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...didn't have to go find a safe house. They didn't have to go construct anything. They didn't have to rent a truck. They didn't have to load the truck. They didn't have to drive it to some place. All they had to do was hijack an airplane." They made it look so easy, you wondered if the only reason the U.S. has not seen a hijacking in 20 years was because hardly anyone was trying. It's a wonder why not; the Microsoft flight simulator and Fly! II--the two most popular simulators for personal...
...only ones making the Bin Laden connection. His Taliban hosts rushed to express their condolences to the U.S. and proclaim their Saudi guest incapable of an attack of such sophistication. But it is precisely the level of training and investment in an operation that required men to simultaneously hijack four planes in different cities and skillfully pilot and navigate them to their targets that makes Bin Laden a prime suspect. The attack appears to have been beyond the known capability of the Palestinian terrorist groups whose supporters took to the streets Tuesday to celebrate the gruesome event...
...police struggle to contain a dramatic upsurge in armed robberies. In the 10 months from August last year, 273 civilians and 84 police have died at the hands of gangs of thieves. Some of the gangs have as many as 50 members, who attack residential areas, raid banks and hijack cars. The crime wave, attributed to high levels of unemployment and the easy availability of small arms, has spread out of Nigeria's commercial capital to other cities. INDIA The Worst Monsoon for 50 Years The eastern state of Orissa was counting the cost of floods following two weeks...
...There are, of course, vehement objections to the far-reaching order, which many see as the President's bid to hijack the legacy created by Teddy Roosevelt's use of similar executive orders at the turn of the century. Others accuse the President of last-gasp politicking in an attempt to boost his own profile on way or another - if the floundering Mideast peace talks won't give cement his legacy, critics gripe, perhaps he thinks this move will...
...mirror. This time, it was the Bush camp's James Baker saying it was "very, very gratifying" that the U.S. Supreme Court had "indicated a willingness and an interest in hearing this very, very important case." And it was the Gore campaign charging that a court was trying to hijack the will of the people...