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WHY IS BERT FROM SESAME STREET A BIN LADEN PHOTO COMPANION? (story below) OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN'S BIGGEST CITY IS AGAIN BEING ROCKED BY ALLIED BOMBING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The heaviest airstrikes yet in the four-day-old assault on the ruling Taliban are apparently aimed at finishing the crippling of airbases and some cities' infrastructure. There are reports of numerous waves of allied bombing around the city of Kabul as well as strategic targets elsewhere in Afghanistan. And reports of casualties among the family of top Taliban leader. It's been confirmed that the US dropped a number of "bunker-buster" bombs that burrow into caves and bunkers, aimed at "smoking out" the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. The next front on the war on terrorism may be the Far East. Or, as Israeki sources indicate, it could be against anti-Semitic groups. BIOTERROR CONCERNS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT A "white powdery substance" has reportedly been found in the mailroom at the State Department in Washington. The FBI is investigating, though there is little fear that the powder is dangerous, officials took no chances. Air conditioners at State were turned off and there have been conflicting reports on whether the building has been evacuated. One person is said to have reported nausea after exposure to the powder. VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY -- RUMORED ON INTERNET CHATROOMS TO BE DEAD BECAUSE HE HASN'T MADE A PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN MORE THAN A WEEK -- IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A PUBLIC APPEARANCE OCTOBER 17TH. A DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM ATLANTA TO CALIFORNIA WAS DIVERTED IN MIDFLIGHT Wednesday landing at a Shreveport, Louisiana airport under US fighter jet escort. A man was taken into custody for interfering with the flight; the other 147 on board are said to be all right. The plane continued on its destination Wednesday afternoon. NINE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER THE CRASH OF A PEN AIR FLIGHT IN ALASKA. One person is said to have survived but is in critical condition. The Federal Aviation Administration is calling the crash a "major event." THE CONTROLLING ENTITIES OF US DRINKING WATER FACILITIES ARE ASKING THE FEDS FOR FIVE-BILLION DOLLARS FOR UPGRADES AND SECURITY MEASURES. NATO'S SECRETARY GENERAL IS WARNING THAT TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE FACING BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS. NATO is sending warships to the Mediterranean after invoking "Rule Number Five," equating an attack on any NATO member with an attack on all nations. STREET PROTESTS HAVE BROKEN OUT around the world against the bombing of Afghanistan. AL-JAZEERA -- THE TV NETWORK THAT'S CHANGING THE MIDDLE EAST. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS RELEASED A LIST OF ITS 22 MOST WANTED TERRORISTS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS ADVISING US EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD TO STOCK UP on medical supplies to be used in case of anthrax attack. IRAQ SHOT DOWN AN UNMANNED US RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT TUESDAY; NOW THE US IS WARNING IRAQ: BEHAVE OR WE ATTACK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING ALL TELEVISION NETWORKS NOT TO RUN AN UNEDITED VERSION of terrorist Osama bin Laden's videotaped speech released Sunday because it could contain coded messages to terrorists. THE WASHINGTON POST SAYS THE AFGHANI TALIBAN IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY OSAMA BIN LADEN, THROUGH CHARITIES, CONTRIBUTIONS AND A LITTLE OF HIS LATE DADDY'S MONEY. A SESAME STREET CHARACTER ON A PHOTO OF TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN is puzzling many. There are undoctored photos of bin Laden posters taken by news photographers at pro-bin Laden rallies -- placards that include Bert, a famous Muppet character. No one seems to know why the puppet is included. CANADA IS SENDING TROOPS TO HELP THE ALLIED EFFORT. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S RECENT DECISION TO BACK A PALESTINIAN STATE ADJACENT TO ISRAEL MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM and the coalition needed to prosecute the war. The London Financial Times reports Saudi Arabia warned Bush ten days before 9/11 that US policies toward Israel were "untenable;" that may be the cause of the sudden US policy reversal. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PAKISTAN TOOK MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE TALIBAN Wednesday, seizing three helicopters and arresting their pilots. A PAKISTANI GENERAL IS REPORTED TO HAVE WIRED 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ONE OF THE 9/11 TERRORISTS. And the London Telegraph reports some Pakistani intelligence officials may be aiding the Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, which is now being bombarded by US-led airstrikes. THE TALIBAN HAS "MADE IT CLEAR" IT INTENDS TO INVADE UZBEKISTAN, which shares a northern border with Afghanistan. -- The Christian Science Monitor WHEN THE BOMBING CAMPAIGN WINDS DOWN LATER THIS WEEK, the allied plan is to move in ground troops. WHEN NATO AWACS PLANES ARRIVE IN THE US TO PATROL THE EAST COAST, it will be the first time the US has been guarded by European troops -- in this case, Germans. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT TERRORIST
OSAMA BIN LADEN IS ON THE RUN AND MADE A GETAWAY SUNDAY SHORTLY AFTER
THE ALLIED ATTACKS BEGAN. CHINA HAS CLOSED ITS BORDER WITH AFGHANISTAN -- China Daily IS THE US -- IN CONJUNCTION WITH FORMER ENEMY RUSSIA -- READY TO DEPLOY SMALL TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN AFGHANISTAN? The intelligence-based DEBKAFile website says yes. Specifically, small neutron bombs. BIN LADEN IS USING THE INTERNET TO SEND MESSAGES TO HIS IMMORIAL LITTLE MINIONS, THE WHITE HOUSE IS CONVINCED. -- The Drudge Report CHINA IS URGING TAIWAN TO ACCEPT THE "ONE CHINA" POLICY. It sounds like a vague threat. China has noted the absence of the reguular US warships stationed near Taiwan. A NORTHERN ALLIANCE OFFICIAL SAYS TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN USES AT LEAST FOUR DOUBLES to confuse Western intelligence. EDUCATION IS NO LONGER TOP OF THE LIST OF AMERICANS' PRIORITIES -- COUNTER-TERRORISM IS. -- USA Today NEARLY 40-THOUSAND DAILY RATIONS HAVE BEEN AIRDROPPED BY THE ALLIES TO AFGHANI CITIZENS suffering from a years-long draught and three decades of war. The airdrops, authorities say, will continue indefinitely. AN ENVOY FOR THE TALIBAN SAYS TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL ALIVE after the US airstrikes. THE US HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 THREATS AGAINST ITS INTERESTS IN BOTH THE MAINLAND AND AROUND THE WORLD, JUST DURING THE PAST 40 HOURS, according to US sources. MORE THAN 100 NATIONS ARE JOINING THE US FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AGAINST TERRORISTS, according to the Ottawa Citizen. TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN SAYS HE'S "NOT AFRAID OF DEATH," CLAIMS TO HAVE HIDEOUTS IN FIVE NATIONS FROM INDONESIA TO THE SUDAN. BIN LADEN'S HIGH-LIVING NIECE FLED HER NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT JUST WEEKS BEFORE 9/11. INSIDE TERRORISM -- AND THE EFFORTS TO FIGHT IT, from the London Sunday Times. MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ROUNDED UP, ALLEGEDLY SUSPECTS OR THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH TERRORISTS, according to US authorities. And the court proceedings are secret. THE WAR ON TERRORISM -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS WALKING A VERY THIN POLITICAL AND MILITARY LINE. -- The London Observer DOCTORS ARE JOINING HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY TOMMY THOMPSON, supporting the notion that medical professionals would be able to identify and control a chemical or biological attack. |
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OTHER NEWS: INVESTIGTORS IN BOCA RATON FLORIDA ARE CONFIRMING A THIRD CASE OF EXPOSURE TO ANTHRAX. A 35-year-old woman is hospitalized. She was among more than 700 people who worked at American Media who were tested for anthrax exposure. This is in addition to Bob Stevens, a tabloid editor who died from complications of anthrax exposure last week, and a 74-year-old man who worked in a tabloid mail room, who also been hospitalized. All three worked at Boca Raton-based American Media, publishers of the National Enquirer, the Sun, the Globe and other tabloids. In addition, three other people, one each in Virginia, St. Louis and Kansas City, are reported under observation for anthrax exposure because they visited the American Media building in Boca Raton. THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH PATIENTS COMPLAINING OF ANTHRAX-RELATED DISEASES because of the American Media outbreak. FBI AGENTS SAY THE BOCA RATON ANTHRAX OUTBREAK IS LIKELY A CRIME -- AND THE ANTHRAX MAY HAVE BEEN TRACED TO A 1950s ANTHRAX EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY IN IOWA. THE FBI SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN NO MORE ANTHRAX SPORES FOUND IN THE AMERICAN MEDIA BUILDING. The Justice Department is calling it a "criminal investigation." AS WORRIES ABOUT BIOTERRORISM ATTACKS MOUNT -- FUELED BY THE NEWS MEDIA -- AMERICANS ARE REPORTEDLY WILLING TO PAY 20 TIMES THE USUAL COST FOR ANTIBIOTICS. The fear of anthrax is reaching epidemic proportions, the Miami Herald reports. TEXAS RESEARCHERS SAY THEY'RE JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM AN ANTIDOTE TO ANTHRAX Two University of Texas professors, who've been working for five years on ways to defend against biological and chemical warfare, believe they've found an antidote to anthrax toxins, but say they need another few weeks of experiments to confirm the ability of the antidote to overcome the blood toxins produced by the bacteria. PRESIDENT BUSH AND HIS EDUCATION SECRETARY ARE URGING A SYNCHRONIZED RECITATION OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE Friday morning. THE DOW INDUSTRIALS WERE UP 188 points Wednesday to close at 9,240, up more than one thousand points since the lows just following the 9/11 attacks. The Nasdaq closed up 56 to 1656. WHOLESALERS' INVENTORIES WERE DOWN IN AUGUST. SO-CALLED "PAY FOR PERFORMANCE" SEARCH SITE GOTO.COM IS NOW OVERTURE.COM. GOODYEAR IS LAYING OFF UP TO SEVEN-THOUSAND JOBS according to Wednesday reports. (See The Layoff List, right) ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S BEST, THE DIRECTOR OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS AND THE GOODBYE GIRL HAS DIED. Herbert Ross, son of a postal clerk, was a dancer and choreographer who rose to movie director in the 1950s, later helming such distinguished films as Woody Allen's Play It Again Sam, Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, California Suite, The Goodbye Girl, The Turning Point and Boys on the Side. Cause of death has not been released. Herbert Ross was 74. COMEDIAN PAULA POUNDSTONE HAS RECEIVED FIVE YEARS' PROBATION after pleading no contest to child endangerment. She won't be allowed to have foster children again. THE AVERAGE AMERICAN'S LIFE EXPECTANCY IS AT A NEW HIGH -- almost 77 years. CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A MISSING 35-GALLON DRUM OF COMBUSTIBLE POWDER USED IN MAKING ROCKET FUEL. PORTLAND, OREGON -- City hall was evacuated Wednesday morning after a suspicious envelope was found; turned out it "posed no threat." NIGHTMARE IN HONG KONG: The economy is slipping so quickly under Chinese control that a record number of residents are committing suicide. THERE IS SPECULATION THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN may have been enraged at one tabloid housed in the Boca Raton building because it reported on bin Laden's failed efforts to woo an American woman. In that article, a writer noted that bin Laden had "underdeveloped sexual organs." PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTER JENNA BUSH'S UNDERAGE DRINKING CITATION HAS BEEN DISMISSED after she completed terms of a deferred sentencing in July. THREE SAUDI ARABIAN MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO OPEN AN EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW on a United Airlines flight Wednesday were simply confused, not terrorists, the FBI says. They were put off the plane. THREE OF THE MEN INVOLVED IN THE 9/11 HIJACKINGS SPENT THEIR LAST NIGHT IN BOSTON SEEKING ILLICIT SEX, Boston newspapers are reporting. A FORMER HIGH-RANKING ENERGY DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL IS BLAMING SECURITY LAPSES BY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION FOR THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS. THREE AMERICANS ARE WINNERS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS. THE US BORDERS ARE OPEN, according to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. But portions of the US-Canadian border are closed because of a bomb threat. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS NEW RULES FOR CARRY-ON BAGS: Only one such bag will now be allowed, in addition to a purse, briefcase, pocketbook or computer bag. VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY IS SPENDING HIS FOURTH DAY AT AN "UNDISCLOSED LOCATION" as a security precaution. He's said to be in good health and participating in planning and strategy sessions. Some say Cheney is the top planner of US strategy in the new war on terrorism. Chaney was seen at a White House news conference Saturday. PRESIDENT BUSH IS SAID TO BE "LIVID" about leaks to the news media about the possibility of further terrorist attacks in the US, specifically last week's remarks that there is a "100-percent" chance of more such attacks. As a result, further intelligence briefings will be reduced from all available members of Congress to just eight. FIVE EARTHQUAKES HIT GREECE MONDAY. TWENTY VIRGINIA RESIDENTS MAY BE AMONG THOSE DEAD AS HURRICANE IRIS HITS BELIZE. SYRIA IS CLAIMING "VICTORY" OVER ISRAEL after Syria was seated for the first time on the United Nations Security Council. ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY THE NATION IS READY SHOULD THE WAR ON TERRORISM TURN TO IRAQ. THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN GAZA following a second day of rioting. The Palestinians are asking Israel for help in controlling riots. O J SIMPSON IS BACK IN COURT in Florida, charged with battery in an incident described as "road rage." Prosecutors are calling for prison time. NEW PASSENGER VEHICLES AVERAGE 21 MILES PER GALLON. HITLER WAS GAY, according to an author's research. EX-PRESIDENT CLINTON IS CAMPAIGNING AGAIN -- for what office is anyone's guess -- saying his administration thwarted acts of terrorism many times and calling as always for more AIDS research and debt relief to help alleviate the poverty and depression that, as an Associated Press reporter put it, "creates disaffected people ripe for terrorists' arguments." 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