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...other monograph, on terrorist financing, reveals a financial connection between hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi and Saudi national Yazeed al-Salmi, who was among the hundreds of foreign nationals detained in the United States in the aftermath of the attacks. Although he underwent extensive questioning by the FBI, Salmi never disclosed that he gave future hijacker Hazmi $1,900 in travelers checks in September 2000, according to the commission. The report says investigators learned of the connection later, after Salmi had been deported, when a check of Hazmi's back records showed that in September 2000 he deposited...
...message. Carnahan, who focused his resources on television ads that would hit the entire district, was no area’s top choice. He finished second in the St. Louis City, second in St. Louis County and second in Jefferson County. Press reports from the campaign’s aftermath hint at a simple thesis: By avoiding stands that would alienate either liberals or conservatives, Carnahan became the consensus candidate; nobody loved him, but nobody couldn’t stand...
...California the wildfire season generally ramps up slowly, and the largest fires usually don't arrive until fall. But this year is different, says Riverside County fire captain Rick Vogt, surveying the aftermath of a blaze that swept through the rural community of Sage, 80 miles from San Diego, with unseasonal intensity late last month, blackening more than 3,500 acres. Fire fighters this time were able to contain the flames, but next time they may not be so lucky. A five-year drought has left this always arid region even dryer than usual, and when the hot Santa...
Spirits generally began to turn around in the spring, in the aftermath of Israel's assassination of the two most senior leaders of Hamas. Israelis waited fearfully for the revenge attacks predicted by the Islamic group's leaflets. Surely there would be new additions to the litany of intifadeh attacks. But the assaults never came. If Hamas couldn't unleash a wave of terror after losing its two top men, Israelis figured their army and security services must have been able to rein in the threat. Cafes began to snap back to life...
Somehow the thought of returning to watch the convention’s evening slate of speakers didn’t seem nearly as interesting in the immediate aftermath...