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Stories from 2002-03-17

Analysis: Al Qaeda's Grocery Lists and Manuals of Killing

David Rohde and C.J. Chivers | New York Times | March 17, 2002

"Documents obtained by The New York Times tell a rich inside story of the network of radical Islamic groups that Osama bin Laden helped assemble in Afghanistan." [more]

Church in Pakistan Is Attacked, Killing Five and Wounding 40

Raymond Bonner | New York Times | March 17, 2002

"This was the most deadly attack in which American civilians were killed since Sept. 11. There has been a surge of sectarian killings of Shia doctors in recent weeks in Karachi, Pakistan, long know as a city with considerable crime and violence. The American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi in January and then killed." [more]

Saudis Rebuff U.S. Plans to Confront Iraq

Alan Sipress | Washington Post | March 17, 2002

"Vice President Cheney's campaign to reinvigorate the anti-Iraq coalition ran into more resistance today when he arrived in Saudi Arabia, perhaps the most crucial stop of his 11-country Middle East trip, for talks with the kingdom's influential leaders." [more]

US, Allies Plan New Attacks

Thomas E. Ricks | Washington Post | March 17, 2002

"The U.S. military and its allies are planning new attacks on several pockets of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters believed to be hiding in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. commander of ground operations in the war said today." [more]

US, Taliban Hold Secret Talks on POWs

STAFF | Frontier Post | March 17, 2002

"Taliban have announced their willingness to release 18 US troops in exchange for all prisoners detained at Guantánamo island." [more]

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