Word: uncleared
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...20th hijacker," enroll in flight school in the U.S. And intelligence officials think Hambali was the al-Qaeda leader who set up a 2000 meeting in Malaysia attended by several operatives, including two 9/11 hijackers. "Important people were there," says an intelligence official. "But precisely what was discussed is unclear...
...year by admitting that it had been pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program in violation of its 1994 agreement with Japan, South Korea and the U.S. But even as Pyongyang has flaunted its nuclear ambitions with increasing belligerence, the Administration's policy for responding to the threat has remained unclear...
...year ago, Dean was the outgoing Governor of the 49th largest state, a bewildering new presence on the campaign trail. Today he has a shot at winning his party's nomination. What's unclear is whether he has surged because contributors and poll respondents think he is a new kind of Old Democrat--a candidate who will finally revive the left--or because those contributors and respondents know the truth--he is a rock-ribbed budget hawk, a moderate on gays and guns, and a true lefty on only a few issues, primarily the use of U.S. military power, which...
...related development that demonstrates the geographical range and continuing vitality of JI, TIME has learned that an alleged senior JI operative, Zubair, was arrested in late July in southern Thailand along with a number of other suspected JI members. Although it's unclear what Zubair's exact role is, experts say that he is suspected of being a critical link in JI's financial dealings, with particular responsibility for operations in Cambodia and Thailand. Zubair is also suspected of having strong ties to al-Qaeda, although regional intelligence sources have been reluctant to discuss his case, which is being kept...
...raids on American convoys, improvised explosive devices that strike military vehicles, snipers and gunmen picking off soldiers one by one. As of today car bombs are in the anti-American forces arsenal. Whether this signals a shift in people or simply a change in tactics is unclear; U.S. commanders say they have reports of foreign terrorists entering the country, but this assault may turn out to be homegrown. Still, the deployment of car bombs, or that most sanguine of weapons the suicide bomber, as was used by the terrorists of Ansar al Islam in northern Iraq earlier this year, could...