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Friday, June 28, 2002
INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK: Afghan blast burns UN food agency (MSNBC)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
IDF photo of baby bomber (Yahoo!)
Is the 'baby bomber' picture genuine? (This is London)
Arrests bare Leb terror link: Israel (NY Post)
Terror shakes serenity in Israeli beach city (CNN)
Israeli bulldozer tears through wall of Palestinian building in Hebron (Fox News)
WAR ON TERROR
Battle underway in Philippines (Washington Post)
Large scale operation (Russian Observer)
Philippines says army has seized four Abu Sayyaf camps (Reuters)
Summit clinches deal to secure Russian plutonium (Pakistan News International)
Terrorist funding channel busted in Kashmir (Rediff)
US praises Malaysia aid on terrorism war (Washington Times)
View of a ground battle (Washington Times)
At least 16 suspected al Qaeda fugitives said seized in wake of border shootout (Tampa Tribune)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Downing resigns as Bush aide (Washington Post)
Surreptitious weapon looks like a cell phone (WNBC NY)
Extra air patrols over major cities on July 4 (CNN)
Treasury to order Wall Street to report suspicious dealings (MSNBC)
Babbar Khalsa, ISF added to terror list (Hindustan Times)
TERRORIST THREAT
Pre-emptive expulsion (ABC News)
Iranian 'agents' toured Alberta natural gas hub (National Post)
FBI says Seattle seen by Islamic terrorists as 'easy target' (San Francisco Chronicle)
AL QAEDA
Al Qaeda fighters replenish arsenals (Washington Times)
Latest al Qaeda web site suspended (NewsMax)
TERROR ARRESTS
INS sting nets 19 illegal residents (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Palestinian may be link to al Qaeda network in US (Ha'aretz)
I heard in the news this morning that Hassoun was picked up prematurely; the FBI had been tailing him to get some meat on al Qaeda and his connections to sleeper cells when they picked up a phone call from a reporter from the Miami Herald asking for an interview about his relation to Jose Padilla. Why is it, and I know many agree with me, that reporters go so far out of the way to betray their country? And who's giving them this sort of information? Hassoun may well have fled because of that phone call. Press - this is your wake up call. Swedish security police: Palestinian asylum seekers linked to Hamas (Ha'aretz)
ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION
FBI investigates scientists with connections to Anthrax (Salt Lake Tribune)
DANIEL PEARL MURDER TRIAL
Pearl murder trial adjourned until Saturday (Miami Herald)
GITMO DETAINEES
Qatari former minister: Some Arab captives from Guantanamo bay to be freed (Al Bawaba)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
RECOMMENDED READ: A holy warrior killing time (Washington Post)
RECOMMENDED READ: Osama's pilot (ABC News)
Latinos embracing Islam, but 'dirty bomb' case brings unwanted attention (Arizona Republic)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Bin Laden remains ever elusive (Mercury News)
OPINION Who started the war? (Global News Watch)
Life during wartime by James S. Robbins (National Review)
Open door for terrorists still open by Joel Mowbray (Town Hall)
America: New country for old visitors by Jamal Khashoggi (Arab News)
INVESTIGATION
Scotland Yard: Britain was logistics base for al Qaeda (World Tribune)
TERROR TRIALS
Supreme Court blocks judge from opening hearings for terrorism suspects (Nando Times)
DISSENTING VIEWS
Discrimination (Syria Times)
Pietro 5:40 AM
Comment
Thursday, June 27, 2002
TERRORIST THREAT
RECOMMENDED READ: Cyber attacks by al Qaeda feared (Washington Post)
Assessing the al Qaeda threat (Guardian)
US could face missiles launched from commercial ships, Pentagon official says (Tampa Tribune)
TERROR TRIALS
French angry as bomb suspect extradition blocked (Reuters)
WAR ON TERROR
US official praises Algeria (Guardian)
Pakistan determined to track down al Qaeda group (Miami Herald)
327 al Qaeda suspects handed to US (Dawn)
REMEMBERING 9/11
PS: Travelling Sept. 11 memorial (Kansas City Star)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Terror suspect sees trial trickery (International Herald Tribune)
Feds demand Moussaoui lawyer abide by court rules (Nando Times)
DIRTY BOMB SUSPECT UPDATE
US argues against Padilla's release (Miami Herald)
HOMELAND SECURITY
FAA bans planes near landmarks on July 4 (Miami Herald)
Pietro 11:33 AM
Comment
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION
FBI searches home in Anthrax probe (Washington Post)
OPINION The view from Tehran by Thomas L. Friedman (NY Times)
Terrorist state by Josh Devon (National Review)
TERRORISM
Islamic extremists attack cafes and smash alcohol bottles in Jakarta, Indonesia (Tampa Tribune)
Rebels kill six at a soccer playground in Algeria (Yahoo!)
AL QAEDA
Al Qaeda audio recording seems authentic, US says (Miami Herald)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Suspect's plea and confusion in terror trial (NY Times)
Muslim lawyer says judge unfair to Moussaoui (Reuters)
WAR ON TERROR
Ten Pakistani troops killed in al Qaeda lair (Arizona Republic)
Tribal defiance thwarts US hunt for al Qaeda (Chicago Tribune)
Three more arrested in al Qaeda probe (Boston Globe)
Raid on al Qaeda came from US tip (Guardian)
AXIS OF EVIL
US plots against Iraq will intensify, Saddam says (Tampa Tribune)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Palestinians set elections for January 2003 (Miami Herald)
Bombing link swayed Bush (Washington Post)
Report: Palestinians targeted nuclear bomb warehouse (Jerusalem Post)
RECOMMENDED READ: Israeli bus drivers absorb shock of attacks (CNN)
Arafat aid to militant group cited (Baltimore Sun)
THE 'DIRTY' BOMB
Dirty bomb stuffing often poorly tracked (Salt Lake Tribune)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Terror drill helps agencies sharpen response (Miami Herald)
Report: Building Homeland agency could take years (Mercury News)
25,000 gas masks ordered for the Capitol in case of terrorist attack (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
FBI detains man linked to 9/11 hijackers (Baltimore Sun)
AUM SHINRIKYO
Doomsday cult member sentenced to death (Ananova)
BIOTERRORISM
Unhealthy glow signals bioterror (BBC)
TERROR ARRESTS
Saudi accused of taking English test for illegals (Washington Times)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Execs weigh need to air bin Laden vid (Yahoo!)
THE OTHER AMERICAN TALIBAN
Public defender can't represent suspected Taliban fighter, court rules (Nando Times)
GITMO DETAINEES
Kuwaitis seek Guantanamo release (Guardian)
SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH
Ground zero tragedy to tourism (Sky News)
DISSENTING VIEWS
French best seller claiming Sept. 11 conspiracy bound for US (Nando Times)
TERRORIST THREAT
GAO cites rising nuke smuggling risk (Washington Post)
Security concerns weigh on July 4 celebrations abroad (Reuters)
Pietro 6:26 AM
Comment
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
INVESTIGATION
FBI begins visiting libraries (Washington Post)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Arafat says Bush speech a 'serious contribution' to peace process - statement (Reuters)
Palestinian 'young guard' in wings (Washington Times)
Analysis: Yasser won't go (Ha'aretz)
Israel completes quick-response plan for 9/11-type attack (World Tribune)
Palestinians say Bush is an obstacle to peace (Reuters)
Terror attacks take toll on Israeli paramedics (CNN)
TERRORIST THREAT
Cutting tool found on jet that came from O'Hare (Chicago Sun-Times)
Right of passage for suspected terrorist (Guardian)
Way of the gun (Village Voice)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
Tracing terrorists decade before 9/11 (NY Daily News)
The hijackers' presence still haunts Hamburg (Newsweek)
Fireproofing faulted in Trade Center collapse (Washington Post)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
RECOMMENDED READ: 'Westernized kid' grows into 9/11 suspect (USA Today)
Moussaoui seeks help from lawyer in Sept. 11 case (Mercury News)
Moussaoui faces second arraignment (Guardian)
Judge denies Moussaoui request for aid in second arrangement (Nando Times)
September 11 suspect subjected to 'racism' as a child (Ananova)
Judge enters innocent plea on behalf of Moussaoui (Washington Post)
WAR ON TERROR
War on al Qaeda shifts into global manhunt (USA Today)
Cheney vows shutdown of terror camps (Washington Post)
Dutch sign deal with US in terrorism fight (Forbes)
Kuwait probes deals at London investment arm (Forbes)
Two al Qaeda men arrested (Pakistan Frontier Post)
First unit of 82nd airborne ordered to leave for Afghanistan (Herald-Sun)
Saudis vow to crack down on terrorism (Gulf News)
Pakistani authorities arrest more suspects in recent bombings (Nando Times)
Philippine rebel gets $100,000 reward for tipoff (Reuters)
OPINION Paying families is the least Libya can do (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Change the rulebook for counterterrorism by James Shinn (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Much ado about a dirty bomb by Mark Steyn (Chicago Sun-Times)
Know thy enemy (and what he believes) by David Horowitz (FrontPage)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Scientists seek institute against terror (Boston Globe)
US and Russia to guard 'dirty bomb' materials (Washington Post)
GITMO DETAINEES
Still no plan for detainees (Mercury News)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Osama not in Pakistan; says Qureshi (Pakistan Frontier Post)
US military will try new offensive on bin Laden in coming months: Report (Hindustan Times)
TERROR TRIALS
Terrorism suspect to appear in Quebec court (Globe and Mail)
Trial linked to Hezbollah casts shadow (LA Times)
Al Qaeda suspect OKs extradition (Guardian)
DISSENTING VIEWS
Psychological Warfare (Arab News)
Aren't the Saudis supposed to be our friends? Ha! Feminist follies (Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute)
AXIS OF EVIL
Ghadafi's son signals turn from revolution (Washington Times)
TERRORIST 'THREAT'
Police fear wurst, halt Wienermobile near Pentagon (Kansas City Star)
DETAINEES
A black hole in Brooklyn (Village Voice)
THE "DIRTY" BOMB
"Millions" of dirty bomb sources (New Scientist)
AL QAEDA
China denies training Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists (Hindustan Times)
Pietro 5:41 AM
Comment
Monday, June 24, 2002
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Bin Laden's July 4 terror broadcast (Mirror)
Prez: let's kill Osama by 9/11/02 (NY Post)
Bin Laden feared alive and plotting (LA Times)
Bin Laden is out there and will be found, says Karzai (Sydney Morning Herald)
AL QAEDA
Bin Laden network appears to be regenerating, lawmakers say (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Al Qaeda agent led racy life (Mercury News)
US scorns al Qaeda 'wishful thinking' (BBC)
Al Qaeda broken, but dangerous (Christian Science Monitor)
RECOMMENDED READ: Inside an al Qaeda bust (Time)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Airlines plan quick system for identifying passengers (Washington Post)
Security bill bars blowing whistle (Washington Times)
AXIS OF EVIL
Saddam may hand power to his son to avoid attack (London Times)
Saddam's heir escapes assassination attempt (World Tribune)
Iraq's tortured children (BBC)
TALIBAN
China-trained Taliban (Gertz File)
TERRORIST THREAT
FBI calling off Vegas threat probe after man fails polygraph (KABC-7 Las Vegas)
The questions burn: where is bin Laden? And the anthrax killer (Hindustan Times)
Indian police on alert after al Qaeda threat in Delhi (Hindustan Times)
OPINION RECOMMENDED READ: Evangelizing for evil in our prisons by Chuck Colson (Wall Street Journal)
Congress has Oklahoma witness tapes (Indianapolis Star)
Grisly specter of hatred by Mona Charen (Washington Times)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Reports: Hamas commander shot and killed in helicopter missile fire over Gaza (Jerusalem Post)
FLASH: Bush calls for Arafat's removal (AP)
WAR ON TERROR
Pakistan detains 45 men in bomb attack (Guardian)
US military helping to recover body of slain Abu Sayyaf leader (Manila Business World)
TERROR INVESTIGATIONS
Fertilizer bomb is tied to Karachi blast (International Herald Tribune)
Terror arrest puts spotlight on Montreal (Globe and Mail)
South Florida discovering trove of terrorist ties (Nando Times)
BIOTERRORISM
Anthrax in fall attacks made recently, FBI says (Boston Globe)
New Anthrax attack fear (BBC)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
Judge slams terror law; Lindh defense could gain (Miami Herald)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Mother says Zacharias Moussaoui soured on US only after detention (Nando Times)
TERROR TRIALS
Pair convicted of smuggling, aiding Hezbollah (Salt Lake Tribune)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
Report: Terror suspect had been under German surveillance in 1999 (Jordan Times)
Pietro 6:28 AM
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