laden and five others are indicted for the attacks. The most recent example, say U.S. officials, of a growing trend away from state-sponsored terrorism towards non-state networks of religiously motivated terrorists.</s>MICHAEL SHEEHAN, U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER TERRORISM: I think the political pressure that was brought to bear on many of the state sponsors was significant, and the sanctions that went along with it also drove them out of the terrorism business.</s>KOPPEL: And out of the Middle East, say U.S. officials, to South Asia. Their new epicenter - Afghanistan, where an isolated government led by the Taleban militia gives safe harbor to terrorists to train with like-minded Islamic extremists from all over the world.</s>DANIEL BENJAMIN, U.S. INSTITUTE FOR PEACE: If you went to camp in a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan, then there's a good bet that you're going to be part of the international group of so-called "Jihadists" and that you're going to have a big interest in attacking the United States.</s>KOPPEL: As the world's only superpower, the United States has become a prominent target for terrorists. Last December, Ahmed Ressam, a suspected terrorist from Algeria, crossed into Washington state from Canada with a trunk full of explosives. In Jordan, 13 alleged terrorists with links to bin Laden were arrested on the eve of a suspected plot to attack U.S. tourists during millennial celebrations.</s>SHEEHAN: They try to work, find a way to operate, move and plan and raise money and train their people in areas outside of government control. They try to slip through the cracks.</s>KOPPEL: Among the new challenges facing the United States, trying to stay a step ahead of non-state terrorist networks. That means tracking down terrorists positioned around the world in loosely knit groups or cells, networks in which the organizational lines are blurred, making it difficult to negotiate, especially when the terrorists' strategic objective is to inflict high casualties. (on camera): To meet this challenge, the U.S. is now working to target the finances of these terrorist networks, coordinate strategy with governments overseas and, where possible, pushing to impose sanctions against those countries who harbor terrorists. Andrea Koppel, CNN, the State Department.