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...when U.S. paratroopers seized an enormous cache of weapons and ammo--42 truckloads full--belonging to Pacha Khan Zadran, a chieftain in eastern Afghanistan. Zadran was supposed to be a U.S. ally, but U.S. intelligence officers say Zadran was selling weapons on the side to al-Qaeda. U.S. officers suspect that some of the al-Qaeda rockets now careering into American forward bases near Khost came from Zadran's fire sale. The Americans destroyed many of the weapons they seized and gave the rest to the nascent Afghan national army...
...arrested, including eight foreigners. Soldiers found a large quantity of guns and grenades as well as a basement bomb factory. The operation seems to have been an attempt to head off violent protests that may be sparked by a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. INDONESIA Smiling Villain The chief suspect in the Bali bombing said he was "delighted" by the attack, according to Indonesia's police chief. General Da'i Bachtiar interrogated the laughing suspect, a 40-year-old car mechanic called Amrozi, in front of journalists - but behind glass doors. Amrozi admitted owning the van used to carry...
...RESIGNED. SOUTH KOREAN JUSTICE MINISTER KIM JUNG KIL, 65, and prosecutor-General Lee Myung Jae, 59, taking responsibility for the death of a murder suspect who was fatally beaten while in police custody; in Seoul...
...Amrozi's attempts to keep his name from the police were all too understandable: once he had been identified as the owner of the van, the skinny 39-year-old must have known his background would target him as a prime suspect. Amrozi was a self-taught auto mechanic and tinkerer who ran a workshop in his backyard; those skills would have been invaluable in assembling and transporting a bomb. He was also known to repair mobile phones; police believe such a handset may have been used to set off the bomb in Bali. He was a former hell-raiser...
...Investigators say it was one of the largest-ever software piracy busts in Europe. In one instance, police had to trick the pirate before he could delete any data from his hard disk. Police said they dumped pails of water under the door to flood his home. As the suspect ran out to see what was happening, they ran in. Three European countries, 12 suspects nabbed in two busts and tens of millions of dollars in pirated software - just another couple of weeks in the fight against the counterfeiters, who appear to be headed for another banner year, cutting into...