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...counterparts to collaborate in finding "two or even three other teams" of suicide bombers that could be part of the Pakistani-led networks responsible for the London attacks. Jacquard says European investigators, on the basis of their experience in cracking the cell that carried out last year's terrorist strike in Madrid, believe the support network behind the London bombings might include as many as 30 members, "and they've been told it's possible that they're on their way to France or other European countries." Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the conspiracy may reach into...
DIED. MICKEY OWEN, 89, All-Star catcher of the 1930s and '40s best known for an infamous play that helped the New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1941 World Series; in Mount Vernon, Mo. In the ninth inning of Game 4, Owen dropped a third strike against the Yanks' Tommy Henrich that would have ended the game and given the Dodgers the win. Instead, the Yanks went on to win 7-4 and took the series 4 games...
...DIED. JAMES STOCKDALE, 81, candid, self-deprecating U.S. Navy Vice Admiral who earned the Medal of Honor for his rare courage in Vietnam, and who later ran for Vice President beside Ross Perot; in Coronado, California. After leading the first U.S. air strike into North Vietnam in 1964, he was captured and imprisoned the following year at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton," where he was brutalized repeatedly over seven-and-a-half years and held in solitary confinement for four. Stockdale inspired fellow POWs, including the future Senator John McCain, with his motto "Unity Over Self" and his remarkable defiance...
Those who track jihadists can't tell you where or when the next strike will come, not least because the West's war on terrorism has deprived al-Qaeda's "leaders"--even Osama bin Laden (especially Osama bin Laden)--of the ability to move or communicate effectively. U.S. intelligence officials say 75% of al-Qaeda's top bosses have been killed or captured. Today, says French terrorism expert Roland Jacquard, "the most militant groups are forming on their own initiative, on the margins of the movement ... They certainly aren't going to wait for the fatwas permitting attacks on civilians...
DIED. JAMES STOCKDALE, 81, candid, self-deprecating Navy vice admiral who earned the Medal of Honor for his rare courage in Vietnam and later ran for Vice President with Ross Perot; after a battle with Alzheimer's; in Coronado, Calif. After leading the first U.S. air strike into North Vietnam in 1964, he was captured and imprisoned the following year at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton." As the senior officer, he was singled out by captors, who brutalized him repeatedly over 71/2 years and held him in solitary confinement for four years. Inspiring fellow POWS, including Senator John McCain, with...