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Friday, July 12, 2002
BIOTERRORISM
- Life is created in lab in bioterror experiment (National Post)
- 'The government must plan for mass vaccinations (Newsweek)
TERROR TRIALS
- Bonds cut for terror suspects (San Antonio Express-News)
- Pakistan: Men tried to bomb airport (Washington Post)
TERRORIST THREAT
- Terror cells active in US (San Antonio Express-News)
- Local plants on high alert (Baytown Sun)
- German newspaper: Mossad following Palestinian planning to attack Baltic ships (Al Bawaba)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- Moussaoui's odd notions revealed in court motions (NY Daily News)
- Errors could slay Moussaoui (USA Today)
- Moussaoui blasts judge for redacting his filings, says she's a 'master of deception' (Fox News)
- Moussaoui judge mulls legality of death penalty (CNN)
- Judge denies Moussaoui request for help from Muslim attorney (CNN)
AL QAEDA
- Documentary says al Qaeda gunmen in northern Iraq (Reuters)
- Al Qaeda is active in US, Ashcroft warns (USA Today)
- Al Qaeda 'seeks new escape routes (BBC)
- How's al Qaeda doing? (Time)
WAR ON TERROR
- INCIDENT - AFGHANISTAN: US Special Forces base attacked in Afghanistan (Miami Herald)
- Elite US unit keeps heat on terrorists (Washington Times)
- CHINA: Hong Kong adopts anti-terrorism bill (Hindustan Times)
- THAILAND: Thailand helps US fight passport fraud (Washington Times)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAN: Iran press gagged after cleric's attack (BBC)
- IRAQ: US war planners waiting for Iraq to cross the line (USA Today)
- IRAQ: Saddam's war plan includes bioweapons to make US a 'living hell' (NewsMax)
- LIBYA: Gadafy hijacks Africa's new union with his federal fantasy (Guardian)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Sniffing out the killers (NY Post)
- Israel credits occupation for lull in attacks (Washington Times)
- Arafat says he won't step aside (Yahoo!)
OPINION
- Osama bin Laden post-mortem by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. (Washington Times)
- Tunnel Vision by Michael Moran (MSNBC)
- The new front by Ilan Berman (National Review)
- The Iraq game plan by Rear Adm. Stephen H. Baker (Washington Times)
- The death of bin Ladenism by Amir Taheri (NY Times)
INVESTIGATION
- FBI expands hunt for US advisors to terrorist cells (Baltimore Sun)
- Grand jury probes 2 Seattle mosques for ties to terrorists (Sacramento Bee)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
- Dhows and donkeys used to move weapons (AllAfrica)
- RECOMMENDED READ: A few Saudis defy a rigid Islam to debate their own intolerance (NY Times)
DANIEL PEARL
- RECOMMENDED READ: Why did they pick on Daniel? (Independent UK)
TERRORISM
- Filipino fishermen found dead near Abu Sayyaf lair (Reuters)
GITMO DETAINEES
- Lawyer: Suspect contacted bombers (Washington Post)
TERROR ARRESTS
- Pakistan arrests bin Laden 'financial adviser' (Hindustan Times)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Powell defends department, admits visa errors occurred (Miami Herald)
SHOE BOMBER RICHARD REID
- Accused shoe bomber loses 'al Qaeda' fight (Yahoo!)
SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH
- Feds hope to limit access to information about Sept. 11 lawsuits (Nando Times)
Pietro 6:21 AM
Thursday, July 11, 2002
INCIDENT - DOMESTIC TERRORISM
- Downtown Seattle building evacuated (Seattle Insider)
TERRORIST THREAT
- 5,000 in US suspected of ties to al Qaeda (Washington Times)
- Pasadena, Calif., threat affects local refineries (Houston Chronicle)
- Al Qaeda hunt radioactive material in US (Times of India)
- Venice Italian ghetto shut after al Qaeda attack warning (Ha'aretz)
TERRORIST 'THREAT'
- Report of gunman near White House a false alarm (WJLA-TV DC)
- Bomb-resembling clock becomes rude awakening for traveler (KC Star)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- House approves bill to arm pilots (Washington Post)
- FBI taps Mormon for post (Washington Times)
TERRORISM REPORTS
- Amnesty condemns Palestinian 'crimes against humanity' (Ha'aretz)
- RECOMMENDED READ: Biological Warfare and the "Buffy Paradigm" (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
TERROR SUSPECTS
- Suspect in fake visa scam could be released (Fox News)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Israeli army arrests at least 10 in West Bank (Reuters)
- Israel to indict 5 Palestinians on terror charges (CNN)
INVESTIGATION
- Questionable visas known in January (Wall Street Journal)
- Habib was in Afghanistan: report (Australia News Interactive)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAN: Iran cracks down on terror (Miami Herald)
- IRAQ: Jordan rejects US invasion plan (UK Telegraph)
*** UPDATE: Jordan to let US troops use bases for war on Iraq (London Times)
- LIBYA: Gadhafi: 'Libya is against terrorism' (CNN)
- IRAQ: Attorney in spy case seeks probe of news leak on Iraq (Washington Post)
- IRAN: Iran and the strategic planning process (Strategy Page)
- IRAQ: Exiled generals prepare for march on Baghdad (London Times)
- IRAQ: Iraq building up deadly arsenal, say defectors (London Times)
- IRAQ: Farrakhan denies Iraqi report (UPI)
OPINION
- Loud and clear by S. Rob Sobhani (Washington Times)
- Saddam's atrocities can't be ignored by Jim Hoagland (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Homeland security: still not serious by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Fox News)
LAX SHOOTING UPDATE
- LA shooter exploited 'loophole' (Washington Times)
WAR ON TERROR
- PHILIPPINES: US troops aid Philippine soldiers on second island (Miami Herald)
- INCIDENT - AFGHANISTAN: Sniper attack (ABC News)
- GREECE: Greek PM vows to smash November 17 guerilla group (Miami Herald)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- Moussaoui lawyer against death penalty (Guardian)
TERROR TRIALS
- Mysterious Kuwaiti pleads guilty in US to minor charge (Globe and Mail)
AL QAEDA
- Officials say al Qaeda operatives visited war-torn Aceh province (Malaysia Star)
- Al Qaeda 'infiltrated Pakistan' (Australia News Interactive)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- House committee finds no 9/11 'smoking gun' (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Hijackers had cash in SunTrust (Orlando Sentinel)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
- Algeria: the killing of 15 security officials links terrorism to drugs (Arabic News)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- Officials: 'No evidence' defector saw bin Laden (CNN)
BIOTERRORISM
- Researchers show that a dangerous virus can be made in the laboratory (Boston Globe)
Pietro 6:02 AM
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- Al Qaeda member says bin Laden, Omar alive and well: report (Yahoo!)
- Osama the elusive (Christian Science Monitor)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: Iraq spins Farrakhan visit (Chicago Sun Times)
- IRAQ: CIA: Saddam 'dangerous personality' (AP)
- IRAQ: The missed opportunity to defeat Saddam (Ottawa Citizen)
- IRAQ: Iraq ready to face US attack: Iraqi MP (Times of India)
REMEMBERING 9/11
- Steel moved to Cal Expo for Sept. 11 memorial (Sacramento Bee)
INVESTIGATION
- Kuala Lumpur joins FBI probe on al Qaeda website (Straits Times)
- Militants wire web with links to jihad (USA Today)
- Ex-employee of US embassy in Qatar questioned about alleged bribery scheme (Nando Times)
- Italian anti-terrorism believe al Qaeda was ready to strike in Italy before Sept. 11 (Malaysia Star)
- Al Qaeda's Vatican attack: paper (Australia News Interactive)
- Official: Stolen IDs used for terror (Washington Post)
- Decapitated head not that of bin Laden's no. 2 man (Fox News)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- Sept. 11 defendant could lose right to represent himself (USA Today)
- Moussaoui seeks televised testimony (Nando Times)
GITMO DETAINEES
- Campaigners begin legal battle to shut down Camp X-Ray (Independent UK)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Israeli soldier dies after ambush (Guardian)
- The d-Con bomb (Slate)
TERRORIST THREAT
- New al Qaeda threats (CNN)
- Turkish police on terror alert (Miami Herald)
DETAINEES
- Pakistanis deported in secret flight (Boston Globe)
DANIEL PEARL MURDER TRIAL
- Pearl murder verdict set for Monday (Rediff)
- Call for death penalty in Pearl trial (ITV)
OPINION
- Mosques planning terror by Debbie Schlussell (National Review)
- The fourth mystery by John O'Sullivan (National Review)
- LAX attack: the view from Israel by Tom Gross (National Review)
- Want to understand Islam? Read on by Marvin Olasky (Town Hall)
TERROR TRIALS
- Musharraf 'murder plotters' in court
AL QAEDA
- Al Qaeda book on US best seller list (Ananova)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- Planes may have almost toppled World Trade Center towers on impact (Science Daily)
- Report: 9/11 hijackers used fake data for accounts (Kansas City Star)
- Sept. 11 tape could hold some clues to firefighters' deaths (NY Times)
WAR ON TERROR
- SYRIA: Senator urges a hard line with Syria on terror training camps (Boston Globe)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
- DOJ probes leaks in Taliban John case (Fox News)
TERROR ARRESTS
- Men arrested at strip club for alleged threats on military bases (KTRK-TV Houston)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Future tall buildings 'must be terror-proof' (Ananova)
- House debates bill to arm airline pilots (Reuters)
ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION
- Anthrax case homes in on unusual suspect (Christian Science Monitor)
Pietro 5:16 AM
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
- Lindh interviewer expresses fear (Orange County Register)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- Moussaoui: FBI planted tracking device (Washington Post)
- Judge may reconsider Moussaoui's competency (Yahoo!)
OPINION
- Terror & denial by Daniel Pipes (NY Post)
- A royal pain by Victor Davis Hanson (Wall Street Journal)
- RECOMMENDED READ: Pilot's tale of March 29 (NewsMax)
- Why won't Bush state obvious? by Vince Carroll (Rocky Mountain News)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: Bush vows to use all available means to get rid of Saddam Hussein (San Francisco Chronicle)
- NORTH KOREA: North Korea's number two to visit Indonesia, Libya, Syria (Namibian)
- IRAQ: Iraq says Farrakhan tells of US Muslims' support (Washington Times)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- INCIDENT: Gunman kills Arab outside Jerusalem (Miami Herald)
- Israel to deny entry to Louis Farrakhan (Al Bawaba)
TERROR ARRESTS
- Filipino suspected of aiding terror plots arrested (Nando Times)
- US man charged over terror statements (Globe and Mail)
TERRORIST THREAT
- FBI warns of terrorist threat to US stadiums (Voice of America)
- Arrested Pakistanis planned to kill Musharraf (Rediff)
- Al Qaeda says it will hit US, Jewish targets soon (Yahoo!)
INVESTIGATION
- Pakistan widens net for US consulate bombers (Reuters)
- FBI raids 75 jewelry stores in malls; INS joins probe into al Qaeda links (San Francisco Chronicle)
DANIEL PEARL MURDER TRIAL
- Final arguments expected in Pearl case today (Pakistan News Service)
- ATC rejects laptop as evidence in Pearl case (Pakistan News Service)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
- Slain al Qaeda fighters revered as martyrs (Pakistan News International)
- Malaysia state approves strict Islamic punishment code (CNS News)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- EPA found unready for terrorism (Washington Post)
- S. Florida Muslims live in fear of secret detention by US (S Fla Sun Sentinel)
- Rush is on for new security department (USA Today)
- Shackles loosed on US intelligence (USA Today)
- FBI uneasy about plan to deregulate fast net (USA Today)
- RECOMMENDED READ: Building America's anti-terror machine (Fortune)
- Scanners can mistake chocolate for bombs (Miami Herald)
- Preparations underway for radiation attack (USA Today)
- Armed guards to watch over US airport check-ins Jane's
STEPSON OF SADDAM
- Saddam Hussein's stepson deported to New Zealand (Ha'aretz)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- Sept 11 inquiry facing delays (Miami Herald)
ASSASSINATION IN AFGHANISTAN
- Afghans mark day of mourning after assassination (Reuters)
WAR ON TERROR
- PAKISTAN: SBP orders to freeze accounts (Pakistan News International)
- AFGHANISTAN: Arms cache found in Afghanistan (Armed Forces Information Service)
- SE ASIA: Southeast Asia's terror clampdown (BBC)
TERROR TRIALS
- Couple goes on trial in 'holy war' case (CNN)
- UK tries man for 'ultimate jihad challenge' (Hindu)
- Judge cuts bail for low-flying pilots in New York terror scare (Nando Times)
POSSIBLE INCIDENT
- Clues scarce in blast probe (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
- Terrorists tried to blow up car: eyewitness (Hindu)
REMEMBERING 9/11
- RECOMMENDED READ: Excerpts from "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center" (Atlantic Monthly)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- Intelligence report: Bin Laden sought Indonesian base (CNN)
DETAINEES
- Islamic charity detainee seeks asylum (Chicago Tribune)
Pietro 6:29 AM
Monday, July 08, 2002
HEADLINE - ASSASSINATION IN AFGHANISTAN
- 12 arrested over VP assassination (China Daily)
- Afghan murder may have drug ties (Fox News)
- Afghan puzzle: who shot Qadir? (Christian Science Monitor)
INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK
- Bomb kills 35 on Algerian holiday (Yahoo!)
- Playtime explosion kills Georgia 5-year-old (CNN)
DETAINEES
- Sheltering a puppet master? (Time)
- Britain denies report it has arrested al Qaeda suspect (Ha'aretz)
- Detainee planned to bomb US Embassy, court records say (Nando Times)
- Morocco frees five Saudis for lack of evidence (Arab News)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: Farrakhan in Iraq for 'solidarity' visit (UPI)
- IRAQ: Kurds, securit in North Iraq, are cool to a US offensive (NY Times)
ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION
- Solving the anthrax case - with no mistakes (Newsweek)
LAX SHOOTING UPDATE
- Egypt surprised by furor over LA shooting (Reuters)
- Rampage's al Qaeda link (NY Daily News)
- Respects paid to 2 victims of airport shooting (Boston Globe)
- Wife of slain husband in Los Angeles airport says husband is innocent (Boston Globe)
Yeah... likely story. There were only a couple hundred or so witnesses to the incident. Wife also said that he showed no signs of violence. I don't know about her, but I think bringing two loaded guns and a few extra magazines of ammo, as well as a knife, is a slight (you think) indicator of violent intent. People don't bring guns into an airport for pigeon hunting - this man had a purpose, a death wish, and evil intent.
- FBI mum on source of LA shooter's guns (NewsMax)
OPINION
- Disturbing holiday thoughts by David Horowitz (Jewish World Review)
- What a b*****d by Brendan Miniter (Wall Street Journal)
- Derail the Saudi visa express (Washington Times)
- A Maginot line of defense by Jonathan Kay (Washington Times)
- Bin Laden no longer exists: here is why by Amir Taheri (Arab News)
- Where's Osama? by James S. Robbins (National Review)
TERRORIST THREAT
- 'Terrorist camps in Lebanon, Syria bigger threat to US than Iraq' (Jerusalem Post)
- Nicaraguan police rifles reach terrorist group (CNN)
- The clouds of digital war (ABC News)
- 'Spectacular attacks' planned around Sept 11 (Straits Times)
- Pilots report possible threats, uniforms being stolen (Fox News)
TERROR ARRESTS
- Men arrested in US consulate bombing (Herald-Sun)
- UPDATE : Pakistanis confess to US consulate blast (Washington Post)
- Federal agents nab Afghan man stopped in Pennsylvania (Fox News)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Troops grab Palestinians in Israeli camouflage (NY Post)
- Sharon: Israel has made progress in combatting terror (Jerusalem Post)
- Magazine says Arafat to step down soon (UPI)
- Terror's aftermath (LA Times)
- Israeli, Palestinian officials meet (Washington Post)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
- London's Arab press accused of inciting terrorism (Washington Times)
- A clash of cultures and religions (Fox News)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- US plans mass smallpox vaccination (BBC)
- Big bird watching (Washington Post)
TERRORISM AFTERMATH
- In 2001: 3547 died in terrorism throughout the world (Pakistan News Service)
INVESTIGATION
- US sweeps mall kiosks, hunting for terror clues (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Mosque-erade (NY Post)
- Abandoned ship may have brought terrorists, arms (Hindu)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
- Journalist fights subpoena in Walker Lindh case (CNN)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- Why police made it out of the World Trade Center and firefighters didn't (Seattle Times)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- Bin Laden rides to fresco hell (BBC)
Pietro 6:59 AM
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