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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2001
Page
6
German police were warned by a foreign security agency of a potential terrorist attack in Berlin. A Focus magazine report said authorities in the United States alerted Berlin officials about a three member terror cell planning an attack in the coming months.
Attorney General John Ashcroft praised Italy for its unsuprassed cooperation in combating terrorism but urged further improvement. He hinted at Italy's recent moves to narrow a Europe wide arrest warrant, actions Berlusconi faced pressure over.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested and freed after four hours in custody on Saturday, marking a second detention in as many days as President Mugabe urged supporters to treat upcoming elections as a warlike contest. In Paraguay, a prison fire in Ciudad del Este killed at least 25 inmates and wounded about 200 after a riot and guard gunfire during an escape bid.
Israeli troops flattened houses and security buildings in Beit Hanoun and nearby Tamun as they rooted out militants. Six Palestinians killed and more than 50 wounded, 15 arrested, with curfews and shelling resuming after forces withdrew. United States veto at the U.N. drew Palestinian criticism.
Leaders of 15 EU nations pledge to expand the union eastward and reform its rules. A convention will debate central power versus loose structures as ten candidates near 2004 membership, while Bulgaria and Romania face later dates and Turkey remains outside negotiations. Giscard d Estaing to head the convention with 100 delegates from governments parliaments and candidate countries.
U S Marines begin establishing a detention facility at Kandahar airbase as at least fifty al Qaida fighters are taken captive in Afghanistan. A U S official reports hearing Osama bin Laden issuing orders via short range radio during recent assaults in eastern Afghanistan near Tora Bora. Besieged al Qaida fighters again offer to surrender amid reports bin Laden may be in the region.
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