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Doubts surround inquiry into Sept. 11
WASHINGTON -- On Feb. 14, leaders of the Senate and House intelligence committees unveiled an ambitious plan to conduct a joint inquiry into the intelligence failures surrounding Sept. 11. No guns for pilots, Bush aide advises Guns aren't needed because cockpit doors have been fortified and pilots are supposed to land immediately during a hijacking attempt, the head of a transport security agency says. Terrorists to get major weapons, Rumsfeld says WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a Senate committee Tuesday that terrorists will "inevitably" obtain weapons of mass destruction, issuing the latest in a series of warnings from the Bush administration about the likelihood of future attacks and leaving security officials and ordinary citizens wondering what to do. U.S. report calls Iran leading terror sponsor WASHINGTON -- Libya and Sudan have moved to distance themselves from terrorism and cooperate in the American-led battle against militant groups but have not yet done enough to be removed from a U.S. list of seven governments sponsoring terrorism, according to an annual State Department report released Tuesday. Fighting terror notebook House acts to pay '98 embassy victims Franks: Afghans building a nation The general expresses caution but hopes to have the country's new army, under U.S. training, in the field in six months. Canada bringing ground forces home from Afghanistan TORONTO -- Canada announced Tuesday it was withdrawing its 800 ground troops from Afghanistan this summer, ending their six-month mission. Bush cheers deep ties with Europe The president, warning Europeans about Iraq, begins a trip to the Continent today. Kashmir moderate assassinated The killing comes as India and Pakistan edge toward war over the divided Kashmir region. Sharon refuses to relent in dispute with parties JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continued to play hardball Tuesday with two ultra-Orthodox parties a day after he fired their Cabinet ministers for helping to defeat the government's economic austerity plan in Parliament. N.Y. keeps calendar clear for Sept. 11 NEW YORK -- The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center will be all but empty. The banquet rooms at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel won't echo with the usual dinner and speechmaking din. And tents for the city's fall fashion shows probably will go up later than normal. From AP: special links on the terrorist attacks and aftermath • Sharon and Arafat: Old foes on parallel paths • FBI's Most Wanted terrorists • Afghanistan in Depth • Panoramic view of tragedy • Satellite view of Ground Zero • Flashpoint: Afghanistan • Multimedia Coverage of the Terror Attacks • Latest News on the Terror Attacks • Updated List of Victims • Terror Attack Multimedia Gallery • Terror's Path: An Interactive Map • Missing: A Multimedia Essay • Terror Attack: Minute by Minute • Terror Attack: Tower Collapse • Terrorists Attack: Video Gallery • Aftermath Photo Gallery • Day of Terror Photo Gallery National headlines [an error occurred while processing this directive]
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