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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 2001
Page
2
A man who helped two Sept 11 hijackers obtain Virginia IDs pleaded guilty to document fraud and admitted misdirecting FBI agents about imminent attacks. The hijackers paid him $100 for false attestations that Hanjour and Almihdhar were state residents.
U S Marines at Camp Rhino in Southern Afghanistan fired mortars and deployed armed reconnaissance after detecting a credible threat from Taliban forces probing the perimeter. A UH-1 Huey helicopter crashed nearby with two wounded. officials said enemy fire was unlikely.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States will not accept any deal allowing Taliban leader Mullah Omar to remain free in Afghanistan. He stressed any outcome must align with U.S. goals to dismantle al Qaida and prevent Afghanistan from again harboring terrorists, while acknowledging a nonzero possibility of an arrangement. He refused to rule out every alternative, but stated the answer is no to Omar living in dignity if it conflicts with justice for Omar and Osama bin Laden.
Three Green Berets died in Afghanistan after a U S bomb missed its Taliban target. Staff Sergeant Brian Cody Prosser 28 of Frazier Park California Jefferson Donald Davis 39 of Watauga Tennessee and Sergeant First Class Daniel Peait hory 32 of Cheshire Massachusetts were praised as dedicated servicemen who loved their jobs. The soldiers were part of Fort Campbell Kentucky based Army Special Forces Group. Hopkinsville Kentucky Mayor Rich Liebe said locals know someone in special forces and mourn the loss.
In Winfield Alabama 700 mourners gathered at the Church of Christ for a memorial service honoring CIA officer Johnny Mike Spann the first known U S combat casualty in Afghanistan He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery Spann died November 25 during an uprising of pro Taliban prisoners at Mazar e Sharif His daughter Alison 9 offered a tribute message thanking him for making the world a better place and his father read Spann's last email urging support for government and military as bodies began returning home
Attorney General John Ashcroft defended stern law enforcement measures after terrorist attacks. He urged honest debate and warned that questioning hard-line tactics harms unity, aids terrorists, and erodes resolve while Congress considers detention without charges and military tribunals.
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