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Stories from 2002-11-05

Four Nations Thought To Possess Smallpox

Barton Gellman | Washington Post | November 5, 2002

"A Bush administration intelligence review has concluded that four nations — including Iraq and North Korea — possess covert stocks of the smallpox pathogen, according to two officials who received classified briefings, [though] an authoritative official said there is 'no reason' to believe bin Laden succeeded in obtaining the smallpox pathogen." [more]

NATO Mulls Rapid Response

Robert G. Kaiser and Keith B. Richburg | Washington Post | November 5, 2002

"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization appears set to embrace a radically new military posture and strategy that would profoundly alter the shape and mission of the world's most significant military alliance, according to NATO officials here and government officials in a half-dozen European capitals." [more]

Analysis: New Front in War on Terror

STAFF | British Broadcasting Corporation | November 5, 2002

"An unmanned aircraft, operated by the CIA, tracked a suspect al-Qaeda vehicle in a remote corner of Yemen and then, at the command of the plane's ground controller, fired a missile which killed everyone inside. With this attack, the United States has opened up a new front in its war on terror." [more]

US 'Still Opposes' Targeted Killings

STAFF | British Broadcasting Corporation | November 5, 2002

"The United States has said it still opposes Israel's policy of targeted assassinations, despite its apparent use of the same tactic to kill six al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen on Sunday." [more]

US Strike Kills Six in Al Qaeda

Walter Pincus | Washington Post | November 5, 2002

"A missile fired by a U.S. Predator drone over Yemen Sunday killed six suspected al Qaeda terrorists in a vehicle about 100 miles east of the nation's capital, the first time the United States has used the unmanned weapon outside Afghanistan, sources familiar with the action said yesterday." [more]

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