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  • Rumsfeld More Modest on Terror Goals

    The U.S. campaign against terrorism will not completely eradicate it, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says. Full Story

  • Bush formally launches “campaign against terrorism”

    While American troops prepared for war, President Bush formally notified Congress of his decision to deploy combat forces “to a number of foreign nations” and said additional deployments are under consideration. Full Story

  • War on Terror Advances on Financial Front

    Of the many fronts in the war on terrorism it was the backroom campaign to starve militants of funding that looked most active Tuesday, as banks around the world came under pressure to freeze suspect assets. Full Story

  • Interpol Issues Warrant for Key Bin Laden Aide

    Interpol Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Osama bin Laden&#039s right-hand man at the request of Egyptian police authorities, the international police organization said in a statement. Full Story

  • Terrorist probe turns toward Europe

    Four people were detained in Paris Tuesday in connection with a planned attack on the U.S. Embassy in the French capital and other U.S. targets in France, police said. Full Story

  • U.S. Unsure on Going Public With Proof

    The Bush administration is debating how much secret intelligence, such as electronic intercepts and reports from agents, it should release in an effort to prove that Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden was responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, administration officials said yesterday. Full Story

  • U.S. Nuke Plants Seen Vulnerable to Terrorism

    The 103 nuclear power reactors in the United States are vulnerable to acts of terrorism, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other government agencies must impose stricter safety measures to protect the facilities, two watchdog groups said Tuesday. Full Story

  • French police detain more Islamist militants

    French police on Tuesday detained four more suspected Islamist militants in the Paris region on orders of anti-terrorist judges probing extremist networks in France. Full Story

  • Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Taliban

    Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that it had cut all ties with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, further isolating the central Asian nation as it braces for military strikes by the United States. Full Story

  • Bite the bullet and target Iraq

    “We&#039re looking for links” between Osama bin Laden&#039s al-Qaida terrorist group and Iraq&#039s Saddam Hussein, said Colin Powell yesterday. So far, the US secretary of state can see “no clear link” between Bin Laden&#039s forces in Afghanistan and the America-hater publicly laughing at our grief in Baghdad. Full Story

  • Wargame exposed gaping hole in Pentagon strategy

    When terror came out of a clear blue sky on September 11, some of the Pentagon&#039s top brass were given a jolting reminder of a wargame they had recently played. In the game, the US was pitted against a zealous, decentralised terror organisation very like Osama bin Laden&#039s al-Qaida, and the US lost. Full Story

  • The Nature and Nurture Of a Fanatical Believer

    What Jerrold Post wants you to understand is that, as new and frightening as the war against terrorism may appear, the psychological dynamics of the terrorist himself are essentially the same as those America battled in World War II and other conflicts of the 20th century. Full Story

  • Up to 11,000 trained in Bin Laden terror camps

    The worldwide inquiry into the terrorist attacks on America has identified Osama bin Laden&#039s chief of operations in Europe and has linked him to a series of atrocities carried out by the Bin Laden network al-Qaida, it emerged yesterday. Full Story

  • Tidy end to terror probe is doubtful

    As the investigation into the recent terrorist hijackings approaches its third week, one thing is becoming clear: Those who expect distinct milestones and a not-too-distant completion could find themselves badly disappointed. Full Story

  • What to Fight for

    IN EXPLAINING TO Americans the war he would lead against terrorism, President Bush on Thursday described the enemy as heir to the “murderous ideologies” against which this country fought for most of the last century: fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism. Full Story

  • Radio station cans exclusive with Taliban leader

    Voice of America, the publicly funded US international radio station, decided not to broadcast parts of a rare interview with the leader of the Taliban after coming under pressure from US government officials, it emerged yesterday. Full Story

  • Bin Laden funded by bogus charities

    THE clues to how Osama bin Laden was funding his terrorist operations were revealed during a terrorist trial in Manhattan, but US investigators took no action. Full Story

  • “Homeland defense” won”t be easy

    “Civil defense” conjures images of blackout curtains, backyard bomb shelters, and kids huddled under school desks for “duck and cover” drills. In today&#039s world of massive terrorist attacks, defending the homeland is likely to mean much more. Full Story

  • U.S. Initiates New UN Measures Against “Terrorism”

    Taking its “war on terrorism,” to the United Nations, Washington pressed on Monday for U.N. Security Council action to stop the financing and harboring of “terrorists and terrorist networks,” council sources said. Full Story

  • West ponders aid to Afghan opposition

    Afghanistan&#039s anti-Taliban forces stepped up their military campaign Monday as Western powers and Russia considered how to aid the opposition movement. Full Story

  • Russia outlines how it will cooperate with U.S.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia has worked out how it will aid the U.S. campaign on terrorism — going so far as to exchange intelligence, but stopping short of allowing U.S. warplanes to use Russian airspace or airports. Full Story

  • Taliban leader: U.S. demands “unacceptable”

    Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban prepared for war Monday by calling up 300,000 troops as their supreme leader called U.S. demands to hand over suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden “unacceptable.” Full Story

  • Mubarak Says Awaits U.S. Proof on Attack Blame

    Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Monday that he backed the United States in its “war on terrorism” but that Washington had yet to come up with proof of who was behind the deadly September 11 attacks. Full Story

  • FBI, INS Arrest, Detain Over 350 People in Probe

    The FBI and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service have arrested or detained more than 350 people in the investigation into the Sept. 11 hijacked airplane attacks on U.S. landmarks, Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Monday. Full Story

  • Ashcroft faces congressional worries over proposed law changes

    Proposals to expand law enforcement powers to combat terrorism may run into congressional roadblocks after concern was expressed Monday about the possible trampling of constitutional rights. Full Story

  • U.S. readying to present proof against bin Laden

    The Bush administration plans to offer proof this week that Osama bin Laden was behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Full Story

  • Hijacking expert hiding in Iran

    JACK STRAW will begin his goodwill mission to Tehran by asking the whereabouts of one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, who is believed to be hiding in Iran. Full Story

  • Ashcroft asks Congress for tools to stop terrorism

    Warning that “the American people do not have the luxury of time,” Attorney General John Ashcroft called on Congress Monday to quickly approve a legislative package he said would help authorities combat terrorism. Full Story

  • Dead Saudi Hijack Suspect Resurfaces, Denies Involvement

    A Saudi Arabian aircraft pilot who was named as one of five suspects on board one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Centre, has turned up alive and well in Morocco. Full Story

  • 2 Men Accused of Helping Hijackers

    Two men have been charged with helping three of the hijackers in the terrorist attacks fraudulently obtain Virginia driver&#039s licenses last month, prosecutors said Monday. Full Story

  • Bin Laden Calls on Pakistanis to Defend Afghans

    A Gulf Arab satellite television station Monday quoted Afghan-based Osama bin Laden, the top suspect in Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, as urging Pakistanis to defend Afghanistan against U.S. “infidel forces.” Full Story

  • Build on global unity born out of terror – by Kofi Annan

    The terrorists who attacked the United States on Sept. 11 aimed at one nation, but wounded an entire world. Rarely has the world been as united as it was on that terrible day. Full Story

  • Terrorists” attack tactically unsound

    STANDING IN the Navy hallway of the National War College the other day, considering the large painting of American battleships sinking at Pearl Harbor, I wondered whether other nations&#039 military institutions so prominently display images of their national humiliations. Full Story

  • U.S. Extends Ban on Crop-Duster Planes

    The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it had extended a ban on the use of crop-duster and agricultural planes in the United States until Tuesday due to “national security reasons.&#039&#039 Full Story

  • Kazakh Leader Offers Full Support for U.S. Strike

    Kazakhstan became the first ex-Soviet state to promise practical support to the U.S. war on &#039&#039terrorism&#039&#039 on Monday, offering its strategically vital aerodromes and bases for a potential strike on Afghanistan Full Story

  • Life Inside Al Qaeda: A Destructive Devotion

    The soldiers of Al Qaeda move seamlessly from nation to nation, continent to continent, changing names, passports, entire identities time and again. Full Story

  • Taliban: Killing Bin Laden Would Not End “Terrorism”

    The United States cannot win its “war on terrorism” by killing Osama bin Laden and should focus instead on withdrawing from the Gulf and ending its bias in the Middle East, the Taliban leader said Monday. Full Story

  • Bush Freezes Terrorists” Assets

    Calling it a “strike on the financial foundation&#039&#039 of terrorists, President Bush signed an executive order Monday freezing the assets of 27 individuals and organizations. He demanded foreign banks follow suit. Full Story

  • TIME Exclusive: An Inside Job?

    Sources Tell TIME that US officials are investigating whether the hijackers had accomplices deep inside the airports&#039&#039secure&#039 areas Full Story

  • Clinton sent hit squad for bin Laden

    US SPECIAL forces launched a secret mission to capture Osama bin Laden two years ago after President Clinton authorised his assassination. Full Story

  • Tehran agrees to back US coalition against terrorism

    THE US-led coalition against Osama bin Laden tightened its net round the fugitive terrorist leader yesterday as Afghanistan’s neighbours signed up to the fight against terrorism. Full Story

  • NEWS ANALYSIS EU Solidarity Declaration Gives Both Sides a Victory

    The European Union summit meeting&#039s expression of “total solidarity” with the United States&#039 war on terrorism essentially means that its members have bought into a first-phase American military strike in which Europe&#039s nations can choose their own level of risk and engagement. Full Story

  • U.S. to Reveal Evidence of bin Laden”s Role

    U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that Washington would soon share with its allies evidence showing that Osama bin Laden was the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. Full Story

  • America aims to topple Taleban

    THE Bush Administration stated for the first time yesterday that it was exploring ways to topple the Taleban regime in Afghanistan. Full Story

  • In War on Terrorism, Unseen Fronts May Be Crucial

    As the buildup of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region gathers steam, the Bush administration is pursuing its war on terrorism along less traditional fronts as well, moving to freeze terrorists&#039 assets, pressuring their state supporters through diplomacy and putting in motion covert operations against their networks. Full Story

  • Former Carlos the Jackal associate says attacks on US were ‘easy’

    In the opinion of Anis Naccache, the catastrophic suicide attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon was “one of the easiest operations in the world.” And he should know. Full Story

  • Box cutters found on other September 11 flights

    The complex investigation into the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington gathered more strands of evidence over the weekend, leading authorities to several parts of the world. Full Story

  • Officials Say U.S. Embassy in Paris Target for Attack

    Intensifying their efforts to identify extremists who may be part of a worldwide network targeting the United States, European authorities said Saturday that they discovered suspected bomb-making chemicals in an apartment above a North African restaurant in Brussels. Two men were arrested, and officials said terrorists planned to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Full…

  • New Hope for Peres, Arafat Truce Talks

    Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres may hold truce talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as early as Monday after Washington stepped up pressure for the meeting to help it build an anti-terror alliance. Full Story

  • India, Pakistan hail lifting of U.S. sanctions

    India and Pakistan have welcomed the lifting of U.S.-imposed sanctions as both countries commit to an international campaign against terrorism. Full Story

  • Bush team doubts claims bin Laden missing

    As the United States continued Sunday to ply its diplomatic and intelligence contacts throughout the Middle East and South Asia with a combination of tough talk and tangible rewards, President Bush&#039s top security advisers readily dismissed claims by Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban that al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was nowhere to be found. Full Story

  • Taliban Says Bin Laden Missing; U.S. Maintains Demand

    Afghanistan said on Sunday Osama bin Laden, prime suspect in the devastating attacks on the United States, could not be found but Washington maintained its ultimatum to the ruling Taliban to surrender him or face military strikes. Full Story

  • Rumsfeld: U.S. Is Positioning Forces Around World

    The United States is positioning military forces around the world to fight a war on terrorism that will involve more than Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday. Full Story

  • Contact Lost with Unmanned U.S. Spy Plane, Rumsfeld

    Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld confirmed Sunday the U.S. military had lost contact with an unmanned spy plane deployed as part of a massive effort to retaliate for attacks on the United States. Full Story

  • Arafat-Peres Truce Talks Off Again

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon canceled truce talks with the Palestinians Sunday, despite world pressure to cool a year-long conflict as the United States tries to build an anti-terror coalition. Full Story

  • Rumsfeld: U.S. could hit countries besides Afghanistan

    U.S. forces are being positioned to address “a worldwide problem” in an anti-terrorist campaign that could involve strikes on countries besides Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday. Full Story

  • Sand Trap: Indiscriminate Bombing of Afghanistan Would Play Directly Into Bin La

    In his powerful address before Congress last Thursday, President Bush correctly defined the threat of terrorism. And he correctly characterized the motivation of Osama bin Laden, the presumed evil genius of terrorism. Full Story

  • CIA gets go-ahead for a return to murderous Cold War tactics

    US intelligence agencies are preparing for a return to covert operations of the kind that made the CIA notorious during the Cold War. Full Story

  • Islamic Nations Isolate Taliban

    As moves by Afghanistan&#039s neighbors thrust it toward total diplomatic isolation, President Bush appeared to gain additional support from Russia on Saturday in building ties with anti-Taliban resistance forces. Full Story

  • We must respond – wisely

    The United States and her allies must prosecute a war against terrorism, but we should be prepared for all consequences Full Story