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Friday, July 19, 2002
HEADLINE - DANIEL PEARL Body found in Karachi identified as Pearl's (Orange County Register)
INCIDENT - TERRORISM Colombian explosion kills 4 in Cartagena, RCN television says (Bloomberg)
Avianca jet makes emergency landing after hijack attempt (Bloomberg)
OLYMPICS SECURITY
Pre-Olympics terrorist crackdown has Greek politicians on edge (World Tribune)
Olympic chiefs cheer terror arrests (Pioneer Press)
AXIS OF EVIL
Thousands in Iran protest US (Yahoo!)
US penalizes 8 Chinese firms (Washington Times)
French sources: US to attack Iraq 'soon' (Ha'aretz)
Witness reveals horror of North Korean gulag (Guardian)
'The cells are 60cm wide and 110cm high' WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS (Guardian)
Gaddafi calls for terrorism conference (South Africa Independent)
Iraq says 5 killed, 17 hurt in Western attack (Yahoo!)
Pentagon probes leak on Iraq plans (Las Vegas Sun)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
Muslims feeling terrorized by allegations in media (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Extremism: causes and cures (Arab News)
OPINION The end is nigh by David Warren (Jewish World Review)
The good guys won, anyhow by Henry Mark Holzer (FrontPage Magazine)
A secret no one can keep by Michael Long (Jewish World Review)
HOMELAND SECURITY
FBI to question Congress on leaks (USA Today)
Security bill loses ID card, TIPS (Washington Times)
RECOMMENDED READ: At the crossroads of terror (CNN)
US chemical plants get antiterrorism treatment (Environment News Service)
Port hires 3 diving firms to support pier security (Florida Today)
Sept. 11 pilot's widow supports arming pilots with guns (CNS News)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Moussaoui adds another twist with plea offer (USA Today)
Man behind mug shot looks like a loner (Globe and Mail)
RECOMMENDED READ: USA v. Moussaoui Docket Sheet (US District Court, VA)
RECOMMENDED READ: Text of Moussaoui hearing (Washington Post)
NOTABLE MOUSSAOUI TRIAL QUOTE:
JUSTICE BRINKEMA: "Now, Mr. Moussaoui, you've filed a motion to improve the security for the life of Zacarias Moussaoui, Docket No. 294, which you were requesting to not have your table so close to 21 various people and to be able to stay at counsel table. I'm denying that request. Your security is completely safe in this courtroom, and you must be speaking from the lectern, because that's where the microphone is. And we have to be able to hear you. So that motion is denied."
Moussaoui judge has tough choice ahead (Law.com)
WAR ON TERROR
Funds headed to alleged terror groups seized (USA Today)
US relations with South Asia called central to war on terrorism (US State Dept)
Last [British] Marines leave Afghanistan (Reuters)
Afghan clash leaves two dead (Tallahassee Democrat)
Gov't to establish counter-terrorism schools: Moin (Pakistan News Service)
SHOE BOMBER RICHARD REID
Shoe-bomb suspect loses court ruling (Baltimore Sun)
TERROR TRIALS
3 accused of giving al Qaeda documents (Chicago Tribune)
Al Qaeda suspects due in Madrid court (CNN)
Saudis harden case against Britons (Guardian)
'DIRTY BOMB' SUSPECT
Prosecutors seek dismissal of Padilla lawyer's request (Chicago Tribune)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
Sept 11 flight attendants proved vital clues (Ananova)
RECOMMENDED READ: Calm before the crash (ABC News)
DETAINEES
US held 600 for secret rulings (Detroit Free Press)
TERROR ARRESTS
French Navy nabs 2 al Qaeda suspects (Afghan News Network)
Al Qaeda suspects held in Pakistan (Xinhua)
Two held over bomb threats (Australia News Interactive)
AL QAEDA
Inside al Qaeda (ABC News)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Hamas threatens 'bloody' revenge if Israel exiles bombers' families (Ha'aretz)
Israel ups the ante for perpetrators of terror attacks (CNS News)
TOO BIZARRE TO DESCRIBE
Ode to Cynthia by Israel Shamir (Arab News)
INVESTIGATION
Officials seek terror link in $12M in fake checks (Miami Herald)
TERROR SUSPECTS
Embassy plot suspect held in Dutch jail (Miami Herald)
Indonesian linked to al Qaeda cell (CNN)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
Allies complain Saudis funding 7000 Islamic seminaries (World Tribune)
Pietro 5:51 AM
Comment
Thursday, July 18, 2002
OSAMA BIN LADEN
How bin Laden got away (Time)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
'I offered the suicide bomber sex, he replied - no, I am going to die tonight' (Jerusalem Post)
Side-by-side terror (NY Post)
OPINION Gone with the war, a myth in Arabia by Wesley Pruden (Jewish World Review)
Soldier forgotten amid hoopla over traitor's sentence by John Kass (Chicago Tribune)
Real case against Ujaama yet to be made (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Lessons of the Daniel Pearl video by Mark Goldblatt (American Prowler)
Who is Syed Athar Abbas? (Weekly Standard)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
Lindh's dad just keeps bile flowing (Lincoln Journal Star)
TERROR SUSPECTS
Al Qaeda suspect a 'normal Aussie kid': Lawyer (Sydney Morning Herald)
INVESTIGATION
US probes lone terrorist theory (Herald-Sun)
Street-corner radicals or al Qaeda allies? (Washington Post)
Spooks quiz Muslims on alleged bin Laden links (All Africa)
RECOMMENDED READ: The case of the missing code (Salon)
TERROR ARRESTS
Suspected leader of Nov. 17 detained (Boston Globe)
Man of Egyptian descent arrested with trying to smuggle $659,000 to Egypt (Mercury News)
WAR ON TERROR
Group alleges rights abuse in Yemen's terror policy (Boston Globe)
We will overcome problem of terrorism - Algiers ambassador (All Africa)
AXIS OF EVIL
Iraq neighbors voice fears on a US campaign against Hussein (Boston Globe)
Pearle warns: 'Powerful' evidence of Iraq-al Qaeda WMD ties (World Tribune)
Gaddafi show baffles the starving (London Times)
SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH
Switzerland revokes "Bin Ladin" trademark (Ananova)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Court papers illuminate Moussaoui (Guardian)
Moussaoui to US court for third arraignment (Kansas City Star)
Moussaoui to respond to indictment (Washington Post)
Moussaoui attempts to plead guilty (Washington Post)
HOMELAND SECURITY
CIA rapped for 'Sunday School' terrorist tactics (Guardian)
Magaw forced out as security chief (MSNBC)
THE QUESTION 'WHAT IF?'
House probers: Clinton expected 9/11 attack (NewsMax)
TERRORIST THREAT
Abu Sayyaf warns of 'punishments' against US (Hindustan Times)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
Supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah file suit against Bush (Insight)
DETAINEES
Judge says US must explain detention of American-born man (Nando Times)
TERROR TRIALS
Judge indicts three North Africans (Miami Herald)
Pietro 5:46 AM
Comment
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK FLASH - Two bombs go off in Tel Aviv (Washington Post)
Explosion in Kashmir kills 3 (Miami Herald)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Army radar test a DC success (Washington Times)
US government devises guide to PC security to help terrorism fight (Ananova)
US denies creating civilian spies (BBC)
TERRORIST 'THREAT'
Military jets escort plane after passengers seen passing notes (Boston Globe)
AXIS OF EVIL
Saddam tells Arabs: it's us vs. US (NY Daily News)
Iran police fire tear gas to end worker protest (Gulf News)
Rebels ready to topple Saddam (Gulf News)
Khamenei says US given a slap by Iran unity (Miami Herald)
Invading Iraq: Would the public go along? (Christian Science Monitor)
REMEMBERING 9/11
Around-the-world requiem will be performed Sept. 11 (Seattle Times)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Moussaoui zings judge's praises (NY Post)
TERROR ARRESTS
'Military' diagram found on fugitive (Washington Times)
3 al Qaeda suspects arrested in Spain (Chicago Tribune)
Spanish police arrest fourth suspect al Qaeda member (Bloomberg)
Australian reservist linked to al Qaeda: report (Sydney Morning Herald)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Picked off as they staggered from a bus (Guardian)
Israelis hunt for bus attackers (Miami Herald)
Israeli army will stay in West Bank until attacks end (Bloomberg)
Soldiers prevent major terrorist attack in south (Jerusalem Post)
One Israeli soldier, one Palestinian dead in West Bank shootout (Voice of America)
Palestinians: Gaza factory hit by missile fired by IAF warplane (Ha'aretz)
Bush renews call for Arafat's ouster (Yahoo!)
TERRORIST THREAT
California raises security at landmarks (Miami Herald)
Security experts say hackers targeting energy industry (Nando Times)
Terrorists confess plot to kill Musharraf (Hindustan Times)
DANIEL PEARL MURDER CONVICTION
Defence files appeal in Pearl murder case (Reuters)
THE QUESTION 'WHAT IF?'
Pol: Plenty of 9/11 blame to go around (CBS News)
Panel: '98 meeting foresaw 9/11 attack (USA Today)
GITMO DETAINEES
Rights groups seek to revive Guantanamo lawsuit (Miami Herald)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
RECOMMENDED READ: A tape shows how uprising at Afghan fort began (International Herald Tribune)
Spann widow criticizes deal with Lindh as too lenient (Washington Times)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Hunt for son of bin Laden to start (Gulf News)
FBI boss thinks bin Laden dead (Yahoo!)
WAR ON TERROR
Indian gov't says it will act against terror (CNS News)
ARF aims to plug terrorist financing in region (Japan Today)
BIOTERRORISM
Mail-order molecules brew a terrorism debate (Washington Post)
AL QAEDA
RECOMMENDED READ: Terrorism.com (Guardian)
TERROR SUSPECTS
Man in 9/11 probe faces deportation (Detroit Free Press)
Terror suspect with Boston ties may be freed (Boston Globe)
Chechen terrorist, extradited to Russia by Georgia, testifies to Moscow investigators (Pravda)
Greek police identify second suspect (Yahoo!)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
Sept. 11 suspects may have South Pacific link (CNS News)
OPINION Free ride for foreign ship-jumpers by Michelle Malkin (Jewish World Review)
REMEMBERING 9/11
Teachers make plans for lesson on Sept. 11 (Mercury News)
NYC split over WTC site development (Guardian)
DETAINEES
No one wants al Qaeda prisoners (UPI)
Pietro 6:08 AM
Comment
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK Car bomb explodes near Helsinki synagogue (Jerusalem Post)
Israelis killed in settlement terror attack (CNN)
TERRORIST THREAT
Terror-cell alliance at work in US? (Christian Science Monitor)
'Terror' robber fear (NY Post)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Bush to propose broad new powers in domestic security (NY Times)
FEMA preparing for mass destruction attacks on cities (NewsMax)
RECOMMENDED READ: Core concerns (Christian Science Monitor)
Rumsfeld criticizes news leaks (Guardian)
Feature: Visa crackdown balanced (UPI)
AXIS OF EVIL
Iraqis told to prepare for war (Yahoo!)
Saddam powers up Anti-US war machine (National Post)
Shiite leader says Iraqi opposition is open to US help in toppling Hussein (LA Times)
TERRORIST 'THREAT'
Suspicious bag prompts partial evacuation of LA airport terminal (Sacramento Bee)
OPINION Bush vs. the Mullahs: Getting on the side of the Iranian freedom fighters by Michael Ledeen (Jewish World Review)
The government's focusing on the current numbers of Jihadists in America is a waste of resources by Walid Phares (Jewish World Review)
Analysis: Case of the missing terrorist by John O'Sullivan (UPI)
TERROR ARRESTS
Two suspected al Qaeda terrorists caught (Jerusalem Post)
Spain: Al Qaeda suspect filmed WTC (CNN)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
Bereuter, Hagel: Lindh sentence correct (Lincoln Journal Star)
Statement of Facts: US vs. Lindh (FindLaw)
DANIEL PEARL MURDER CONVICTION
Pearl Brit family: He is a scapegoat (Mirror)
Withheld evidence could jeopardize Pearl verdict (Washington Post)
Pakistani police takes measures to prevent revenge attacks (Middle East Wire)
Lawyer: Pearl appeal may take year (Guardian)
Pak seeks death penalty for Omar accomplices (India Express)
Judgment of Anti-Terrorism Court in Daniel Pearl case - text (Dawn)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Story on bin Laden says plot in works (Washington Times)
Another report bin Laden is alive (USA Today)
BIOTERRORISM
State bio labs face stepped-up scrutiny (NY Post)
WAR ON TERROR
Tokyo police to create 'antiterrorist' unit (Reuters)
Egypt fights terror with imams and newsprint (Christian Science Monitor)
INVESTIGATION
Al Qaeda considered in VP slaying (Washington Post)
For US, American 'holy warriors' hard to track (Washington Post)
Germany links cleric to terrorists (Washington Post)
Suspect calls FBI terrorism probe 'utterly ridiculous' (Seattle Times)
Pakistan questions Iraqis in attack (Washington Post)
TERROR TRIALS
Jordanian court sentences 6 Islamists to 15 years on terror charges (Middle East Wire)
DETAINEES
Plea deal reflects new thinking about terror cases (Mercury News)
Lawyer: Suspects deny terrorist ties (Yahoo!)
AL QAEDA
Al Qaeda takes fight for 'hearts and minds' to the web (Jane's)
REBUILDING AFTER 9/11
Plans offer 6 options to rebuild Ground Zero (CNN) - UPDATED
REMEMBERING 9/11
Deployed NY cop recounts 9/11 story (USAFE News Service)
Terrorist attack 'comfort' quilts on display in DC (Armed Forces Info Service)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
PA leaders caught in illegal money transfers (Jerusalem Post)
Arab plan calls for Palestinian state, then negotiations (Jordan Times)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
U.S. files third indictment against terror suspect Moussaoui (CNN)
French group forms to back Moussaoui (Yahoo!)
IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY
IRA issues apology (Ananova)
A timetable of the IRA's terrorist campaign (Irish Examiner)
OLYMPICS SECURITY
Greece's terrorism probe may aid Athens games security (Nando Times)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
Plot hatched in Malaysia: US intelligence (Sydney Morning Herald)
Pietro 6:00 AM
Comment
Monday, July 15, 2002
FLASH - DANIEL PEARL MURDER TRIAL CONCLUSION Four militants convicted in Pearl killing (Chicago Tribune)
Sheikh sounds warning after death sentence for Pearl murder (Ha'aretz)
Profile: Omar Saeed Sheikh (BBC)
Convicted Pearl killer left English school-boy life to pursue militant causes (Nando Times)
Sheikh Omar - a new breed of militant (Reuters)
FLASH - AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE Walker Lindh pleads guilty to aiding Taliban (CNN)
Text of John Walker Lindh deal (Washington Post)
Lawyers try to nix Lindh statements (Guardian)
Hearings start on American Taliban evidence (Kansas City Star)
TERRORISM
INCIDENT: Attack on temple in Kashmir kills at least 25 (Washington Post)
THE OTHER AMERICAN TALIBAN
US-born 'combatant' denied counsel by appeals court (Bloomberg)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Study: Bush security plan risky (Washington Post)
US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies (Sydney Morning Herald)
Citizen Corps page
Take a look at this quote: "Operation TIPS - the Terrorism Information and Prevention System - will be a nationwide program giving millions of American truckers, letter carriers, train conductors, ship captains, utility employees, and others a formal way to report suspicious terrorist activity. Operation TIPS, a project of the U.S. Department of Justice, will begin as a pilot program in 10 cities that will be selected." Doesn't sound like secret police to me. 'Corrupt' CIA ensures US vulnerability to Terrorism, says former analyst (CNS News)
NYPD to set up Toronto office (Toronto Star)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Powell's plan: President Arafat - without powers (Newsweek)
Israelis display armed baby photo (AP)
Arafat denies sending $5m to wife (NY Daily News)
WAR ON TERROR
Soldier of Fortune lauds Canadian snipers(Halifax Herald)
Moscow says Pakistan must 'break terror chain' (Yahoo!)
US removes two Swedes from terrorism list (International Herald Tribune)
Effort to find al Qaeda fighters marked by unprecedented cooperation (Kansas City Star)
FBI works with Army in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Bin Laden 'wounded in attacks' (This is London)
Bin Laden ready to strike again (Sky News)
German spies say bin Laden is alive (Yahoo!)
SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH
From towers' wreckage, pieces of lives cut short (USA Today)
9-11 still hurting European tourism (Washington Post)
Landfill search for WTC remains ends (ABC News)
ABU ZUBAYDAH
Mag: US holds top Osama aide on isle (NY Daily News)
TERRORIST THREAT
Water supply on high terror alert (NY Post)
Islamic "wise man" said to lead US terror sleepers (NewsMax)
AXIS OF EVIL
US says has no answers on how to unseat Saddam (Reuters)
Tehran hosts terrorist club (National Post)
Iraqi opposition creates body to coordinate overthrow of Saddam (Voice of America)
Qatar in dilemma over US threat to Iraq (Gulf News)
Jordan Prince supports Iraq rebels (London Times)
Syria buys arms for Iraq in Eastern Europe (Ha'aretz)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
Moussaoui may have doomed his defense (Washington Post)
INVESTIGATION
Banks fail to track down accounts of al Qaeda (Pakistan News Service)
US company hosted terrorist website (VNU)
Seattle, al Qaeda ties investigated (Washington Post)
Taliban captive links Seattle, London radicals (Seattle Times)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
RECOMMENDED READ: Yemeni fugitive was critical to unfolding of Sept. 11 plot (Washington Post)
World's biggest crime scene shuts (Australia News Interactive)
US identifies key Sept. 11 terrorist (Telegraph)
OPINION Blame Islam by Jonah Goldberg (National Review)
DOMESTIC TERRORISM
US 'domestic terrorist' accused of bombing plot (Reuters)
Pietro 8:32 AM
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