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...After being briefed by Israeli intelligence officials on the seizure of 50 tons of rifles, rocket launchers and mortars from the ship the Karine A, which the Israelis claim was being used to ferry arms purchased from Iran to the Palestinian Authority, U.S. officials Thursday said they believed that Arafat's administration was involved. And Secretary of State Colin Powell called the Palestinian leader to demand an explanation...
...there are things that take place outside my realm of jurisdiction." That was unlikely to even slow Sharon's momentum in proclaiming the Karine A as Exhibit A in its case against any further dealings with the Palestinian leader. The crisis for Arafat provoked by the ship's capture raged not only on the diplomatic front where both sides continue to court the United States; it also undermined his position at home. While Arafat unconvincingly condemned the smuggling incident and vowed to punish those responsible, the ship's captain may have been expressing the view of a majority of ordinary...
...spokesperson Don L. Gibbons said that Martin, Levy and others at HMS had been carefully monitoring Beth Israel Deaconess’ attempts to right its ship. Martin, Gibbons said, became aware in recent weeks that a sale to a for-profit company was possible...
...military tribunal. But where that proceeding would occur and under what ground rules remain to be hammered out. He would probably spend some time in custody at sea aboard a U.S. warship. (American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh is being held aboard the U.S.S. Bataan, an amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea.) A shipboard trial for Omar is even possible. Charges would probably involve aiding a terrorist enterprise but not directly engaging in terrorism, which would be harder to prove...
Afghanistan was such a cozy home base for al-Qaeda. The network enjoyed luxuries like its own air-shuttle service, using the national airline Ariana to ship terrorist cargo and personnel, including Osama bin Laden's bodyguards and their families, between Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf or East Africa. Sometimes al-Qaeda agents would even slip in and out of other countries disguised as Ariana flight attendants, according to aviation sources...