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...permits to transport hazardous materials. Law enforcement's fear: that they were part of an al-Qaeda plot to turn a chlorine or liquid-gas truck into a bomb on wheels capable of killing tens of thousands. The men turned out not to be terrorist linked. But with Osama bin Laden vowing to use weapons of mass destruction in the U.S. and claiming he has sleeper cells in place, it's hard to argue that the Haz-Mat 22 weren't worth some intense scrutiny...
...widely derided, the Justice Department offered a new justification: that some of the detainees were members of "sleeper cells" and that law enforcement did not want to tell the enemy which of its agents were out of commission. "We might as well mail this list to the Osama bin Laden al-Qaeda network as to release it," Ashcroft said...
...another." Javed says a hulking man pulled him aside and offered some advice: "You can't stay in here. You better get your ass out of here." The words were punctuated with punches to Javed's face. Soon other prisoners joined in. Some called him names, including "bin Laden." One attacker promised that "this is the first round, and there are going to be 10 rounds for you today...
...significantly reduce U.S. dependence on Middle East sources of oil. (Now is it clear why we are becoming friendly with Russia?) Do you think Saudi Arabia is upset by this? The whole economic structure of the Middle East will change if America gets most of its oil elsewhere. Maybe bin Laden saw this as the final straw: the U.S. once again upsetting the applecart in the Middle East. BILL BURNS Fulton...
...Osama bin Laden's jihad was proclaimed in the name of a past that never existed in order to attain a future that can never be. Islam's golden age was one of tolerance, which the terrorism of today can never reclaim. GORDON S. FOWKES Sugar Land, Texas...