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I didn't even think of the other meaning until you pointed out that there might be one. Two reasons:
A) It's a pretty rare usage in my experience
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2) it doesn't fit standard headline grammar.
Wait a minute. The meaning I hadn't even considered until you pointed it out is probably the right one that you are objecting to. Forget what I said earlier. You're right; it's a bad headline.
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I wholeheartedly agree, eta. My mind refused to connect with the "correct" meaning, and I wondered why they would be looking for a suspect to blow up buildings! It did not compute until I went to the link and read it in the context of the story. There's got to be a better choice, but all I can come up with is "planned" or "aimed." Need better headline writers!
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How about "intended"? I think that just about covers it, and there's damn-all ambiguity about the word, is there?
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Did you know that there is such an organization as the Newspaper Headline Writers Association of South Asia (NeHeWASA)? One wonders if there is a parallel professional society in Europe or the United States.
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I like intended a heck of a lot more than sought... it must be what the writer, like, intended... 
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...it's a great headline!!
Got a whole bunch of people discussing the publication and even going so far as to 'hit' the site!!
Mission accomplished I'd say!!
Rather like our local pet shop, "Guppy's to Puppy's". The shop is well aware of its frivolous apostrophe use and have no intention of changing it. EVERYBODY drops into the shop to complain about it. Again, mission accomplished.
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eww, I feel so used... 
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Do they buy any of those guppy's and puppy's?
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