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...Kurdish factions--all of whom have a vested interest in feeding anti-Saddam propaganda. CIA officials, while not ruling anything out, say meaningful ties between Saddam and bin Laden are tenuous at best. Members of Congress who have been well briefed have seen no smoking gun. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, a Foreign Relations Committee member who has warned against a pre-emptive strike, insists, "Saddam is not in league with al-Qaeda. Of course he cheers and encourages them. But I have not seen any intelligence that would lead me to connect Saddam Hussein with al-Qaeda...
...nearly a year, Washington's mushrooming aviation-security apparatus has concentrated on keeping anything that looks remotely like a weapon off airplanes. A G.I. Joe's toy gun. A granny's knitting needle. Everyone's nail clippers. Yet now the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is on the verge of a curious reversal. Next month the U.S. Senate is expected to pass legislation authorizing pilots to carry guns on planes...
...combination of government bungling, rare cohesion among airline unions, a push from the enthusiastic National Rifle Association and a little-known historical precedent for cockpit guns has turned an idea few thought would pass into a virtually done deal. Although Bush Administration officials and air-safety experts strongly opposed arming pilots, their resistance has been overwhelmed by a bipartisan wave of support. In July the Republican-led House approved, by a 197-vote margin, a plan that would give a gun to any pilot who volunteered for and could pass weapons training. Now that the bill has locked up backing...
...even onboard explosions have not caused planes to crash. Luckey says pilots would be physically, psychologically and financially screened before being authorized to pack heat, then trained by the FBI and closely monitored on and off duty. "There isn't a pilot out there who wants to carry a gun," says Luckey. "But a weapon is another piece of emergency equipment...
...police came under fire from ethnic Albanian gunmen. Serb farmers, and U.N. police guarding them, were attacked in the village of Gorazdevac, about 90 km west of the provincial capital Pristina. No one was hurt, but the situation was brought under control only after a two-hour gun battle. ZIMBABWE Dumbing Down An independent radio station in the capital Harare was destroyed in an explosion. Staff at the Voice of the People station said they suspected that the building was bombed, though police would not confirm this. The incident, in which no one was hurt, comes after claims...