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...second threat to U.S. forces comes from volunteer fighters crossing into Iraq from Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia. "For those terrorist groups that have clearly stated they are going to conduct operations against the U.S., this is the place to come," said Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq. Their entry is hard to prevent...
...months, but he said recently that the U.S. was "slowly but surely" dismantling bin Laden's terrorist operation. As the hunt for Saddam Hussein intensifies, some U.S. officials are suggesting that the focus on the former leader of Iraq has come at the cost of eliminating the eccentric Saudi millionaire behind the 9/11 attacks...
...ranking personnel affiliated with former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. The dismissals are meant to secure the military's loyalty to the democratic government that succeeded Milosevic in 2000. As many as 200 lower officers may be fired as well, as the country seeks to gain NATO membership. Homeward Bound SAUDI ARABIA Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of a series of car bombings in Riyadh, in which one British citizen was killed and four other people injured in 2000, were released from a Saudi prison and deported to the U.K. The men, two of whom had been sentenced...
...monotone, without emotion except for an occasional smirk, Gaddafi described a new world order in which the U.S. and Libya were natural allies in the war against Islamic extremism. He said Libya would be a much better friend than a certain oil-rich Arab monarchy - an obvious reference to Saudi Arabia - that encourages religious fanaticism. Gaddafi insisted that Libya no longer supports terrorist groups and is not producing nuclear or chemical weapons, as the U.S. has alleged. "It has become a boomerang," Gaddafi said. "Anyone who has weapons of mass destruction, it will backfire against them. The world does...
...would ever be in public. And they add that Riyadh is finally beginning, after years of denial, to realize that it must pull its head out of the sand and actively join the war on terrorism. The May 12 bombings of two Western enclaves in Riyadh have moved the Saudi government to take the threat seriously. "Things were progressing on the counterterrorism front with the Saudis before May 12," said the former Bush aide, "and things have continued to get better since then." The former aide argues that the U.S. has an interest in maintaining that momentum and that...