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Wednesday, October 16, 2002 D.C. SNIPER TERROR Police suppress terrorism angle ATF official: Releasing descriptions of Mideast suspects would cause 'panic' Posted: October 16, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Paul Sperry © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – Several witnesses to the Beltway sniper shootings over the past two weeks have described suspects resembling Middle-Eastern men, but authorities have played down the Islamic terrorism angle to avoid mass "panic" in the area, an ATF official told WorldNetDaily. "That angle is actually being looked at, and the FBI has the lead on it," said the official, who is working with the sniper-murders task...

Sniper Attack Yields Detailed Clues Tue Oct 15, 3:46 PM ET By ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press Writer FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - An FBI (news - web sites) analyst who assessed terrorist threats was identified Tuesday as the ninth person killed by the Washington-area sniper, shot in the head in an attack investigators say has yielded the most detailed clues yet in the hunt for the gunman. For the first time, witnesses were able to give information about license plates on vehicles seen fleeing the scene, including a light-colored Chevrolet Astro van with a burned-out rear taillight. A law...

MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS GRUNDY, Va., Jan. 17 — A former law student who is accused of killing his dean, a law professor and another student told a judge Thursday that he is sick and needs help. PETER ODIGHIZUWA shuffled into Buchanan County General District Court in leg chains, surrounded by police officers. Hiding his face behind his green arrest warrant, Odighizuwa told Judge Patrick Johnson, “I was supposed to see my doctor. He was supposed to help me out. ... I don’t have my medication.” Odighizuwa, a 43-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Nigeria, went to the Appalachian School ...

<p>"I think all women oughta carry a cell phone and a three-fifty-seven. Loaded." So declares a woman interviewed by The New Republic's Michelle Cottle.</p> <p>That statement seems to sum up the post-Sept. 11 attitude toward gun control. Things were already tough for the gun-control movement. Convinced that Al Gore's strong anti-gun stance had cost the Democratic Party the 2000 election, the Democratic Leadership Council had already called for a softer line on gun control. Bill Clinton and former White House spokesman Joe Lockhart had pronounced Gore's stance a mistake. Meanwhile, product-liability suits brought against gun manufacturers were failing miserably in courts from New York to California.</p>

Oct 24, 2001 Taliban Detains 100 People for Questioning, Reportedly Threatens to Execute U.S. Agents The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have detained more than 100 people in the southern city of Kandahar and threatened to execute anyone helping the United States, a private news agency reported Wednesday. "As per Mullah (Mohammed) Omar's decree, anyone found working for enemies will be executed after a summary trial," the South Asian Dispatch Agency quoted Mullah Abdul Razzak, an official of the Taliban interior ministry, as saying. On Wednesday, Taliban soldiers armed with rocket launchers and Kalashnikov rifles drove ...

<p>Will Antiterror Laws Pass Court Scrutiny? For the most part, yes. BY KENNETH W. STARR Sunday, October 21, 2001 12:01 a.m. EDT Both the House and Senate have passed legislation aimed at better arming law enforcement in the struggle against terrorism. As differences between the two bills are being ironed out, questions are being raised about whether all the rules that will emerge from Congress will survive scrutiny by the Supreme Court.</p>

SAS troops are preparing to join American special forces in a swoop aimed at devastating terrorist training camps in Afghanistan under plans for a swift retaliation for last week's outrages.

IRVING, Tex., Sept. 14. Two Men with box cutters, hair dye and a large amount of cash who were seized by federal authorities on an Amtrack train in Fort Worth on Wednesday remained in custody today for immmigration violations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.... The authorities confirmed that the two men were flying to San Antonio from Newark when their plane made a stopover in St. Louis on Tuesday. After federal officials halted air traffic in response to Tuesday's hijackings, the men continued by train toward San Antonio until they were taken into custody during a routine drug patrol, ...

"I don't buy the notion Air Force One was a target," said Meehan. "That's just PR. That's just spin." Meehan's Office number: 202-225-3411

"I don't buy the notion Air Force One was a target," said Meehan. "That's just PR. That's just spin." Meehan's Office number: 202-225-3411

They are without shame. On the morning that the World Trade Center was razed by terrorist attacks, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn defended the use of explosives in the New York Times. "I don't regret setting bombs," Ayers told the Times. "I feel we didn't do enough."

Starting with the downing of the US Navy spy plane, the neocons at the Free Republic web site have been rattling sabers regarding the People's Republic of China. Many 'Freepers' were especially enraged by articles such as Lew Rockwell's 'China Is Right' and Karen DeCoster's 'Dance with the War Mongers.' Now, with the announcement by President Bush regarding sale of advanced weaponry to Taiwan, there are open calls for war on Free Republic. .... my friends at Free Republic are making the same sad mistakes that their fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers made. They are falling under the gradual spell of ...

"Are you for or against GUN CONTROL?" Notice the default to "I'M FOR GUN CONTROL"

"Are you for or against gun control?" Go to righthand side; notice the default "I'm for gun control".

TO: RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS Petition in Support of HB 401. We, the undersigned, declare our support of HB 401, Which is aimed at establishing state uniform standards for The issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms in the State of Illinois.

What's Your Final Analysis of the Supreme COurt's Election Decision?

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A federal judge Saturday refused to throw out about 2,400 overseas ballots, most of them cast by military personnel, that were received up to ten days after the Nov. 7 election.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 27 - Vice President Al Gore placed his last hope of gaining the presidency in a lawsuit filed today that contests the results of the presidential election in Florida, asking a circuit court judge to declare him the winner and award him the state's 25 electoral votes. .... He is probably not the judge the Gore team would have picked if it had had a choice...

What Should Al Gore Do Now?

What Should Al Gore Do Now?