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...Authorities have cast doubts on speculation that the terrorists were part of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, saying they appeared to be home-grown religious fanatics. Still, Monday's attack bore some of al-Qaeda's hallmarks. Though the size of the bombs was relatively small and they did not appear to be carried by suicide attackers, the operation featured simultaneous explosions designed to produce maximum headlines as well as casualties...
SHERRY WESLEY, an employee at a Santa Ana, Calif., civic building to whom a homeless man handed a wallet with $900 that he had found in a nearby trash bin. Wesley tracked down the owner, who rewarded the man with...
...battle plan, the military has raised some doubts; one officer estimates that as many as 1 in 3 senior officers questions the wisdom of a pre-emptive war with Iraq. The reasons aren't surprising: the U.S. military is already stretched across the globe, the war against Osama bin Laden is unfinished, and even if the march to Baghdad goes quickly, a long postwar occupation looks inevitable. The military's assessment of the chances of success are less optimistic than those of the Administration's theologians. So the sessions produced an inevitable compromise between soldier and politician...
...first to Franks and then joins a conference call with Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell. Focused as he has been on Iraq, the Secretary isn't preoccupied: his influence is felt across the board, on arms control, China policy, the North Korean crisis and the still fruitless hunt for bin Laden. He has backed the creation of the Homeland Security Department and jump-started a military command to support its work. But he drew the line when Congress pressed the President to place all U.S. intelligence assets, including military intelligence, under CIA control. Among those in the Bush inner circle...
...Unfortunately, this is far too simplistic: Osama bin Laden is still on the loose, and there is no omnipotent detective to bring him in. Though “Kingdom” can entertain at times, it completely misses the mark...