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Friday, September 20, 2002

INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK


- Burqa-clad men fire on market (South Africa News24)


HOMELAND SECURITY


- Alert level may fall (USA Today)
- Mall of America to hold terror training exercise (KSTP-TV St Paul MN)


SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL


- Moussaoui pleadings release contested (AP)
- Sept 11 suspect grew up without religion: brother (ABC News)
- Brother implores jailed Sept 11 suspect to abandon 'ideology of hate' (AP)


IRAQ


- Saddam's move stunned both US and Israel, stalls war plans (World Tribune)
- Loyalty of Iraq's elite still in doubt (Guardian)
- Congress promises quick Iraq vote (Washington Post)
- Report: Military favors Feb. for Iraq strike (Reuters)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- US eyes pilot with ties to al Qaeda (Washington Times)
UPDATE: Report: Pilot linked to al Qaeda is in custody (WBAY-TV Green Bay WI)
- Denizens of possible terror site blase (Palm Beach Post)
- Man indicted on charges of mailing anthrax hoax letters to women's clinics last fall (Hartford Courant)
- Portugal police arrest wanted man (ABC News)
- Terror suspects spend $100,000 in casino scam (Toronto Star)
- US detains suspects from Sudan (Las Vegas Sun)
- Officials: Derwish was Qaeda 'conspirator' (UPI)


WAR ON TERROR


- Commandos calling the shots (San Diego Union Tribune)
- GERMANY: Germany bans 16 groups linked to Islamic militant (Fox News)
- AFGHANISTAN: US base in Afghanistan attacked (Fox News)
- DJIBOUTI: Djibouti residents welcome US terror-fighting forces (Fox News)


SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION


- Officials watched 9-11 plotters (Herald-Sun)


TERRORIST THREAT


- Scientists: Food supply vulnerable to terror (ABC News)
- US embassy in Jakarta warns Americans to be alert (Jakarta Post)
- FBI offers new Chechen terror link (Moscow Times)


AL QAEDA


- FBI says al Qaeda shifting wealth (Oakland Tribune)


OSAMA BIN LADEN


- October: Bin Laden is in Qatar (Arabic News)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- Arafat pleads for help after bombing (AP)


Pietro 8:48 AM

Thursday, September 19, 2002

INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK


- Tel Aviv bus bomb kills 6, hurts 49 (Miami Herald)


AXIS OF EVIL


- LIBYA: Minister: Libya willing to pay Lockerbie compensation (Ireland Online)


TERRORIST THREAT


- Southeast Asia unveils more terror plots (ABC News)
- FBI fears new deadly hijacking (NY Post)
- Threats, suspicious buckets prompt mall evacuation (MSNBC)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- Man sentenced for crimes, not Hamas beliefs (Oregonian)
- UK computer programmer in court on terror charge (Reuters)
- FBI was at the door (Newsday)
- Suspects arrested in Singapore planned attacks on US Navy (Fox News)
- Six held in anti-terror swoop (ITV)


IRAQ


- Rumsfeld says Saddam likely has stashed away evidence of weapons (Macomb Daily)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- Israeli tanks enter Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah after Tel Aviv attack (Boston Globe)


OPINION


- Sleepers play soccer by Mark R. Levin (National Review)


LACKAWANNA SLEEPER CELL


- Terror feast? (ABC News)
- Defense to argue alleged al Qaeda group no threat (ABC News)


WAR ON TERROR


- GERMANY: Germany bans 16 Islamic groups (CNN)


Pietro 6:49 AM

Wednesday, September 18, 2002

INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK


- At least one casualty killed in Israel bombing (ABC News)
- Bomb explodes at Palestinian school, hurting 5 children (NY Times)


AL QAEDA


- Bin Laden family passports found (CBS News)


AXIS OF EVIL


- CUBA: Castro suspected of giving false data for war on terror (Washington Times)


TERRORIST THREAT


- Terror cells at liberty to strike (Washington Times)
- Search for suspected plotters goes nationwide (Palm Beach Post)
- Explosives intercepted near US base (Washington Post)
- Terror warning over electronic equipment (New Scientist)


OPINION


- On Iraq, Thatcher knew best by Martin Sieff (UPI)
- The sky didn't fall by Amir Taheri (National Review)
- The weakness of the West by Rita Katz and Josh Devon (National Review)
- Al Qaeda's new home by B Raman (Rediff)


IRAQ


- Bush: Hussein promise fools no one (AP)
- Iraq's move sets game in motion (Christian Science Monitor)


INVESTIGATION


- FBI reportedly monitoring terrorist cells in at least 8 cities (Sacramento Bee)


HOMELAND SECURITY


- US rejects visa renewal for 150 students (Straits Times)


TALIBAN


- Afghan official says Taliban ex-governor arrested (Reuters)
- Osama dead, Omar alive, claims Karzai (Pakistan Frontier Post)


WAR ON TERROR


- Official: Pentagon shifting anti-terror war command (Miami Herald)
- YEMEN: US readies troops with eye toward Yemen (Hartford Courant)


THE QUESTION 'WHAT IF?'


- Panel to show info on 9/11 warnings (Hartford Courant)


GITMO DETAINEES


- Guantanamo Al-Jazeera (KWWL-TV)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- FBI to quiz Malaysian linked to Sept. 11 hijackers (ABC News)
- Indonesia questions German in terror investigation (Reuters)
- Local agents believe two men with ties to suspects are hiding in Yemen (WIVB-TV Buffalo NY)
- German arrests: No terror link yet (CNN)
- Pakistan arrests alleged mastermind of car bombing that killed 14 (Fox News)
- Al Qaeda plot to kill Megawati: US (Australian)


SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL


- New suspect complicates Moussaoui investigation (Pioneer Press)


RAMZI BINALSHIBH


- US hopes for new data from detainees (Boston Globe)
- US landmarks described on laptop (ABC News)


ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION


- Science slow to ponder ills that linger in anthrax victims (NY Times)


ISRAEL AND PALESTINE


- Elbit Systems wins deal to build Jerusalem electric fence (Ha'aretz)


Pietro 6:33 AM

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

HOMELAND SECURITY


- Tunnel considered near White House (Washington Times)


IRAQ


- Iraq to accept weapons inspectors (Washington Post)
- Text of White House response to Iraq (Washington Post)
- Havel endorses US line on Iraq (Washington Times)
- Iraq says it robbed US of reason to wage war (Reuters)
- US pilots get new orders over Iraq (Newsday)
- Marines' chem-bio team headed for Persian Gulf (NY Post)
- How close is Iraq to the bomb? (Christian Science Monitor)
- UN arms monitors ready to enter Iraq (This is London)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- Police official: Yemeni arrested with Ramzi Binalshibh identified as killer of Daniel Pearl (Oregonian)
- 'Cell' suspect blabs to feds (NY Post)
- FBI releases NY terror cell details (Fox News)
- Ontario government probes reports that terror suspects flew through Toronto (Ottawa Citizen)
- Coded messages led to arrests (ABC News)
- Afghan man held without bail while officials probe if he has terror links (FOX News)
- ETA leaders arrested, police say (CNN)


OPINION


- US must beat Saddam to the punch by Benjamin Netanyahu (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Shoney's, terrorism, and the price of vigilance by Keith Olbermann (Salon)


TERRORIST THREAT


- Tip about 'blowing things up' puts police on alert for 6 men (Miami Herald)


AL QAEDA


- New al Qaeda leaders emerging (WFTS-TV Tampa FL)


RAMZI BINALSHIBH


- US weighs tribunal for captured 9/11 attack suspect (Toronto Star)


SEPTEMBER 11 TRIAL


- Media organizations ask court to unseal Moussaoui's papers (Baltimore Sun)


WAR ON TERROR


- A breakthrough (Economist)
- TURKEY: US gives Turkey $200m for terror war (UPI)


AXIS OF EVIL


- NORTH KOREA: North Korea amasses chemical weapons (Washington Times)
- CUBA: Cuba takes to internet to refute US terror charge (Reuters)
- LIBYA, SUDAN: Sudan, Libya commit to tougher anti-terror laws (CNS News)


INVESTIGATION


- Suspected Twin Cities terrorist cell reportedly under investigation (KSTP-TV)


Pietro 6:36 AM

Monday, September 16, 2002

IRAQ


- Iraq 'will have nuclear bomb within months' (London Times)
- Doomsday plot (NY Post)
- US to Israel: You'll have warning on Iraq (Jerusalem Post)


TERROR ARRESTS


- FBI makes sixth arrest in Buffalo inquiry (NY Times)
- Singapore arrests 21 terror suspects, most linked to al Qaeda (Malaysia Star)
- Terror suspect nabbed in Bahrain (Guardian)
- Key arrests give boost to US antiterror efforts (Christian Science Monitor)


RAMZI BINALSHIBH


- Pakistan ready to surrender Sept. 11 suspect to US (Reuters)
- US blood 'all over his hands' (USA Today)
- Terror suspect likely to face US charges (Baltimore Sun)
- Key 9/11 suspect in custody, official says (CNN)
- Reeling in al Qaeda (Time)


OPINION


- While Bush leads against Iraq, Democrats dither by Morton Kondracke (Roll Call)


INVESTIGATION


- US tracks terror network calls (AP)


ANTHRAX INVESTIGATION


- Report: Copy machines spread anthrax in Fla. (Washington Post)


WAR ON TERROR


- YEMEN: Hunt for al Qaeda intensifies in Yemen (Buffalo News)


THE 'DIRTY BOMB'


- US wants action on threat posed by dirty bombs (Macon Telegraph)


SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION


- Three-minute discrepancy in tape (Philadelphia Daily News)


SEPTEMBER 11 AFTERMATH


- 3 NY subway stations open up for first time since terrorist attack (Philadelphia Daily News)


TERROR SUSPECTS


- Police spoke to US terror suspect (MSNBC)
- Swedish suspect to stay in custody (Guardian)


AXIS OF EVIL


- IRAN: 'War on terror' moves toward Iran (Christian Science Monitor)


GITMO DETAINEES


- Guantanamo Bay may become permanent penal colony, NYT says (Bloomberg)


OSAMA BIN LADEN


- Bin Laden dead, says comrade (Herald Sun)


Pietro 7:33 AM

Sunday, September 15, 2002

FLASH - TERROR ARREST


- Reconstruction of the raid where Ramzi Binalshibh was captured (AP)

TERROR SUSPECTS


- Confessions of an al Qaeda terrorist (Time)


IRAQ


- Saudis may change stance on Iraq (AP)
- Saddam Hussein trained al Qaeda fighters - Report (Reuters)


Pietro 3:28 PM



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