Suspected Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center
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Foreign governments likely backed terrorists, Ashcroft says
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft said Wednesday the terrorists behind the attacks on the United States likely received support from foreign governments and that it was too early to tell if surprise arrests in Michigan were a major break in the case. 09/19/01
Bush seeks support from world leaders
WASHINGTON -- President Bush urged world leaders Wednesday to aid the United States openly or even secretly in a campaign against terrorism and those responsible for last week's attacks in New York and Washington. 09/19/01
Combat aircraft sent to Persian Gulf area
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon on Wednesday ordered combat aircraft to begin moving to bases in the Persian Gulf area, the first concrete sign of preparations to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks, a senior defense official said. 09/19/01
Pakistan's president asks nation to back cooperation with U.S.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. plans against suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden were not yet finalized but reassured his nation Wednesday there was no intention to target Islam or the people of Afghanistan. 09/19/01
Afghan clerics discuss possible holy war, bin Laden's fate
KABUL, Afghanistan -- As hundreds of Islamic clerics met Wednesday to discuss the fate of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the Taliban criticized Washington for unfairly vilifying the terrorist suspect, but said Afghanistan was willing to meet with U.S. officials to discuss the matter. 09/19/01
Terrorists had bigger plan
WASHINGTON -- Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft raised the possibility Tuesday that the suicide airplane attacks a week ago in New York and Washington may have been only part of a larger terrorist plan. 09/19/01
Suspects have pilot credentials
WASHINGTON -- Nearly one-fourth of the 223 people who are being sought for questioning by the FBI in connection with last week's terrorist hijackings are certified pilots, student pilots or aircraft mechanics, a USA TODAY study of federal documents indicates. 09/19/01
Visa system is vulnerable
WASHINGTON -- How did they get in? 09/19/01
U.S. plans wide war on foes of freedom
WASHINGTON -- The United States will "drain the swamp" terrorists live in, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday, which means going after -- in one way or another -- countries that provide them havens and support. 09/19/01
 Sayed Salahuddin / Reuter A group of Afghans wait for a bus. Many have begun fleeing Kabul amid growing expectations of a U.S. attack.  |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- For those who know Afghanistan, the looming U.S. military strikes have provoked a bewildering question: How can anyone find a military target in a land of mud villages, wrecked buildings, parched fields and hungry people? 09/19/01
Bin Laden's financial empire is worth millions
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Ostrich raising in Kenya. Forestry interests in Turkey. Diamond trading in Africa. Bridge construction in Sudan. Agricultural holdings in Tajikistan. 09/19/01
New York City afraid of what's to come
NEW YORK -- Some see a quick return to a sort of normalcy. 09/19/01
Pentagon scales back search effort
ARLINGTON, Va. -- A week after a Boeing 757 jumbo jet slammed into the Pentagon, officials scaled back the search and recovery effort Tuesday. 09/19/01
Urban legends pop up in attack's wake
NEW YORK -- Did you hear about the police officer who miraculously "surfed" debris down a collapsing World Trade Center tower? How about Satan's face revealed in smoke billowing from the doomed buildings? 09/19/01
Businessmen among those who died
Some of those killed in terrorist acts Sept. 11: 09/19/01
U.S. to use might, wealth to win war
WASHINGTON -- The United States has vowed to use its economic as well as military might to win allies and intimidate foes in its new war against terrorism, and Bush administration officials are studying a mix of trade measures, sanctions, loans and aid they plan to wield. 09/19/01
Saudi help expected in terrorist campaign
WASHINGTON -- The United States will push Saudi Arabia for special help as it launches a worldwide campaign to fight terrorists. It wants the Persian Gulf nation to contribute influence over its Arab neighbors and information about Islamic radicals. 09/19/01
Both sides agree to cease-fire in Mideast
JERUSALEM -- In the first significant steps toward a Mideast truce, Israel has promised not to launch strikes on the Palestinians after Yasser Arafat on Tuesday ordered his forces to prevent attacks on Israelis and to hold back from responding to fire. 09/19/01
Afghans told: Be ready for holy war
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's Taliban rulers discussed conditions for possibly extraditing Osama bin Laden to a country other than the United States, a Pakistan government source said today. 09/18/01
Bush seeks broad global coalition to fight terrorism
WASHINGTON -- President Bush reached out to world leaders to build a global coalition "to fight terrorism on all fronts" Tuesday, even appealing for help to Cuba and Sudan, with which the United States has tense relations. The administration also readied financial aid for battered U.S. airlines. 09/18/01
Arab world increasingly wary about military retaliation
AMMAN, Jordan -- A week after terrorist strikes demolished the World Trade Center and punched a gaping hole in the Pentagon, there is growing alarm and thinly veiled resentment in the Arab world at the prospect of U.S.-led military retaliation aimed at Osama bin Laden. 09/18/01
Rumsfeld says military campaign will be long and hard
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld stated in stark terms Tuesday the difficulties the American military will face in trying to root out terrorists and their support networks. 09/18/01
Diplomats descend on Washington to extend sympathy, talk over situation
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has been in contact with Sudan and Cuba -- both on the U.S. terrorist list -- in search of cooperation in last week's terrorist attacks, the State Department said Tuesday. 09/18/01
FBI slowly pieces together terrorists' plot, support
WASHINGTON -- The FBI has meticulously pieced together a broad terrorist plot, securing evidence the hijackers trained for months or years without raising suspicions in the United States, received financial and logistical support from others and identified additional targets for destruction. 09/18/01
New York pauses to remember dead
NEW YORK -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Tuesday that there was little chance of finding anyone alive in the smoldering wreckage of the World Trade Center as the city paused to remember the thousands feared dead. 09/18/01
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