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Friday, August 02, 2002
WAR ON TERROR
- Rumsfeld toughens terror fight (Washington Times)
- INDONESIA: Powell: Indonesia terror aid $50M (Guardian)
- JAPAN: Japan's defence to focus on terrorism (Straits Times)
- PAKISTAN: Cybercafe crackdown threatens oases of privacy in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- White House says Sept 11 skyjacker had met Iraqi agent (Seattle Times)
- September 11 hijacker questioned in January 2001 (CNN)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Israeli tanks move into Nablus; Israel moves to expel relatives of Palestinian attackers (AP)
- White House puts UN on notice (NY Daily News)
- FBI getting involved in blast probe (NY Post)
- UN: No evidence of Israeli massacre at Jenin (CNN)
- Violence hits home (San Francisco Chronicle)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: Bush, Jordan king disagree on Iraq (AP)
HOLLYWOOD AND TERRORISM
- Hollywood saddened by suicide bombing (Reuters)
CLINTON AD NAUSEUM
- Bubba: I'd fight and die for Israel (NY Post)
LEAKS IN THE MEDIA
- FBI leak probe irks lawmakers (Washington Post)
OPINION
- September 11 now belongs to television by Daniel Henninger (Wall Street Journal)
- The road to Baghdad: Get a map right here by Wesley Pruden (Washington Times)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Police 'infuriated' over FBI program (USA Today)
AL QAEDA
- Al Qaeda, Taliban had tense relations (Hindustan Times)
- RECOMMENDED READ: Terror pact forged by cruise missiles (Wall Street Journal)
GITMO DETAINEES
- Pakistan team leaves for Guantanamo (Pakistan Frontier Post)
- Lawyers may go to Cuban courts over Guantanamo detainees (CNS News)
TERROR SUSPECTS
- US holding Canadian in embassy bomb plot (Washington Post)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- Suspect Moussaoui wants hearing (Washington Post)
DIRTY BOMBER UPDATE
- US ordered to justify detention of 'Dirty Bomber' (NY Law Journal)
TERRORIST THREAT
- Radical Muslims plan reception for Powell in Indonesia (CNS News)
- Hospitals ready for radiation attack (This is London)
- US official issues al Qaeda warning (Afghan News Network)
- Hackers and Tall Tales (Washington Post)
- Foiled plot shows al Qaeda hand (Christian Science Monitor)
THE 'DIRTY' BOMB
- Authorities probing unauthorized shipment of radioactive material (Fox News)
Pietro 5:44 AM
Thursday, August 01, 2002
ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION
- FLASH: Anthrax-related search underway (UPI)
OPINION
- Hamas to Jews: Get out or die by Cal Thomas (Town Hall)
- He's dead by R. Emmett Tyrell (Town Hall)
- A day that will live in TV infamy (Washington Post)
REMEMBERING 9/11
- Fox won't show commercials on 9/11 (AP)
- Airlines to remember Sept. 11 anniversary by removing routes (San Francisco Chronicle)
- B'way turns out the lights to mark Sept. 11 (USA Today)
WAR ON TERROR
- RECOMMENDED READ: Anaconda: a war story (Christian Science Monitor)
- AFGHANISTAN: US-led forces bomb Afghan bunker (Las Vegas Sun)
- INDONESIA: Indonesia: A haven for terrorists? (CNN)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Terrorist uses cellular telephone to detonate Hebrew University bomb (Jerusalem Post)
- IDF troops demolish home of Jerusalem suicide bomber (Ha'aretz)
- Hamas leader says Americans not a target (Reuters)
- Palestinian accused in cyanide plot against Israelis (Nando Times)
AL QAEDA
- Al Qaeda forming new cells worldwide (CNN)
TERROR SUSPECTS
- Search starts for man who said he sold IDs to hijackers (NY Times)
- Indonesian Muslim militant says US intelligence is 'fake' (Malaysia Star)
- Sheriff's special deputy spotted library man (Sun-Herald)
- Greek police arrest terror suspect (Washington Post)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Agents leaving Border Patrol in droves, union says (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- Bid to ease spying curbs in terrorism (NY Times)
- FBI's Sept. 11 leak probe irks Senators (NY Times)
- Lack of terrorism insurance puts utilities at risk (Washington Post)
- Windsor Tunnel to get terrorist alert system (WDIV-TV Detroit)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: Timing, tactics on Iraq war disputed (Washington Post)
- IRAQ: Iraq 'close to nuclear bomb goal' (Guardian)
- IRAQ: GOP will tie ANWR to Iraq (Washington Times)
- IRAQ: Arms expert doubts Iraq would share its weapons (Baltimore Sun)
- IRAQ: Oil firms fear Saddam wrath in Gulf if US attacks (Forbes)
GITMO DETAINEES
- Detainees have no right to courts, judge rules (Mercury News)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- Australian terror phone link (Australia News Interactive)
DIRTY BOMBER UPDATE
- Constitutionality of holding Padilla may be considered (Chicago Tribune)
TERRORIST THREAT
- US sees no increased threat - for now (UPI)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- India official says bin Laden alive (AP)
Pietro 5:41 AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK
- Bomber hits Jerusalem University (Guardian)
NOVEMBER 17
- The terror life (ABC News)
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAN: US: Iran is aggressively seeking nuclear weapons (Middle East Wire)
- IRAQ: Report: US intelligence looking for biological weapons lab located in Baghdad (Al Bawaba)
UPDATE: US hunt for Iraq's Ebola factory (This is London)
- NORTH KOREA: Powell, N. Korean minister hold talks (Washington Post)
- IRAQ: Kuwait awaits (ABC News)
- IRAQ: In assessing Iraq's arsenal, the 'reality is uncertainty' (Washington Post)
- IRAQ: No Iraq 'October Surprise' (USA Today)
- IRAN: Iran tells its forces to prepare for US attack (Reuters)
- IRAQ: Iraq attack plans alarm top military (Guardian)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Hizbollah ready to swap prisoners with Israel (Middle East Wire)
- Rev. Jesse Jackson to meet Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin (Ha'aretz)
UPDATE: Jesse Jackson cancels Hamas talks after bombing (Reuters)
- Pentagon: Hamas experimenting with chemical weapons (World Tribune)
- Couple overpowers terrorist in bedroom (Jerusalem Post)
- RECOMMENDED READ: Hunting for suicide bombers (Moment)
INVESTIGATION
- ISAF says was aware of Afghan bomb plot a week ago (Miami Herald)
- Spy says al Qaeda scouted US base (UPI)
- Karzai believed target of al Qaeda bomb plot (NewsMax)
- RECOMMENDED READ: An interview with Jon David, the man who hacked al Qaeda's webpage (Right Wing News)
TERROR SUSPECTS
- Al Qaeda suspect 'laughing, talking' (Globe and Mail)
- 'Terror attack trainer' takes aim at FBI (South Africa Independent)
- Captured car bomber admits al Qaeda tie (USA Today)
- 'Parliament hijacker' says confession was beaten out of him (Ananova)
- Suspect in Sept. 11 ID case flees (Washington Post)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- Moussaoui asks standby lawyers for help (CNN)
- FBI denies watching Moussaoui (Miami Herald)
- Arab-Americans stay clear of Moussaoui (Christian Science Monitor)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- Reconstructing Sept. 11 air battle (International Herald Tribune)
TERRORIST THREAT
- NRC warns of nuclear theft danger (Miami Herald)
- 5,610 Saudi passports stolen or lost in 8 months (Arab News)
- Outrage as bin Laden supporter targets city (Edinburgh News)
- Rep. Smith sounds cyberalarm (Federal Computer Week)
CLINTON AD NAUSEUM
- Clinton flies in with peace plan (Toronto Star)
AL QAEDA
- Crunch time approaches for al Qaeda (Stratfor)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Agents spread thin on Canada border (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
DIRTY BOMBER UPDATE
- Judge considering 'dirty bomber' motion (CNN)
WAR ON TERROR
- US wins licence to open second front in terror war (London Times)
- INDIA: Terrorist killed, security personnel injured in encounter (Hindustan Times)
GITMO DETAINEES
- Portugal had jailed al Qaeda suspect - report (Reuters)
REMEMBERING 9/11
- American Muslims prepare to honor victims of September 11 (US State Dept.)
Pietro 6:01 AM
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK
- Israel bomber kills self, injures 4 (Herald-Sun)
- Suicide bomber attacks downtown Jerusalem; two Israelis killed (Mercury News)
TERRORISTS ONLINE
- RECOMMENDED READ: Separatist, Paramilitary, Military, Intelligence, and Political Organizations
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: Rumsfeld: Iraq airstrikes not enough (Washington Post)
- IRAQ: Iraq buildup on border puts Kuwait on heightened alert (World Tribune)
- IRAQ: American traitors help Iraq hide weapons (NewsMax)
- IRAQ: Saddam describes US weapons claims as 'a joke' (Reuters)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- Report: bin Laden alive, preparing attack (UPI)
- Osama's son rises in the family biz (NY Post)
- Geraldo's gift for Osama (NY Post)
- Picking up Osama's vaporous trail (Washington Times)
- US agents trawl the net for bin Laden (South Africa Independent)
- Osama is in Pak, says Fernandes (Hindu)
- Sources: Bodyguard capture may mean bin Laden died (CNN)
TERRORIST THREAT
- Feds arrest al Qaeda suspects with plans to poison water supplies (Fox News)
- Terror fears scupper orchestra tour (BBC)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Senate puts off vote on security (Washington Times)
- Va. to check records of hires for sensitive jobs (Washington Post)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Thousands of Palestinians defy curfew (Washington Post)
- Arafat, Jackson urge end to suicide attacks in Israel (Chicago Sun-Times)
OPINION
- Message to Iraq: We're coming (maybe) (Washington Post)
- The evil isn't Islam by Daniel Pipes (NY Post)
- The jihad online by James S. Robbins (National Review)
INVESTIGATION
- Infiltrator links men at Oregon ranch to al Qaeda (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
TERROR ARRESTS
- Afghan official: Assassin near US embassy (USA Today)
DISSENTING VIEWS
- Secrecy at heart of US terror case (Mirror)
HOLLYWOOD AND TERRORISM
- CNN, Hollywood air Afghan accounts (Washington Times)
TERROR SUSPECTS
- Terror suspects challenge British detention without trial (Hindustan Times)
- September 11 detainees await appeal ruling (Reuters)
UPDATE: Terror suspects win detention appeal (This is London)
PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM
- RECOMMENDED READ: Method without madness? (Chicago Tribune)
WAR ON TERROR
- Man hijacks al Qaeda web site (Washington Post)
- RUSSIA: Rough fighting at Russian border (Baltimore Sun)
- PHILIPPINES: US troops begin Philippines pullout (CNN)
DANIEL PEARL
- Authorities unaware of Pearl body transfer (Pakistan News Service)
- Links between Pearl case, Karachi blast suspected (Hindu)
BIOTERRORISM
- Government stands by vaccine choice (Reuters)
TERROR TRIALS
- Egyptian court convicts 16 of belonging to banned Islamic group (Ha'aretz)
- N. Ireland terror trial set for Jan. (Miami Herald)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
- Sources: Moussaoui linked to al Qaeda cell in Ireland (Fox News)
- Book: Cart used to storm cockpit on Sept. 11 (Mercury News)
AL QAEDA
- Arab elite warms to al Qaeda leaders (Christian Science Monitor)
- Al Qaeda is able to replace bin Laden, Rumsfeld says (Bloomberg)
AMERICAN TALIBAN UPDATE
- US won't block Spann father's testimony (CNN)
SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH
- Landlord of Sept 11 hijackers' flat can't find tenants (Ananova)
Pietro 5:58 AM
Monday, July 29, 2002
AXIS OF EVIL
- IRAQ: US exploring Baghdad strike as Iraq option (NY Times)
- IRAN: Iran's emerging nuclear plant poses test for US (Washington Post)
- IRAQ: Saddam hunkers down for threatened US attack (Yahoo!)
- IRAQ: Blair warned: Iraq attack 'illegal' (Independent UK)
TERRORIST THREAT
- US ports of entry on alert after iridium lost (USA Today)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL
- The case against Moussaoui: Internal doubts (MSNBC)
- French describe Moussaoui's al Qaeda training and meetings (International Herald Tribune)
- Bin Laden man's mother blames British extremists (Guardian Observer)
HOLLYWOOD AND TERRORISM
- Bruce Springsteen praises George W. Bush's 'war on terror' (NME)
HOMELAND SECURITY
- Huge gaps remain on northern border (MSNBC)
- Terrorism puts new stress on agencies (Miami Herald)
- RECOMMENDED READ: War on terrorism highlights FBI's computer woes (LA Times)
- Illinois leads the way in preparing for terrorist attack (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
AL QAEDA
- RECOMMENDED READ: Al Qaeda's new hideouts (Time)
- Connection sought between Iraq, al Qaeda (USA Today)
- Two websites of Osama, al Qaeda shut down Pakistan News International)
- Firefight shows strong Al Qaeda persistence (Christian Science Monitor)
- FBI: Just 200 hard-core al Qaeda (Palm Beach Post)
UNABOMBER
- Unabomber back on the attack: in print (Sydney Morning Herald)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
- Bin Laden's son takes over (Australia News Interactive)
- Senior FBI officials say signs indicate bin Laden is dead (Pakistan Frontier Post)
TERROR SUSPECTS
- Canadian al Qaeda suspect handed over to US by CSIS (Globe and Mail)
OPINION
- America - the land of opportunity for terrorists by G. Jefferson Price III (Baltimore Sun)
- Sharon serves notice: Two can play at terror by George Jonas (National Post)
- The ayatollahs have taken Iran to the brink of catastrophe by David Warren (Ottawa Citizen)
REMEMBERING 9/11
- Ground Zero photo exhibit opens in Kabul (CNN)
TERROR TRIALS
- Jordanian faces trial here in '86 hijack slayings (Washington Post)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
- Britons left in jail amid fears that Saudi Arabia could fall to al-Qaeda (Guardian)
- RECOMMENDED READ: An American terrorist (New Yorker)
WAR ON TERROR
- ASIA: Concern over ASEAN anti-terror treaty (CNN)
INVESTIGATION
- US government says 'credible evidence' links former Bahamas bank to terrorism (Tax-News)
INCIDENT - TERRORISM
- Alleged Afghan assassination plot foiled (Toronto Star)
SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH
- Free camp for 9/11 kids (NY Post)
HEZBOLLAH
- French president won't add Hezbollah to terror list (Ha'aretz)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- Terrorized by numbers (Tech Central Station)
- Ben-Eliezer: Shehadeh planned to carry out six simultaneous attacks (Jerusalem Post)
- Jesse Jackson meets with Arafat, calls for end to suicide bombings (Ha'aretz)
Pietro 6:26 AM
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