Word: intentioned
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...police arrested Ben Khemais in an apartment outside Milan, but he was not in possession of any chemicals. Believed to be head of logistics for Osama bin Laden's operations in Europe, he was convicted last week and sentenced to five years in prison for criminal association with the intent to obtain and transport arms, explosives and chemicals. It was the first conviction in Europe of a suspected al-Qaeda operative since Sept. 11. Now Italian officials are trying to determine whether a link exists between Ben Khemais and the Moroccans and, if so, whether they share any tactics...
...been captured. Abdullah was the first to be found. Acting on a report from one of his spies that Abdullah was hiding out in Khulshalabad, a hamlet to the west of Mazar with his wife, son and daughter, Anwar paid a visit. He told the people the Americans were intent on hunting down every al Qaeda member. "If you don't give him up the Americans will bomb you," he told them, "They aren't just going to go away." Abdullah surrendered within 24 hours. A Saudi and former Taliban intelligence officer, he was considered quite a catch. When Anwar...
...Europeans protest, with some justification, that the U.S. prefers peacemaking to peacekeeping. U.S. bombs and cruise missiles helped "pacify" the Balkans, but it is the Europeans who have the task of making sure the peace endures. Fair enough in Europe's backyard, but not in Afghanistan - where Washington seems intent on bowing out of the process of "stabilizing" the country, the better to train its sites on the next target, Iraq...
...Khemais, also known as Saber, was convicted in Milan late last week of criminal association with the intent to obtain and transport arms, explosives and chemicals. In January, he was convicted in absentia by a Tunisian military court for belonging to a terrorist organization operating overseas. The conviction and five-year sentence for Ben Khemais, who is suspected of heading Osama bin Laden's European logistics operations from Milan, is the first guilty verdict in Europe related to al-Qaeda since Sept. 11. Three other Tunisians received sentences of up to five years from the Italian court...
Electronic scanners could not read those ballots and so they were not included in the initial count. But later during the recount, election officials used human counters to examine the ballots and determine the voters’ intent...