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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 2001
Page
4
A powerful bomb blast at a city food court in Zamboanga, Philippines, left at least six dead and scores injured as U.S. military officers met local officials to discuss aid. American officers escaped harm, staying at a secured base near the blast site, according to Lt. Gen. Roy Cimatu.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said a Ramadan pause in military strikes in Afghanistan is being considered. He noted that Islamic history shows no pauses during Ramadan and cited the Iraq Iran war and the Soviet Afghan war as examples.
Washington based Bureau of Justice Statistics data shows women from high school to mid-20s experience nearly three times the risk of attack by a husband or partner compared with other ages, while victims aged 35 to 49 have the highest murder risk per 1999 Justice Department statistics.
Truckers fear terrorists after a FBI report shows Southern cities like Tuscaloosa and Pine Bluff topping crime lists while big urban centers are absent due to reporting gaps. At a Cordele, Georgia truck stop waitress Gail Sanders keeps photos of terrorists and drivers say they monitor customers and skip CB warnings to avoid tipping off suspects.
Washington officials report no new anthrax cases but urge precautions. About thirteen people have been diagnosed with anthrax. seven inhalation cases have been fatal or require hospitalization. Public health and Homeland Security briefings increase to daily updates.
Pakistani officials said Jamil Qasim Saeed Mohammed, 27, a Yemeni microbiology student at Karachi University, was secretly handed to U S authorities for suspected al Qaida ties linked to the USS Cole bombing. The handover occurred at Karachi airport from Amman, Jordan, amid a broader Arab student probe.
Health officials urged thousands of Washington mailroom workers to begin antibiotic treatment after another deadly anthrax-laced letter was found. The USPS signed a 40 million dollar contract to buy eight electron-beam devices to sanitize mail, first deployed in Washington. A suspicious sealed letter with white powder was later sent to a Florida FBI lab for testing. In New Jersey about 600 visitors to a Hamilton Township mail facility where anthrax was found were advised to take precautions. Senate leader Daschle urged moving forward and addressing bioterrorism weaknesses as testing continued in congressional offices and postal centers.
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