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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 2002
Page
3
The government and states begin work on electronically stored driver licenses that could hold fingerprints raising fears of a de facto national ID system. Privacy experts worry such cards would enable tracking by authorities and bypass public debate.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and nine U S senators visited Bagram Air Base north of Kabul and pledged full Western support for Afghanistan’s reconstruction. Blair condemned past neglect after 1989 and praised the U S led coalition for toppling the Taliban while Lieberman warned against future disengagement in Central Asia.
U S bombers attacked a large Taliban and al Qaida cache in eastern Afghanistan including a cave complex near Zawar Kili and Khost. U S officials reported 118 sorties and four airstrikes using B 52 and B 1 bombers and carrier based planes.
In Bonavash Afghanistan the Taliban siege drought and isolation drive residents to grass bread and grass porridge. Aid delays and wrecked storage threaten 10 000 people and trigger severe illness hunger and death. World Food Program attempts delivery but distribution remains chaotic.
Singapore officials say 15 suspects including 14 Singaporeans and one Malaysian were detained after plans to strike the U S Embassy and American businesses emerged. Investigators recovered bomb making materials, forged stamps, and al Qaida links with possible training in Afghanistan.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives in Afghanistan to show commitment to reconstruction and meet with President Hamid Karzai and British troops. American warplanes strike eastern Afghanistan to target regrouping Taliban and al Qaida networks and hidden weaponry, military officials say. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presides at a hotel reopening near ground zero as the city recovers from the attacks.
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