We're getting close to Osama: Faisal
DUBAI, Aug 12: Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Thursday said that his country's capture of top Al Qaeda suspects has brought Islamabad closer to the arrest of the terror network's chief, Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan has already penetrated the network, he said. "Undoubtedly, we have received some information and all the arrests at the Al Qaeda leadership level bring us closer toward reaching the desired objective," Mr Faisal told Al-Arabiya satellite television.
He said Pakistan's objective "is not only the arrest of Osama and (his number two Ayman) al-Zawahiri, but also the final uprooting of this network and its collaborators.....
http://www.dawn.com/2004/text/top4.htm
2 TURKISH MEN JUMP OFF SHIP DOCKED IN CONN., SEARCH UNDER WAY
Updated: 1:39 pm EDT August 13, 2004
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- State homeland security and U.S. Coast Guard officials were searching the waterfront Friday for two Turkish men who jumped off a ship docked in New Haven harbor.
"We are looking at it as a security incident," Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Alan Blume said.
Two crew members were discovered missing early Friday morning from a Turkish ship bringing steel into the harbor, Blume said. They apparently made off with two life vests, which were discovered on shore Tuesday, he said.
Blume said Coast Guard officials were searching the ship Friday afternoon. The vessel was legally in the harbor and had filed all appropriate paperwork, he said.
New Haven police Sgt. Ariel Melendez said city police are on the lookout for the men. Trooper One, the state's helicopter, was also called to assist the search.
Connecticut Homeland Security Director John Buturla, who was briefing state lawmakers on the state's security situation when the search began, said he was receiving regularly updates from officers at the scene.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/3652312/detail.html
But Sadr is telling them to attack us!