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Whitener, having stood just 2 ft. from him, swears the man was Mohamed Atta, who investigators say hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 last month and flew it into the World Trade Center's north tower. "He asked a lot of really crazy questions," recalls Whitener. Among them were inquiries about...
Palestinian security officials tell TIME that hard-liners within Hamas promote the idea of breaking its tradition of targeting Israelis only and starting to hit Americans to show support for bin Laden and solidarity with Afghans. COINCIDENCE? Nabil Al-Marabh, the Boston cabdriver arrested in the post-Sept. 11 antiterror...
The impact on the travel industry has been dramatic. Asian airlines, already under pressure from higher fuel costs and slower economic growth, are warning of tumbling profits, reduced services and thousands of potential layoffs as flights to and from the U.S. fly half or even one-quarter full. Countries across...
The paranoia level has grown to the point that airlines sometimes are throwing people off flights simply because nervous fellow passengers deem them "suspicious." When an Indian passenger told an American he was a bass guitarist, which another traveler misheard as "Bosnian terrorist," he and another Indian flying with him...
ISRAEL Sharon Irks the U.S. as a Truce Crumbles In a week that saw the softening of U.S. pronouncements on the Middle East, both Israel and militant Palestinians trashed a week-long cease-fire, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon engaged in a war of words with Washington. Israeli troops launched...