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Saturday, March 01, 2003

FLASH - TERROR ARREST

- Source: Suspected 9/11 mastermind caught (Guardian)
- Pakistan says to send al Qaeda suspect to US (Washington Post)

Pietro 1:53 PM

Friday, February 28, 2003

INCIDENT - TERRORISM

- Karachi consulate shooting kills 2 (CNN)

This is perhaps the funniest parody of anti-war losers yet.
"How many people do you think will die if America attacks Saddam? It will probably be less than the number of people he kills in a single month." - Assos Hardi, Iraqi journalist

DISSENTING VIEWS

- Ivanov: Russia ready to veto U.S.-British resolution on Iraq to protect `international stability' (AP)
- Dems angry over Iraq war cost estimates (AP)
- Anti-war stands worry some Democrats (AP)

ASSENTING VIEWS

- Nobel laureate urges Europe to confront Saddam (AP)

IRAQ

- Iraqi soldiers defecting (Washington Times)
- Barksdale B-52s head out as part of anti-terror effort (Times-Picayune)
- Airlines fear financial impact of any Iraq war (Washington Post)
- Sneaky Saddam says he'll give up missiles - someday (NY Post)
- Get out now, reporters told (NY Daily News)
- Blair dismisses Saddam's 'games' (Guardian)
- Arabs wash their hands of Saddam (Asia Times)

OPINION

- Maoists for "peace" by John Perazzo (Front Page Magazine)
- Why the US is going to war (USS Clueless)
- RECOMMENDED READ: Slander! by Rep. JD Hayworth, R-AZ (National Review)

SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION

- Remains of 2 Sept. 11 hijackers identified (CNN)

HOMELAND SECURITY

- FBI: Airplane scanning area for signs of terrorist links (WRTV-TV Indianapolis)

WAR ON TERROR

- AFGHANISTAN: US winds down anti-Taliban drive in S. Afghanistan (ABC News)

TERRORIST THREAT

- Britain pulls embassy staff from Yemen (CNN)

Pietro 5:51 AM

Thursday, February 27, 2003

"The regime of Saddam Hussein is vicious and has to be removed as a first step. After that, reformers in other countries will take heart and the balance of power will shift to trade liberalization, democracy and human rights. Above all, the youth of the Middle East will be liberated once and for all." - Mohammed bin Issa Al Jaber, Saudi hotel magnate
"If you're at a peace march and the guy next to you is holding up a sign saying Bush is Hitler put the peace thing on hold for a second and beat his ass." - Dennis Miller

SEPTEMBER 11 TRIALS

- Sept 11 suspect Moussaoui wants to torture Ashcroft (Reuters)

TERRORIST THREAT

- We have 25kg of cyanide says terror group (New Zealand Herald)
- ALERT: Islamist Website: An Imminent Terrorist Attack (Possibly by Al-Qa'ida) Within "About Ten Days" (Apparently in the U.S.) (MEMRI)

DISSENTING VIEWS

- Guru would join Pope in front of bombs (GoMemphis)
- Russia eases Iraqi stance (Washington Post)

IRAQ

- Bush says new Iraq could trigger Mideast peace (Reuters)
- Turkey puts off parliamentary vote on US troops (Reuters)
- Dictator deception (ABC News)
- Divided Security Council meets on Iraq (ABC News)
- Iraqi troops move toward Baghdad (MSNBC)
- Kurd urges Iraqi unity against Hussein (Fox News)

WAR ON TERROR

- AFGHANISTAN: 'Drumbeat' on Iraq? A response to readers (Washington Post)
- Dan Rather's soft serve by Tim Graham (National Review)
- Protesters with bloody hands by Max Boot (LA Times)

AXIS OF EVIL

- NORTH KOREA: Reactor started in North Korea, US concludes (NY Times)

TERROR SUSPECTS

- College student arrested for possible terrorist ties (KPVI-TV Pocatello ID)

HOMELAND SECURITY

- US to lower terror level to yellow (ABC News)

WTC BOMBING 1992

- The bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City (Interpol)

Pietro 8:01 AM

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Due to technical issues with blogger, terrorismupdate will be publishing a partial day's news items.

"I had a few questions for the marchers. Did they not realize that oppression, torture and massacre of innocent civilians are also forms of war? Are the antiwar marchers only against a war that would liberate Iraq, or do they also oppose the war Saddam has been waging against our people for a generation?" - Fadel Sultani, President, National Association of Iraqi Authors

INCIDENT - TERRORIST ATTACK

- Suicide bomber in northern Iraq kills 3 (ABC News)

WTC BOMBING 1992

- On this day (NY Times)

IRAQ

- US and Saudis agree on cooperation (Washington Post)
- Bush mocks Saddam on weapons disclosure (Guardian)
- 'Hundreds of thousands of troops' to occupy Iraq, says US general (Independent UK)
- Iraqis in Syria fear US will again abandon war against Saddam (The State)
- Report: Saddam refuses exile (UPI)
- Support for Iraq war grows: poll (AAP)

OPINION

- If antiwar protesters succeed by Anonymous, Iraqi defector (Christian Science Monitor)
- Who would choose tyranny? by Michael Kelly (Washington Post)
- You can't 'contain' Saddam by John Howard (Wall Street Journal)
- War for peace? It worked in my country by Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor (NY Times)
- Voice of Iraqis by Amir Taheri (National Review)

SEPTEMBER 11 INVESTIGATION

- Evidence emerges of a broader 9/11 conspiracy in Germany (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

TERROR SUSPECTS

- Yemen arrests armed man at U.S.-run hospital (Reuters)

TERRORIST THREAT

- Cyanide letter threat to cup (New Zealand Herald)

CULTURE OF TERRORISM

- Tolerating intolerance (Tech Central Station)

Pietro 10:07 AM

Monday, February 24, 2003

""I think the Iraqi government is potentially putting us in a dangerous position." - Australian 'human shield' who decided to return home

DISSENTING VIEWS

- Actor George Clooney frustrated by US war drive (Washington Post)
- France opposes second Iraq resolution, source says (Washington Post)
- Germany pleads war cost to escape deficit fine (London Times)

ASSENTING VIEWS

- War talk from Kid Rock (NY Daily News)
- Remarks by An Tánaiste and Leader of the Progressive Democrats, Mary Harney, T.D. at Limerick Progressive Democrats Party Lunch [ed: concerning Iraq] (Progressive Democrats, Ireland)
- Fla., DC rallies support Iraq war (Tuscaloosa News)

SAMI AL-ARIAN

- Alleged terrorist met with Bush advisor (Washington Post)
- Hiding in plain sight (Newsweek)

IRAQ

- 'I'd like to go on' (Time)
- Exclusive: The defector's secrets (Newsweek)
- Major warns of Iraq dangers (Reuters)
- US ready for war in three weeks (Australia News Interactive)
- 'Human shields' begin deploying in Iraq (Washington Post)
- Iraq seeks talks to save its stock of barred missiles (NY Times)
- Iranians eager for Hussein to be ousted (LA Times)
- Turkish troops move to Iraq border (Boston Globe)
- Iraq shipping large crude cargoes, violating UN rules (Dow Jones)
- NAM nations call on Iraq to comply (CNN)
- IRAQI-AMERICANS URGE US TO OUST SADDAM (Detroit News)
- Iraqi snubs Israeli paper (Boston Globe)
- What did Schroeder know and when did he know it? - German intelligence knew about poison laboratories (Der Spiegel, translated by Shark Blog)

OPINION

- A perfectly moral case for fighting for Iraq's oilfields by Nicholas Boles (London Times)
- The antiwar movement in my 'hood by Mark Goldblatt (National Review)

AXIS OF EVIL

- IRAN: Top Iranian defector on Iran's collaboration with Iraq, North Korea, Al Qaeda, and Hizbullah (MEMRI)

TERRORIST THREAT

- Kuwait arrests 3 for planning attacks on US (ABC News)
- Afghan urges attacks against US (ABC News)
- Iraqi drones may target US cities (Fox News)

OSAMA BIN LADEN

- Top Afghan official says bin Laden, Omar likely hiding out in mountains (Canoe)

TERROR SUSPECTS

- Target: Zarqawi (ABC News)

AL QAEDA

- China connection (ABC News)

Pietro 6:17 AM

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