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Friday, February 14, 2003
IRAQ
Battle lines drawn on day of decision (London Times)
Iraq bans weapons of mass destruction (Durham Herald-Sun)
Pope urges Iraq's Aziz to comply (CNN)
Time running out for Iraq - Straw (BBC)
McCain rips Iraq 'containment' (Washington Times)
Blix: No weapons of mass destruction found (Washington Post)
TERRORIST THREAT
False alarm? (ABC News)
Report: Alert level raised on evidence of two attack plots (KSAT-TV San Antonio TX)
Suspect bag evacuates Heathrow terminal (Austin American-Statesman)
FLASH: Nearing Red in DC (US News)
DC journalists have escape plans if nation's capitol is attacked (Washingtonian)
OPINION The case against Saddam Hussein by Bill Roe (Carolina Morning News)
...And why I will not by Dr. B Khalaf (Guardian)
Schools boost preparations for attack (Washington Post)
In the Belly of the Eagle by James S. Robbins (National Review)
The fuzzy ethics of nonlethal weapons (Christian Science Monitor)
CULTURE OF TERRORISM
Terrorists hijacked Islam, ex-leader of Pakistan says (Florida Times-Union)
Islam's other victims: Africa by Serge Trifcovic (Front Page Magazine)
AL QAEDA
RECOMMENDED READ: Al Qaeda talks back (DEBKA)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Heightened security: Scrutiny awaits returning Muslim pilgrims (Detroit Free Press)
Nerve agent kits given to Daytona first responders (Florida Today)
TERROR SUSPECTS
Son of radical Muslim cleric charged in break-in at London mosque (MSNBC)
DISSENTING VIEWS
France: Force against Iraq unjustified at this time (Washington Post)
China: UN must do all it can to avoid war on Iraq (Washington Post)
Pope tells Iraqi official he opposes war (Washington Post)
Springer opens door on politics (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Pietro 5:34 AM
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Thursday, February 13, 2003
IRAQ
Iraq inspectors find banned missile system (London Times)
War talk on Capitol Hill (CNN)
Powell to confront critics of Iraq war (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
Bush to rally sailors for possible Iraq war (Reuters)
Blair seizes on missiles as proof of Iraqi defiance (Reuters)
Experts confirm new Iraq missile exceeds UN limit (NY Times)
Virtual battleground (San Francisco Chronicle)
Iraq may strike first, US intelligence official warns (Channel News Asia)
Plan: US general to run Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
Air strategy for war 'timid' (Washington Times)
US counting on using only conventional weapons in Iraq - Rumsfeld (Space Daily)
Special operations units already in Iraq (Washington Post)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
New bin Laden tape claimed in Britain (AP)
Swiss won't verify "bin Laden" tape (SwissInfo)
TERRORIST 'THREAT'
Soda spill on lobby floor of FBI causes commotion
San Antonio air force base gate closed after bomb scare (NBC5I-TV, Dallas TX)
DISSENTING VIEWS
American stars slam Bush over Iraq at Berlin fest (Variety)
AXIS OF EVIL
N. Korea threatens US targets (BBC)
Japan threatens force against North Korea (BBC)
TERRORIST THREAT
Fearful Americans gird for attack (Globe and Mail)
Michigan Jewish groups on alert (KPLC-TV Lake Charles LA)
Hysteria runs riot; networks fuel the fear (Washington Times)
Man held in Gatwick grenade alert (BBC)
Terror fears on the rise (CBS News)
Washington, London on terror attack alert (Washington Post)
Health department urges hospitals to prepare for attacks (WABC-TV NYC)
WAR ON TERROR
Ashcroft cites progress in war on terror (Austin American Statesman)
'Scores killed' in Philippines fighting (BBC)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIALS
Judge grants the government a delay of Moussaoui's trial (NY Times)
Moroccan's defense team scorns evidence (Financial Times)
OPINION Learning faster by Glenn Reynolds (Tech Central Station)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Military patrols key US cities after terror warnings (Straits Times)
AL QAEDA
Al Qaeda's oil plot (ABC News)
Pietro 5:45 AM
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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
TERRORIST THREAT
Cheney keeps his distance from the President (yet again) (NY Times)
Tenet repeats terror warning (Fox News)
Heathrow airport open as threat assessed (Guardian)
Police: 'Suspicious' truck stopped on Whitestone Bridge (Newsday)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Bin Laden, unedited (Washington Post)
Germany says no proof bin Laden linked with Iraq (WHO-TV, Des Moines IA)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIALS
Defense opens at German 9/11 trial (AP)
9/11 suspect called willing in Germany (Guardian)
Sept. 11 suspect Moussaoui objects to trial delay (ABC News)
AXIS OF EVIL
US to ask Atom agency to chastise North Korea (NY Times)
North Korea rocket can hit US, CIA says (Washington Post)
TERROR SUSPECTS
German police conduct raid against suspected Islamic extremists (Voice of America)
Italy frees 28 terror suspects (Financial Times)
IRAQ
More than 38,000 reserves activated in past week (Anchorage Daily News)
Group gives tour of alleged terror lab (Contra Costa Times)
Murdoch praises Blair's 'courage' (Guardian)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Anti-aircraft missiles deployed around Washington (Reuters)
LACKAWANNA SLEEPER CELL
'Lackawanna Six' a test case for FBI (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
OPINION The inspections dodge by Khidhir Hamza (Wall Street Journal)
DISSENTING VIEWS
China opposes Iraq war, gives another hurdle (USA Today)
Pietro 8:43 AM
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Tuesday, February 11, 2003
TERRORIST THREAT
FBI, CIA believe mass-casualty al Qaeda strike more likely (Washington Times)
Soldiers boost Heathrow security (CNN)
NYPD bulletin warns cops to watch for 'improvised weapons' (Fox News)
Ridge stresses magnitude of threat (Boston Globe)
FBI, CIA chiefs outline terrorist threat (Fox News)
Hamas leader to Muslims: Attack Americans the moment war starts (World Tribune)
Heathrow 'missile plot' (Sky News)
Feds find poison plot vs Gulf troops (NY Daily News)
Officials looking at man in boat near SF-Oakland Bay Bridge (Mercury News)
IRAQ
Voters desert Blair over Iraq (London Times)
NATO crisis 'will not delay war' (BBC)
Iraqi intimidation (ABC News)
Iraq won't accept French and German plan for UN Peacekeepers (Bloomberg)
US starts sending staff out of country (Ha'aretz)
UN inspectors visit Iraq missile plant (Durham Herald-Sun)
ElBaradei: 'A change of heart' on Iraq's part (CNN)
US troops: Ready for a biochemical attack (Christian Science Monitor)
AXIS OF EVIL
US fears Iran has 'pretext' for nukes (Washington Times)
N. Korea decries US stance, crisis hurts South (ABC News)
BALI TERROR BLAST
How we did it: Bali bomber takes the stage (Sydney Morning Herald)
TERROR SUSPECTS
Air India bombing sentence a 'slap on the face' to victims (Calgary Herald)
WAR ON TERROR
Police and ASIO disrupted local Jemaah Islamiah, claims police chief (The Age)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIALS
White House seeks Moussaoui trial halt (Guardian)
Defense OK's Moussaoui trial delay (CNN)
'PEACE' MARCHES = COMMUNISM
The Next "Peace" protest will be brought to you by a Castro groupie (Front Page Magazine)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Powell ties 'bin Laden' message to Iraq (AP)
Bin Laden urges Iraqi suicide attacks (Washington Post)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Survival planning starts at home (USA Today)
Pietro 6:08 AM
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Monday, February 10, 2003
INCIDENT - TERRORISM Assassins kill Kurdish general (Raleigh News & Observer)
AXIS OF EVIL
Khatami says Iran mines uranium for nuclear plant (ABC News)
HOMELAND SECURITY
US prepares to widen surveillance powers (Financial Times)
New biometric ID cards may be needed to cross US border next year (CBC News)
IRAQ
US demands Iraq show cooperation by the weekend (NY Times)
GCC will send force to Kuwait (Dawn)
A city prepares for war (Asia Times)
Sept. 11 led to Iraq focus, Bush says (Tacoma News Tribune)
UN inspectors fail to win key Iraq concessions (Washington Post)
Kuwait refuses haven to refugees fleeing Saddam (Daily Telegraph)
Iraqi envoy says Baghdad accepts U2 flights (Reuters)
Bush: Iraq puts troops in civilian areas (AP)
Iraqi defends germ program to journalist (Newsday)
In a sign of growing division, Germany and France kept US in dark over plan to avert war (Guardian)
US leaflet tells Iraqis not to help Saddam flee (Reuters)
DISSENTING VIEWS
Opposing war not to be confused with anti-Americanism: Putin (Agence France-Presse)
Belgium vetoes US demands for NATO support for Iraq: official (Space Daily)
Pope is sending an envoy to Baghdad in effort to avert a war (NY Times)
Americans' opinions of France drop to new low (Gallup)
TERROR SUSPECTS
23 stowaways discovered in Camden (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Muslim charity director tried on terror funding case (CNN)
Al Qaeda operatives case: Court hears defense witnesses (Arabic News)
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Three would-be suicide bombers arrested overnight (Israel Insider)
Hezbollah to attack Israel during Iraq war (World Net Daily)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Bin Laden's relatives tried to use Hajj to get to Afghanistan (Canton Repository)
SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION
View of 9/11 conspiracy shifts away from Atta as sole leader (Pioneer Press)
WAR ON TERROR
Three killed as Muslim rebels mass in Philippines (Washington Post)
SEPTEMBER 11 TRIALS
RECOMMENDED READ: Everybody has a mother (NY Times)
TERRORIST THREAT
Truck carrying boric acid reported stolen (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Why the alert sign glows orange (Christian Science Monitor)
OPINION "Asymmetrical Warfare" & Just war by Michael Novak (National Review)
BALI TERROR BLAST
Bali attack 'targetted Australians' (BBC)
A list of pro-Iraq ("Anti war") 'peace' organizations
I didn't think I'd have to do this, but nobody wants to believe that this whole cockamamie thing is endorsed and sponsored by Communists, Islamic radicals, and left-wing loonies.
American Muslims for Jerusalem
HA!
To France, From Hans...
"The principal problem is not the number of inspectors but rather the active cooperation of the Iraqi side." - Hans Blix
Pietro 8:48 AM
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