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...clear whether the group sought only refuge or planned to establish a new base of operations. On Sept. 24, a fuller picture finally began to emerge when Bangladesh's domestic intelligence agency arrested four Yemenis, an Algerian, a Libyan and a Sudanese at three houses in the upper-crust district of Uttara in Dhaka. Bangladeshi intelligence sources said they received information from "several" foreign agencies that the men?Abu Nujaid of Libya, Sadek Al Nassami, Abu Sallam, Abu Umaiya and Abul Abbas of Yemen, Abul Ashem of Algeria and Hassan Adam of Sudan?were involved in militant arms training...
...Democrats are going to take back the House, they need to win in places like Iowa's First District. Republican six-termer Jim Nussle has a big lead in the money-raising game. But the Dems have an impressive challenger in Ann Hutchinson, who hopes to become the first woman Iowans have ever sent to Congress...
...Portraits of Colin Powell and Jackie Robinson flank the entrance in his outer office. Dozens of elephant sculptures rest atop the room's bookcases and cabinets. A Quran and Bible sit on the shelf behind his desk. The Chief is a major in the District of Columbia Air National Guard and holds a PhD in Urban Studies and Criminology from Portland State University. The responsibility he holds - and feels - for protecting the community comes across in the gravity of his conversation...
...governor four years ago; she didn't like the head of the ticket. The Dems, in 1996, asked her to vie for Congress against Jim Leach; she figured he couldn't lose. But with redistricting last year, Leach moved west, leaving Nussle the man to beat in the First District. "He lost much of his rural base; 42% of the district's population is new for him," says Hutchinson. "And he's never won any of his races with more than 56% of the vote. This was the year...
...That was also the thinking of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which put Iowa's First District on its list of "vulnerable" Republican targets. And this wasn't just any Republican. This was the "righteous" Jim Nussle, who appeared on the House floor in 1991 with a paper bag over his head to express shame over the congressional bounced-check scandal...