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While making discreet diplomatic overtures to Iran, the U.S. is more openly safeguarding its relations with other nations that have a stake in Iraq's future. On the margins of the NATO summit in Prague last week, Bush met with Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to confirm that the U.S. did not want to see Iraq's borders changed. The Turkish government is worried that Iraqi Kurds will be so overjoyed if Saddam is defeated that their mood will infect the Kurds in Turkey, rekindling demands for autonomy from Ankara. As sweeteners, Bush reaffirmed American backing for Turkey...
...pretended to have the expertise?and what happened to the other 700 kg of fertilizer that suspect Amrozi purchased? Most important of all, where are the true masterminds behind the Bali bombings: the bomb builder and his bosses, the conceptualizers and the funders of the operation? Regional intelligence sources confirm to TIME that Indonesian police have few clues as to the whereabouts of three critical suspects in the blasts, whose identities have not been officially revealed. These men make up what one intelligence expert referred to as the "top tier of the operation, the real generals, not the foot soldiers...
...officials confirm that there is an ongoing investigation into whether Omar Al Bayoumi, a Saudi who befriended two 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf Al Hazmi and Khalid Al Midhar, when all three were living in San Diego, funneled money or other support to them. The investigation has concluded that Bayoumi, now in England, had no idea the pair were Al Qaeda terrorists and aided them only out of hospitality. But the FBI is still trying to sort out his sources of funds, some of which, other officials now tell TIME, came through third parties with links to the Saudi Royal family...
...begged The Court to call his roommates to testify to his character. Gilkey said they would confirm he was a “good boy, always in bed before they stopped playing cards...
...other members reinforced the need to address the budget deficit and confirm plans before parents enroll their children in elementary schools next fall...