Wednesday, July 09, 2003 Good News for Good People
Found via Lucianne:Afghans See ProgressIt takes an Afghan, someone who knows that this country was one of the world's poorest and least-developed even before it was devastated by two decades of fighting, to see a picnic as a sign of something larger. It also takes an Afghan to note that it's a stretch to try to compare the situation and lessons learned here with what the United States and its coalition partners now face in Iraq, where some object to the presence of foreign troops and the temporary control of their country by U.S. bureaucrats. | U.S. Army Baits Ambushers With Own Troops
The suspected assailant on the roof was cut in half, Bailey said.
"He ain't there no more," he said. | US nabs Mohammed Atta's suspected Iraqi contactA suspected Iraqi intelligence operative, who may have been in contact with leading September 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta, has been captured by US troops in what is seen as an important breakthrough in the probe of al-Qaeda's foreign ties, a US official announced.
Former Iraqi envoy to the Czech Republic Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani was taken into custody at an undisclosed location in Iraq on July 2, said the official who spoke to AFP on condition on anonymity. |
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