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...agencies have contacted colleges and pro-sports organizations like the NFL to ask them to be watchful. In addition, investigators are worried about iconic American structures such as the Capitol (which has banned large trucks from its vicinity), the Statue of Liberty (closed since Sept. 11) and the Sears Tower (which is working on upgrading the security for its ventilation system...
Whitener, having stood just 2 ft. from him, swears the man was Mohamed Atta, who investigators say hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 last month and flew it into the World Trade Center's north tower. "He asked a lot of really crazy questions," recalls Whitener. Among them were inquiries about the dam that spans the nearby Hiwassee River, which runs into the Tennessee River between two nuclear plants. He also asked about Boliden Intertrade, a chemical plant that until last year produced sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid but now stands empty. After 15 minutes, Atta and his partner climbed back...
...Airport, a Cessna light aircraft strayed into the path of an accelerating Scandinavian Airlines System passenger jet, which crashed into a baggage hangar and burst into flames. The conflagration, which claimed 118 lives, was Italy?s worst civil aviation accident. According to recordings of conversations with the Milan control tower, the Cessna pilot thought he was on a different taxiing runway. GEORGIA Fresh Fighting The smoldering conflict between Georgia and its breakaway province of Ab-khazia flared up when a troop of Chechen rebels, supported by Georgian guerrillas, invaded Abkhazia and shot down a U.N. helicopter. When unidentified planes bombed...
...associate ourselves with the military, its backwardness as an institution will be more easily remedied. It would be better, though, if in debating the issue, Harvard administrators and students could show a bit of humility. Let us shift our focus away from the abundant gifts We of the Ivory Tower can bestow upon the unenlightened and instead fix our eyes squarely on the simple question of duty before...
...Even before the second tower fell, I was in contact with HIS offering my support to them,” says CI leader Benjamin D. Grizzle ’03, who is also a Crimson editor. “They know that the Christian community is in solidarity with them. I’ve told them if they ever need help, if someone is discriminating against them, that the Chrisitan community will be the first to condemn them...