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...North Korean military hardware?perhaps even through a naval and aerial blockade?has become a key component of U.S. efforts to contain the nuclear threat. On his recent swing through the Middle East, Bolton made it clear to his hosts that the U.S. expected support for a plan to interdict North Korean arms shipments in the air and on the high seas. The controversial plan was first aired during a mid-June meeting in Madrid between representatives of 11 countries: the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain. North Korea's arms sales "finance...
...researchers examined the coronavirus genome and developed a theoretical compound that could act as a protease inhibitor. By searching for compounds with a similar chemical structure, they quickly found an existing cold drug called AG7088, developed but never marketed by the drug company Pfizer, that might similarly interdict the coronavirus? protease?giving researchers a potential weapon against SARS. ?The compound itself will probably not be used for a drug to treat SARS,? said Dr. Hilgenfeld. ?But it is a very good starting point for designing drugs that fit better...
...Aviv terror attack was not unexpected. Indeed, the Israeli authorities had been aware of a general threat, and had worked hard to interdict the bombers who traveled from the West Bank. Israel security officials say that despite Israel's reoccupation and continued military operations throughout the West Bank for the past eight months, they still face up to 40 specific threats a week - and some are bound to get through...
...that the FBI is poised to send agents back into Yemen because of intelligence reports that al Qaeda loyalists may try to establish bases in that nation's lawless areas. Yemen, along with Pakistan, is considered top priority by the FBI and the intelligence community as they try to interdict fleeing Bin Laden operatives scrambling to find sanctuary...
...Somalia became a focus of attention again last week when it emerged that the U.S. and nato allies have stepped up surveillance flights over suspected al-Qaeda camps there. The Navy has deployed ships off the Somali coast to interdict suspicious vessels. State Department envoys are also visiting Mogadishu, urging its year-old transitional government to share intelligence on al-Qaeda and warning that Somalia could become the next target if it harbors the terrorists. But the U.S. doesn't think al-Qaeda fighters have reached there yet. "Obviously, Somalia is a place of concern," says a senior State Department...