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Friday, August 16, 2002

INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK


- Explosive rocks Afghan building (MSNBC)
- Report: Islamic Extremists kill 26 (Guardian)


WAR ON TERROR


- AFGHANISTAN: Long US stay in Afghanistan predicted (CBS News)


HOMELAND SECURITY


- Firefighters blast Bush (NY Daily News)
- INS limits entry from Mideast countries; Saudis not affected (World Tribune)
- Air marshal program in disarray, insiders say (USA Today)
- Arab, Hispanic, other groups plan protest of Justice Department policy (AP)
- Universal detection technology and NASA JPL to co-develop bioterrorism detection device (PR Newswire)
- U-M has mock bioterror attack (Detroit Free Press)


IRAQ


- US adviser warns of Armageddon (Guardian)
- New unit points to invasion of Iraq (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Canada unimpressed with Iraqi talk of buying wheat (Reuters)
- The politics of an attack on Iraq (MSNBC)
- Israel tells US delaying Iraq attack boosts Saddam (Miami Herald)
- How Saddam plans to thwart Bush (Time)
- Rice makes case against Iraq to Britain (Washington Times)
- 'We are asking God for the US to attack Saddam (UK Telegraph)
- Iraq tells UN it wants to continue dialogue (CNN)


TRAITOR IN OUR MIDST?


- Farrakhan to stump for McKinney (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)


TERROR TRIALS


- Man who shot 5 at CIA loses on appeal (Washington Post)


AL QAEDA


- Easing sanctions on bin Laden associates urged (Washington Post)
- Under pressure, Palestinian groups take on al Qaeda (Christian Science Monitor)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- Israel destroys West Bank homes of suicide bombers (Nando Times)
- Barghouti indictment reveals pyramid of terror (Jerusalem Post)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- UK jails two Sikhs under anti-terror law (Hindu)
- Detained Colorado native is virtually inaccessible (Nando Times)
- Saudis to keep al Qaeda suspects (BBC)
- November 17 suspect faces new charges (Voice of America)
- Musharraf kill plotters to be tried in jail (Hindu)


OSAMA BIN LADEN


- Bin Laden's relative attacked in London (Hindu)


OPINION


- Rebuild the towers by Deroy Murdock (National Review)
- If you want a fair trial, don't anger the White House (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Telling the truth isn't torture by Paulette Cooper (Washington Times)


TERRORIST THREAT


- A US concern: Pakistanis' arsenal (Boston Globe)
- Risk of attack on nuclear plants 'acceptably low', regulators say (Fox News)


SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION


- FBI rejects link between 9/11 terrorists, anthrax (NewsMax)


SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL


- Moussaoui trial put off 2 months (CNN)
- Moussaoui says he can ID hijacker (USA Today)


Pietro 7:39 AM

Thursday, August 15, 2002

IRAQ


- US letter to Arab leaders: 'There will be no turning back' (World Tribune)
- Kurdish leader offers to help US with Iraq invasion (Guardian)
- Will Iraq be an Afghanistan - or another Bay of Pigs? (Stratfor)
- Iraq orders Baghdadis to stay put (UPI)


SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH


- Massive claim for 11 September attacks (BBC)
- Pentagon reopens some offices (USA Today)


DETAINEES


- Judge issues stay in detainees' names case (Washington Post)


WAR ON TERROR


- Al Qaeda eludes financial clampdown (BBC)


CULTURE OF TERRORISM


- Boys in bin Laden shirts, others push for Islamic law in Indonesia (Arizona Republic)
- Pakistan accused of double standards on terror Straits Times


HOMELAND SECURITY


- Bush demands broad homeland powers (AP)


INVESTIGATION


- Bin Laden ordered pre-Sept. 11 assassination, ex-Taliban official says (Nando Times)


Pietro 6:16 PM

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

IRAQ


- Iraqi germ plant active (Washington Times)
- Iraqi opposition says it wounded Saddam's son (Reuters)
- Camps for 'Saddam's Cubs' train boys to defend Iraq (South Bend Tribune)


AXIS OF EVIL


- IRAN: Iran's Khatami says US creates 'war-like' tension (Reuters)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- Hamas boasted of Canada fundraising (National Post)


ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION


- Federal agents focus on NJ neighborhood in anthrax investigation (Fox News)


OPINION


- Bin Laden's innovations (Christian Science Monitor)


WAR ON TERROR


- Privatizing the cyberwar (Tech Central Station)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- Algerian pilot wants British apology over arrest (CNN)


OSAMA BIN LADEN


- US seeks hard facts on Osama's whereabouts (Hindu)
- Laden, Mullah Omar could be dead: Musharraf (Hindu)


SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION


- Germany still puzzling roots of Sept 11 attack (Reuters)


Pietro 8:49 AM

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

IRAQ


- Saddam willing to fight America to the last Palestinian (CNS News)
- Zapping Saddam (NY Post)
- Cleric forbids aiding US against Iraq (UPI)
- Weapons searches rejected by Iraqi (Washington Post)
- US Navy retracts denial of arms shipment to Gulf (Reuters)
- 4,000 US troops arriving in Jordan for major exercises (World Tribune)
- Rumsfeld: Iraq opposition see post-Saddam democracy (Reuters)


SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION


- RECOMMENDED READ: No one was sure if hijackers were on board (USA Today)


TERRORIST THREAT


- US received tip on Qaeda threats against landmarks (NY Times)
- Ex-trainee of al Qaeda says more attacks are likely (Boston Herald)
- Muslim radicals in Britain issue 'holy war' warning (Daily Telegraph)


HOMELAND SECURITY


- US to begin fingerprinting aliens (Washington Post)


OPINION


- Al Qaeda's fantasy ideology by Lee Harris (Wall Street Journal)
- Newark, N.J., airport gets its first wave of federal screeners, needs 850 more by November (Boston Globe)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- IDF: Arafat's personal assets worth $1.3 billion (Ha'aretz)
- Israeli Supreme Court blocks expulsion of terror suspects (USA Today)
- Peace activists holed up in terrorist's family house in bid to thwart demolition (Jerusalem Post)
- MI chief: terror groups trying hard to pull off mega-attack (Ha'aretz)


REMEMBERING 9/11


- Britain plans Sept. 11 memorial garden (Reuters)


OSAMA BIN LADEN


- New novel features bin Laden (Manila Business World)
- Bar plans bin Laden burning (UPI)


SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL


- US opposes Moussaoui trial delay (Guardian)


DIRTY BOMBER UPDATE


- 'Big fish' terror suspect looks more like minnow now, US officials say (Fox News)


AXIS OF EVIL


- IRAN: Rumsfeld: Iran aids al Qaeda moves (AP)


ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION


- Hatfill novel depicts terror attack (Guardian)


GITMO DETAINEES


- Delegation to visit Kuwaitis held in Guantanamo Bay (Voice of America)


Pietro 10:02 AM

Monday, August 12, 2002

IRAQ


- Israel will retaliate if Iraq strikes (UK Telegraph)
- Minister: UN inspections over (Washington Post)
- Saddam will go bio if we attack: Pol (NY Post)
- RECOMMENDED READ: 'I tracked Iraq's biological weapons' (BBC)


TERRORIST THREAT


- Threat prompts security boost on Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Terror threat overblown, says expert (UPI)
- Security still a concern for Karachi consulate (Reuters)
- FBI warns of exploding bulbs, stolen IDs (Fox News)
- Terror alert as man drives into BBC HQ (This is London)


ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION


- Doctor denies anthrax involvement (Washington Post)


DIRTY BOMBER UPDATE


- RECOMMENDED READ: And justice for all (Newsweek)


REMEMBERING 9/11


- RECOMMENDED READ: Bill Biggart's Final Exposures (Digital Journalist)
- A clamor for artifacts from terrorist attacks (Baltimore Sun)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- Saudis will keep terror suspects (Washington Times)
- Port bomb mastermind pleads guilty to conspiracy count (S Florida Sun Sentinel)
- Sept. 11 detainee still jailed with no evidence (Miami Herald)


INVESTIGATION


- Scams may supply funds for terrorists (San Francisco Chronicle)


OPINION


- Washington anoints Saddam's opposition (Wall Street Journal)


SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION


- RECOMMENDED READ: Terror attacks brought drastic decision: Clear the skies (USA Today)
- Officials trace al Qaeda operatives' rendezvous in Spain last year (Kansas City Star)


WAR ON TERROR


- War on terrorism: Broader role envisioned for special forces units (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- ALBANIA: Global crackdown: For Albania, war on terror starts at home (Detroit Free Press)
- PAKISTAN: Slain thugs were 'high' in al Qaeda (NY Post)


OSAMA BIN LADEN


- Report: bin Laden seen recently (Miami Herald)
- The great disappearing act (Guardian)


AL QAEDA


- Al Qaeda gearing up to attack Afghanistan (Pakistan News Service)
- Al Qaeda takes a new name: Report (Dawn)
- How al Qaeda site was hijacked (Wired)


SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL


- Jury to see pictures of all terror attack victims (Ananova)
- Moussaoui lawyers want trial delayed (CNN)
- Moussaoui sought information on crop-dusting course (MSNBC)


GITMO DETAINEES


- FBI profilers to Guantanamo (ABC News)


CLINTON AD NAUSEUM


- Clinton admits: I nixed bin Laden extradition offer (NewsMax)


HOMELAND SECURITY


- Terrorism summit planned in Atlanta (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
- Hosting terror (Baltimore Sun)


MUNICH 1972


- Relatives, athletes remember 11 killed at Munich Olympics (LA Times)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- Hamas says will target Israeli leadership (Reuters)


Pietro 6:40 AM



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