HAMAS Communiques 2 December 2001 In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful Military communique by Qassam Brigades “It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest, it was not thy act, but Allah's” Our proud Palestinian people … our Arab and Islamic Ummah: With the grace of Allah the Qassam Brigades declare responsibility for the armed attack against a convoy of Zionist occupation vehicles grouping settlers and soldiers along the road between the so-called settlements of Ely Sinai and Nesanit to the north of Gaza Strip on Sunday 17th Ramadan 1422H - 2/12/2001AD. http://www.palestine-info.com/hamas/index.htm
CNN Taliban fighter says he's American; now in U.S. custody December 3, 2001 Posted: 2:39 AM EST (0739 GMT) NEAR MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan (CNN) --One of the non-Afghan Taliban fighters who survived last week's prison uprising near Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan is an American, U.S. officials said Sunday on condition of anonymity. The fighter, who identified himself as John Walker, was receiving treatment Sunday for grenade and bullet wounds suffered in the bloody revolt last week by some Taliban prisoners captured after the surrender of Konduz to the Northern Alliance. (中略) Authorities ended the threat by flooding the garrison's cellar Friday night. More than 80 Taliban fighters emerged Saturday morning and surrendered to members of the Northern Alliance, according to the Red Cross. The Red Cross had suspended collecting bodies from the compound Thursday when armed Taliban began shooting at rescue workers, killing one and wounding two others. http://www.cnn.com/
The Washington Post U.S. Fears Bin Laden Made Nuclear Strides Concern Over 'Dirty Bomb' Affects Security By Bob Woodward, Robert G. Kaiser and David B. Ottaway Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, December 4, 2001; Page A01 U.S. intelligence agencies have recently concluded that Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network may have made greater strides than previously thought toward obtaining plans or materials to make a crude radiological weapon that would use conventional explosives to spread radioactivity over a wide area, according to U.S. and foreign sources. Some of the conclusions come from interrogations of captured al Qaeda members or associates. Some come from evidence gathered in the last month on the ground in Afghanistan by CIA officers and U.S. Special Forces from former al Qaeda facilities. http://www.washingtonpost.com/
PNS Israel attacks Palestine and Christians holy place Bethlehem JERUSALEM, December 04 (PNS): Jewish extremist leader Sharon gives green signal for air strikes on Palestine including on Christians holy place - Bethlehem. Erakat, a spoke person for Mr. Arafat told reporters that this barbaric act of state terrorism by Israel has indeed turned middle east scenario into a dangerous situation. "It is like tightening Arafats' hand with ropes, throwing him in water and then expect him to swim ?" He replied while answering to a question about Mr. Arafat doing not much in curbing the violence. Israeli Prime Minsiter Sharon who's calling Mr. Arafat a terrorist, is already facing a trial under the international tribunal of court in Belgium for massacring hundreds of Muslims and Christians in Lebanon when Israel had illegaly occupied Lebanon. Sharon, at then was serving as a military commander of Israeli Forces. http://paknews.com/
Agence France-Presse Taliban leader to surrender Kandahar (06/12/2001) ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has decided to surrender the Islamic militia's last major stronghold of Kandahar to a local mujahedin commander. "Mullah Mohammad Omar has decided that Kandahar should be handed over to former jihadi commander Mullah Naqibullah," a Taliban spokesman told the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency on Thursday. http://www.afp.com/
AFP通信によると、6日アフガン・イスラム通信が、Mullah Mohammad Omarが カンダハルを地元のパシュトゥン人武装勢力司令官であるMullah Naqibullahに 明け渡すことを決めたと伝えたとのこと。 Mullah Naqibullahは、かつて北部同盟のラバニ派の司令官として カンダハル周辺を支配したが、94年タリバンに権力を譲っていた。
THE TIMES THURSDAY DECEMBER 06 2001 Mullah Omar 'ready to give up Kandahar' FROM CATHERINE PHILP IN QUETTA THE Taleban supreme leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, has agreed to surrender the last remaining stronghold of Kandahar if he and other senior leaders are granted amnesty, negotiators from both sides said yesterday. Hamid Karzai, the man chosen yesterday to led the new interim administration, said that the reclusive leader had asked him for a guarantee that he would not be killed or prosecuted if he gave up his last stronghold to tribal leaders. “I received a message from Mullah Omar five or six days ago asking for an amnesty for himself and other senior officials,” Mr Karzai said by satellite telephone from southern Afghanistan. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
Mullah Omar 'is captured' MULLAH MUHAMMAD OMAR was last night apparently being held captive as the Taleban lost control of their spiritual stronghold of Kandahar in a major breakthrough for the American-led coalition. The Taleban leader was near the city in the custody of a warlord sympathetic to the fundamentalist regime, Khaled Pashtoon, a spokesman for Gul Agha Sherzai, a Kandahar commander, said. Mr Pashtoon said that Mullah Omar was being held in a “(Taleban)-friendly environment”, but his group would demand that the Taleban Supreme Leader be handed over, probably to the new Afghan government, at a tribal meeting this morning. Hamid Karzai, the new head of the Afghan interim government said that he did not know the location of Mullah Omar. “But of course I want to arrest him. I have given him every chance to denounce terrorism and now the time has run out,” he said.
The Washington Post By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 9, 2001; Page A31 John Walker, the American who fought for the Taliban regime and now is in military custody, is likely to be turned over eventually to civilian authorities for prosecution, Pentagon officials said yesterday. A bedraggled Walker, 20, who was born in the District and later lived in Silver Spring and California, gave his Muslim name of Abdul Hamid when he and other Taliban soldiers were driven out of a basement after a failed prison uprising. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ 9日付の米紙ワシントン・ポストは、アフガニスタンで拘束された米国人のジョン・ウォーカー元タリバン兵士(20)が、 軍事裁判にはかけられず、刑事裁判で反逆罪などで起訴される見通しだと報じた。
The Washington Post U.S. Says New Tape Points to Bin Laden Words Suggest Sept. 11 Planning Role By Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 9, 2001; Page A01 The United States has obtained a videotape of Osama bin Laden describing the damage around the World Trade Center -- where the twin towers and other buildings were destroyed -- as being much greater than he had expected, according to senior government officials. On the tape, which was obtained in Afghanistan during the search of a private home in Jalalabad, bin Laden praised God for far greater success than he expected, using language that indicated he was familiar with the planning of the attacks, according to one of the officials. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ 9日付の米紙ワシントン・ポストは、米中枢同時テロの首謀者とされるウサマ・ビンラディンがニューヨークの 世界貿易センタービルの崩落は「自分の予想以上だった」などと語る姿を撮影したビデオテープを、米政府が 入手したと報じた。ブッシュ政権は、ビンラディンと同時テロのつながりを示す「最も決定的な証拠」としてこの ビデオを重視。なお懐疑的なイスラム諸国などを納得させる目的で公開を検討しているという。 複数の政府高官の話を引用した同紙の報道によると、ビデオテープはアフガニスタン東部ジャララバードの 個人住宅の捜索で発見された。撮影者はアマチュアとみられている。ビデオの収録時間は40分で、ビンラディンは テロが予想以上の成功を収めたことをアラーに感謝。貿易センタービルは、ハイジャック機が激突した部分から 最上階までは破壊されるだろうと予想したが、二つのビルが完全に崩落することは「全く予期していなかった」と 語っているという。 ビンラディンはまた、航空機激突の報は夕食をとっている時に聞いたと述べ、それを伝えると同席の人々が喜んだ と語った。米情報当局者は、このビデオテープが作製された目的は不明としながら、ビンラディンが登場するこの種 のビデオはテロ組織アルカイダのメンバーを勧誘するために作られていると指摘した。
The Sunday Telegraph Blair prepares to send 10,000 troops to Afghanistan By Francis Elliott and Sean Rayment (Filed: 09/12/2001) BRITAIN could send up to 10,000 troops to Afghanistan under plans being drawn up for a "stabilisation force". The figure, far greater than that talked about publicly so far, is contained in a planning document that Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, is studying this weekend. It forms Britain's bid to lead a 50,000-strong, multi-national force to "safeguard" the fledgling regime in Kabul when it takes power on December 22. The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who will discuss the plan with the Prime Minister on a visit to London on Tuesday, yesterday raised for the first time the possibility of a British-led force. However, Gen Powell revealed that Germany and Turkey are also keen to lead the force being offered to the new government, headed by Hamid Karzai. http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/ 9日付の英国紙サンデー・テレグラフは、英国がアフガニスタンの治安安定のため、来年春までに最大で1万人の 部隊を派遣することを検討している、と伝えた。首相はこの計画について、11日に英国を訪問する米国のパウエル 国務長官と協議する、という。 同紙によると、英国はこの部隊の派遣により、22日に発足するアフガニスタン暫定政権の支援のために派遣される 5万人規模の多国籍部隊の中核を担おうとしている。英国政府はこの計画をパウエル長官が支持するように説得す る考えだ。 軍当局者は同紙に「英国軍は世界で最も経験を積み、最も成功した平和維持部隊であり、その経験はアフガニスタ ンで生かされなければならない」と述べた。
Pakistan News Service Hundreds massacred, hospitals, mosques destroyed Updated on 2001-12-10 01:12:48 Kabul, Dec 10 (PNS): During the 60 days continued US bombardment in Afghanistan, hundreds of Taliban, civilians were massacred while several mosques, hospitals and entire villages were destroyed. The US warplanes continued hammering of Afghanistan from October 7 to December 6 also forced hundred of thousands people to leave their homes and compelled them on living in refugees camps in Pakistan and deserts. During this assault 100 children and 600 Taliban soldiers were massacred in Mazar-e-Sharif while another 26 minors were martyred in a Deeni Madrassa (religious seminary) of Jalalabad, revealed a report made available to PNS. http://paknews.com/ 空爆被害を伝えるパキスタンのニュース。 PNSは普段そんなに反米的な印象は受けないんだけど。
28 Al-Qaida activists arrested at Pak-Afghan border Belong to Saudia, Sudan, Turkey and Albania Tahir Rathore Updated on 12/10/2001 10:06:22 AM ISLAMABAD: The law enforcing agencies have arrested 28 Arab activists of Al Qaida of Osama bin Laden when they tried to enter Pakistan at Dalbandin, Chaman and a couple of other mountain trains linking with Afghanistan. “The arrested non-Afghan Taliban and activists of Al Qaida are Suaid Arabian, Sudanese, Albanians and Turkish nationals. The government has been investigating them and would also contact their respective countries,” a highly placed official revealed to the Frontier Post on Sunday. The source avoiding to tell the exact date of their arrest, also revealed that five women and four children, also arrested along with the Al Qaida activists were already released by Pakistan, the source said. http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/
The Jerusalem Post IAF terrorist strike accidentally kills 2 Palestinian children By Jerusalem Post Staff 26 Kislev 5762 06:37Tuesday December 11, 2001 JERUSALEM (December 11) - An IAF helicopter strike in central Hebron yesterday afternoon accidentally killed two Palestinian children and failed to kill the target of the attack, senior Islamic Jihad terrorist Muhammad Sider. Sider was taken to the hospital, where his legs were amputated. Palestinian witnesses said two missiles were fired at Sider's car as he stopped at a traffic light at Hebron's Salam Street. While one missile destroyed the car, the other apparently went through the car and struck a nearby vehicle before exploding, resulting in the deaths of a 16-year-old and a three-year-old, as well as wounding seven others. The IDF Spokesman yesterday acknowledged responsibility for the "targeted killing" attempt, and expressed sorrow for the loss of innocent lives, saying the army is investigating the claims of the children's deaths. http://www.jpost.com/ ヨルダン川西岸のパレスチナ自治区ヘブロンで走行中のパレスチナ人の車に10日午後、 イスラエル軍武装ヘリコプターがミサイルを発射した。車は大破し、市内の病院によると、 3歳と13歳の少年2人が死亡し、数人が負傷した。イスラム聖戦のメンバーを狙った暗殺 作戦であった。 上記はイスラエル側報道機関の記事で、軍もミスを認めているとのこと。
DIE WELT Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2001 Berlin, 16:10 Uhr Bundeswehr soll in Kandahar stationiert werden Im Gesprach ist eine internationale Friedenstruppe von maximal 5000 Mann, darunter auch bis zu 1000 deutsche Soldaten. Marine lauft am 2. Januar nach Somalia aus Berlin/Kabul - Die deutsche Friedenstruppe fur Afghanistan soll nach Einsatzplanen des britischen Verteidigungsministeriums in den ehemaligen Taliban-Hochburgen Kandahar und Jalalabad stationiert werden. Das erfuhr die WELT aus Kreisen der deutschen Generalitat. Grosbritannien will die Fuhrung der internationalen Friedenstruppe ubernehmen. Die Amerikaner sind damit einverstanden. Dies versicherte US-Ausenminister Powell. Das endgultige Mandat werden die Vereinten Nationen kommende Woche beschliesen. Im Gesprach ist eine Friedenstruppe von maximal 5000 Mann, darunter auch bis zu 1000 deutsche Soldaten. Der Bundestag wird voraussichtlich am Mittwoch kommender Woche in einer Sondersitzung uber die deutsche Beteiligung an einer internationalen Sicherungstruppe fur Afghanistan entscheiden. http://www.welt.de/
The Frontier Post Thursday, December 13, 2001 KARACHI - The relief goods are being unloaded at Karachi port, donated by the Japan government for the help of Afghan refugees. http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/ HPトップにカラチ港での日本からの難民支援物資の積下ろし作業の写真を掲載
PNS U.S. FBI Foiled Bomb Plot Against Muslims Updated on 2001-12-13 16:08:29 In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful STATEMENTS BY AMERICAN MUSLIM GROUPS AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR JERUSALEM JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE BOMB ATTACK FOILED BY THE F.B.I. Investigation Needed to Uncover Terrorists' Support Network (Washington, DC, 12/12/2001) The chairman of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), Irv Rubin and JDL member Earl Krugel, were arrested today by the F.B.I. for plotting to bomb an American Muslim organization in Los Angeles, at least two California mosques and the office of an Arab American Congressman. Law enforcement officers took them into custody as they met to plan the attack. The JDL has a long record of targeting American Muslim and Arab American leaders and organizations. The group was implicated in the 1985assassination of Alex Odeh, southern California regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The ten-year F.B.I. investigation of Odeh's death led to three suspects linked to the JDL. Israel has refused to extradite the suspects who fled to Israel and were granted Israeli citizenship. http://www.paknews.com/ アメリカでイスラム教徒に対しテロを計画したユダヤ人グループがFBIに摘発されたとのことです
Thursday 13 December 2001 US navy scours oceans for bin Laden fleet By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent THE US navy is scouring the world's oceans and ports for a fleet of 23 merchant ships owned by Osama bin Laden, fearing that the vessels could be used to help him escape or carry weapons of mass destruction to the West. An American bulletin issued to all shipping in the Gulf region says: "Anyone suspected of assisting or transporting bin Laden and/or al-Qa'eda leadership will risk the sinking or seizure of vessel and will be detained and jailed." http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/ アメリカ海軍は、ビンラディンの逃亡や大量破壊兵器の運搬を防ぐため、 ビンラディンが保有する商船23隻の行方を追っているとのこと。 海軍は、関係する船は撃沈もしくは捕そくすると警告している。
米がビンラディン裏ビデオ公開へ Bin Laden tape may be released soon December 13, 2001 Posted: 10:06 AM EST (1506 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) --The release of a videotape showing Osama bin Laden purportedly bragging about the September 11 terrorist attacks was postponed Wednesday because of audio and translation problems, according to White House and Pentagon sources. The tape could be released Thursday, White House sources said. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said the administration wanted to make sure it presented "an accurate interpretation of the Arabic language" -- especially since the quality of the tape is poor and because at times more than one person is speaking. The tape is said to run about one hour.
Caught on Tape U.S. Officials Say Bin Laden Video Proves Sept. 11 Involvement
Dec. 13 ? Osama bin Laden rejoiced over the Sept. 11 hijack attacks on a translated videotape released today, saying he was surprised at the amount of damage caused and that the attacks had benefited Islam.
Bin Laden describes how he and his associates knew about the timing of the attacks days in advance and made estimates about the number of deaths that would result. "[inaudible] We calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower," bin Laden said, according to a translation released by the Pentagon along with the amateur videotape.
"We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors. I was the most optimistic of them all," the Saudi-born militant is quoted as saying in apparent reference to the two hijacked jets that slammed into the World Trade Center.
"Due to my experience in this field, I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all we had hoped for," the translation reads.
"We had notification since the previous Thursday that the event would take place that day," bin Laden says, according to the translation.
Bin Laden, at times smiling and laughing, says the Sept. 11 attacks benefited Islam. "This event made people think [about true Islam] which benefited Islam greatly," he said.
The Bush administration has called the tape, which officials said was found in a house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, the "smoking gun" that proves bin Laden's direct responsibility for the attacks that killed more than 3,000 people. At the Pentagon this morning, a technician played the videotape for all major U.S. television networks, which carried major portions of the tape live, as did the Arabic language television station Al Jazeera.
At a briefing today, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the tape, which shows bin Laden's calm yet chilling description of the Sept. 11 attacks, justifies the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.
"It should be clear from the very matter-of-fact way that he refers to the attacks that killed thousands of innocent people, from several dozen different countries, why terrorists and terrorism must be defeated before they get their hands on weapons of mass destruction," Rumsfeld said.
The amateur video, which starts and stops, is hard to hear, and is taped over some unrelated material, shows the alleged terrorist mastermind describing a dinner meeting he held with his top associates on Sept. 11. The White House said the tape is believed to have been shot Nov. 9 in the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, which was the Taliban's spiritual capital.
On the video, bin Laden says he and his friends turned on the radio on Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m. local time ? about 9 a.m. in New York City. Immediately, he says, they heard about the first plane hitting one of the trade towers, and his associates were "overjoyed," bin Laden is translated as saying. "So I said to them: be patient." Bin Laden says he and his friends continued listening to the radio, and soon, "they announced that another plane had hit the World Trade Center. The brothers who heard the news were overjoyed by it."
According to the tape, bin Laden also told associates that some of the Sept. 11 hijackers did not know about the details of their mission until just before they boarded the planes.
"The brothers, who conducted the operation, all they knew was that they have a martyrdom operation and we asked each of them to go to America but they didn't know anything about the operation, not even one letter," he said, according to the translation of bin Laden's remarks. "But they were trained and we did not reveal the operation to them until they are there and just before they boarded the planes."
On the tape, bin Laden also confirms what U.S. officials have believed about Mohamed Atta, who is thought to have piloted American Airlines Flight 11 when it hit the World Trade Center ? that he was the ringleader of the 19 hijackers. "Mohamed [Atta] from the Egyptian family was in charge of the group," bin Laden is quoted as saying.
The conversation takes place between bin Laden and an unidentified sheik, who assures bin Laden that imams in the mosques of Saudi Arabia are praising his actions. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who is bin Laden's closest adviser, was also present.
The sheik praised bin Laden for "a great job" and may have suggested other attacks were planned. "No doubt it is a clear victory … and he [Allah] will give us blessing and more victory during this holy month of Ramadan," he said. Most American Muslims will celebrate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Sunday.
U.S. officials say the tape proves conclusively that bin Laden is responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks. They also believe the tape eliminates the notion that he was above planning details such as choosing targets, and that bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network is composed entirely of autonomous cells.
Rather, officials say the tape shows clear evidence of bin Laden's command and direct control of al Qaeda operatives.
At the White House today, spokesman Ari Fleischer said President Bush "has known all along that Osama bin Laden was behind this. It came as no surprise to the president," he said.
As the U.S. bombing campaign in Afghanistan continues, bin Laden is still on the run. A $25 million reward has been posted for information leading to his capture. "We think he's in Afghanistan. We are chasing him. He is hiding. He does not want us to know where he is," Rumsfeld said.
The release of the tape is part of an administration effort to support America's pursuit of bin Laden and the U.S.-led bombing in Afghanistan that began Oct. 7, and convince bin Laden's supporters of the righteousness of the case against him. Although, administration sources said the tape may have never been released had news of its existence not been leaked to the Washington Post last weekend, forcing the hand of the White House.
Senior White House officials say the real target audience for the tape was in Muslim nations around the world, where the Bush administration has been conducting intense market research on attitudes toward the United States. The former advertising executive who spearheads that effort said the tape could do some good.
"I think that there will be some people who just refuse any intake at all on that subject because their whole lives are vested in not believing it," said Charlotte Beers, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, "but we've learned that there are a very large group of people out there who will be very susceptible to such a moment of proof personally."
Early reactions to the tape and its impact on skeptics of the U.S. campaign were mixed.
Some analysts said it is important that the video shows bin Laden acknowledging a direct role in the Sept. 11 attacks, since many of the world's Muslims do not believe the United States proved its case that he was the plot's mastermind.
"This particular piece of information puts this particular criticism to rest," said Fawaz Gerges of Sarah Lawrence College. "It will shatter Osama bin Laden's image and reputation throughout the Arab and Muslim world."
But Ghida Fakhry, a journalist with Al Jazeera, said the ultimate impact of the tape on Arab and Muslim public opinion is questionable, although it could sway some skeptics.
"Had it come at an earlier stage of the military campaign, it might have had a much stronger impact," Fakhry said. Many in the Arab world are thinking, she said, "The military campaign [in Afghanistan] is at such an advanced stage, that what difference does it make."
Experts have said a culturally and linguistically sensitive translation of the tape was important in order to convince people, especially in the Muslim world, of its authenticity and bin Laden's responsibility for the Sept. 11 attacks. Some officials were also concerned about possible charges that the tape was a fake, so the Pentagon used voice-authentication technology to match bin Laden's vocal "fingerprint" to the voice on the tape.
The tape was released with English subtitles. According to the Pentagon, the translation was prepared independently by George Michael, a translator from the Diplomatic Language Services, and Kassem M. Wahba, the Arabic language program coordinator from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
They collaborated on their translation and compared it with translations done by the U.S. government for consistency, the Pentagon said.
In Egypt, the father of Mohamed Atta dismissed the tape as a "forgery." Mohamed al-Amir al-Sayed Awad Atta, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that he had not seen the tape, but declared it a "farce. All this is a forgery, a fabrication!"
"The whole world has been saying this name [Mohamed Atta]. Where did bin Laden get the name from? Bin Laden got it from America," Atta said.
It is unclear why bin Laden's comments were videotaped. One theory is that bin Laden's associates wanted a record of an important day in his quest to create an Islamic world. Another theory holds that the tape could have been intended as a model for future actions.
WIRE: 12/14/2001 10:48 am ET Al Qaeda Not Fleeing to Somalia, Premier Says By Robert Waweru NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister denied on Friday that followers of Osama bin Laden had sought refuge in his shattered African country following their defeat by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "No absolutely. That is not true. No people fighting in Afghanistan are coming to Somalia. We would never accept that," Hassan Abshir Farah told Reuters Television on arrival in Kenya for national reconciliation talks with militia rivals. One of the opponents of Farah's year-old transitional national government (TNG), warlord Hussein Aideed, urged the United States on Wednesday to act against members of bin Laden's al Qaeda group who he said were fleeing to Somalia. アルカイダがソマリアに入国することはないとソマリアの首相
Proof or Fake? World Divided Over Bin Laden Tape December 14, 2001 12:20 PM ET By Steve Pagani LONDON (Reuters) - Nations backing the U.S.-led fight against terrorism pointed to a videotape of Osama bin Laden on Friday as damning evidence to nail him conclusively as the mastermind behind the suicide attacks on the United States. Many ordinary Muslims, however, dismissed the videotape as a fake, saying it was yet another U.S. ploy to sully his name and detract attention from rising tension in the Middle East where Israel has cut ties with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Official reaction in many Muslim states, mindful of restive public opinion at home, was muted or circumspect at best. Germany, Britain, Japan and Saudi Arabia were among the first to accept the videotape of the Saudi-born Islamic militant released by the Pentagon on Thursday as authentic. http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=GV3SYTQYA3GX4CRBAELCFFAKEEARKIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=455892 ロイターによるビンラディン裏ビデオに対する反応。 ドイツ、英国、日本およびサウジアラビアが真っ先に証拠として認めたとのこと。
President Bush greets Muslims on Eid Updated on 2001-12-15 10:22:25 WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (PNS): US President George W Bush has said that for Muslims, the Eid is a festive occasion, celebrating service rendered to God during the holy month of Ramadan. In his message on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, he said: "I am pleased to send greetings and best wishes to those across the globe who are celebrating Eid ul Fitr." "During this special time, it is also a tradition to help those in need. Performing acts of charity remains a tradition common across many faiths, challenging each of us to make a positive difference in the lives of others through generosity, kindness, and compassion," he said. http://paknews.com/ ブッシュ大統領が、イード祭を祝しイスラム教徒にメッセージを送ったとのことです。
Independent Al-Qa'ida papers reveal London bomb plot Terrorist threat By Justin Huggler in Kandahar 16 December 2001 London was the target of a major attack being planned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida organisation, according to detailed notes found in a terrorist safe house in Kandahar. The extraordinarily detailed handwritten notes, covering 82 pages, describe a plan to explode a 1,000lb-plus car bomb, detonated by remote control, in the Moorgate area of the City. There are instructions on how to blend into Western society without being detected, how to assemble the bomb and get it in position, and how to explode it. It is not clear whether any date had been fixed for the attack, but other documents discovered near the notebook suggest that it may have been written early this year. Nor is it known whether it was part of general plans for the future, or indeed whether the notes were simply a training exercise. The only reference to timing says: "Main strategy: 1-2 weeks". http://www.independent.co.uk/ 16日付の英紙インディペンデント日曜版は、ビンラディンのテロ組織アルカイダが ロンドンの金融街シティを狙った大規模な爆弾テロ計画の詳細なメモが見つかったと 報じた。 メモは、アフガニスタン東部カンダハルにあったテロリストの隠れ家から 発見された。英語とアラビア語で書かれ、82ページにわたってテロ計画が記されて いる。ロンドンを狙ったテロ計画の具体的な証拠が見つかったのは初めてという。 メモによると、テロリストは車に大量の爆薬を仕掛けてシティ中心部に止め、遠隔操 作で爆発させる計画だった。メモには爆薬の仕掛け方や車を止める場所、爆破方法な どが詳しく解説されていた。テロを実行する日時は明記されておらず、一連のテロ計 画の一環か、単なる“予行演習”として計画されたものかは明らかでない。メモには シティのほか、大陸との交通の拠点でユーロスターの発着駅であるウォータールー駅 を狙った爆弾テロの計画も書かれていたという。
The Washington Post Capitol Hill Anthrax Matches Army's Stocks 5 Labs Can Trace Spores to Ft. Detrick By Rick Weiss and Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 16, 2001; Page A01 Genetic fingerprinting studies indicate that the anthrax spores mailed to Capitol Hill are identical to stocks of the deadly bacteria maintained by the U.S. Army since 1980, according to scientists familiar with the most recent tests. Although many laboratories possess the Ames strain of anthrax involved in this fall's bioterrorist attacks, only five laboratories so far have been found to have spores with perfect genetic matches to those in the Senate letters, the scientists said. And all those labs can trace back their samples to a single U.S. military source: the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Md. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ 16日付の米紙ワシントン・ポストは、米上院に送り付けられた炭疽(たんそ)菌は、 米軍が1980年代から保有している菌と、遺伝子レベルの詳しい分析で一致するこ とが分かったと報じた。 今回のバイオテロに使われた菌は、世界各国の機関が保有しているエームズ株 と呼ばれる種だが、遺伝子レベルで一致するものは、米国の四機関と英国の一機 関の計5カ所にあるだけ。しかもすべての菌が、米メリーランド州フォートデトリック の米陸軍感染症医学研究所から供給されたものだという。 菌の出所が限られたことで、菌の入手が可能な人間の範囲もかなり絞られること になる。 同紙によると、連邦捜査局(FBI)は、フォートデトリックの施設から菌を譲り受けて いた中央情報局(CIA)を含め、生物兵器攻撃に対する防御策の研究に関与した米 政府機関が菌の出所ではないかとの見方を強めており、各機関での菌の管理体制 や紛失、盗難の有無などを調べている。 また、CIAの研究計画にかかわった外部の人間が捜査線上に上っているとの情報 もあるという。
India Abroad Delhi police point finger at Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed Onkar Singh in New Delhi Delhi Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma on Sunday said that the attack on Parliament was carried out by members of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed at the behest of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). He said that four persons - Mohammed Afzal, Shaukat, Shaukat's wife and Abdul Rehman Geelani, a professor at the Zakir Hussain College of Delhi University, had been arrested in connection with Thursday's attack on Parliament. Afzal and Shaukat - commission agents and residents of Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district - were the brains behind the conspiracy, he said. While Afzal dealt in medical equipment, Shaukat dealt in fruits, Sharma informed mediapersons at a press conference in Delhi. Sharma said that Afzal and Shaukat were working on the instructions of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed. They were being motivated by Ghazi baba, the top commander of the Jaish in Kashmir, to carry out the attack, he said. http://www.indiaabroad.com/ ニューデリーからの報道によると、13日に起きたインド国会議事堂襲撃事件で、警察当局は16日、 事件にパキスタンの軍情報機関、3軍統合情報部(ISI)が関与していると発表した。事件をめぐって インドとパキスタンの緊張が高まっており、事実とすればインド側の報復措置も予想される。 発表によると、襲撃事件を実行し死亡した5人はすべてパキスタン人。警察が事件にかかわったとみ られる4人を逮捕、数人から事情聴取するなどして調べた結果、ISIの関与が明確になったという。 インド政府は、パキスタンを拠点にするイスラム過激派組織が事件を起こしたとして強く反発。 パキスタン政府に「ラシュカレトイバ」と「ジェイシモハメド」の2組織の活動停止などを強く求めるとと もに、バジパイ首相が「忍耐の限界」と軍事行動を示唆する発言をしている。
The Washington Post Remnants of Al Qaeda Flee Toward Pakistan No Trace of Bin Laden as Battle Draws to a Close By Molly Moore and Susan B. Glasser Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, December 17, 2001; Page A01 TORA BORA, Afghanistan, Dec. 16 -- Hundreds of al Qaeda fighters were escaping into snowy mountains toward Pakistan today as the battle to seize their mountainous base appeared to be nearing a close, Afghan commanders said. There was no sign of the primary target of U.S. operations in Afghanistan, their leader Osama bin Laden. While scattered pockets of al Qaeda loyalists engaged in brief firefights with Afghan forces today, the two top Afghan commanders estimated that about 200 al Qaeda fighters had been killed in recent days. But most of the force -- 500 people or more -- fled the joint attack by U.S. warplanes and Afghan ground troops, the commanders said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ワシントンポスト紙によるとアルカイダの残存部隊が 米軍の空爆を避けパキスタン方面に逃れたようだと のこと。
The Washington Post Deal-Making Let Many Leaders of Taliban Escape By Peter Baker and Kamran Khan Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, December 17, 2001; Page A01 KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 16 -- The Taliban has been driven from power, but almost all its top leaders remain at large, in many cases through battlefield deals that exchanged the peaceful surrender of territory for the safety of the defeated commander. Nine days after the fall of the movement's last stronghold, the city of Kandahar, Taliban leader Mohammad Omar is still on the loose, as are his army chief of staff, intelligence chief, and defense and interior ministers. Many of the Islamic militants in the Taliban have melted back into sympathetic communities in Afghanistan or escaped to neighboring Pakistan, according to Afghan and Pakistani intelligence sources. U.S. officials directing the war are adamant that the Taliban, like al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, should not remain free. But the feelings are more ambivalent among some of the United States' Afghan allies, who are now taking over a country where, by tradition, battles are often settled through deals. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ワシントン・ポストによると、タリバンのほとんどの指導者が反タリバン勢力進攻の過程で、 領土の引き渡しと引き換えに身の安全を約束され、パキスタンなどへ逃亡したとのこと。
Associated Press DECEMBER 19, 05:17 ET Officials Back Low-Yield Nuke Strike By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense officials are considering the possibility of developing a low-yield nuclear device that would be able to destroy deeply buried stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons. Such a move would require Congress to lift a 1994 ban on designing new nuclear warheads. In a report to Congress, the Defense Department argues that conventional weapons, while effective for many underground enemy targets, would be unable to destroy the most deeply protected facilities containing biological or chemical agents. In recent years there has been a growing unease that terror groups or unfriendly, newly nuclear-capable states may be hiding weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological weapons, in deep underground facilities. In the report sent to Congress in October, the Defense Department said a low-yield, less than five-kiloton, nuclear warhead coupled with new technology that allows bombs to penetrate deep underground before exploding could prove effective in destroying biological and chemical agents. http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_story.html?FRONTID=ELECTION&STORYID=APIS7GG6IGG0 AP通信が18日伝えたところによると、米国防総省が、テロ組織や敵対国の 地下の生物・化学兵器施設の破壊では貫通力の大きい新たな核兵器が必要との 報告書を米議会へ提出していたことが分かったとのこと。 国防総省はレーザー誘導爆弾、巡航ミサイルなど通常兵器の性能を2005年 までに向上させる予定だが、それでも通常兵器では地下の大量破壊兵器施設を 破壊できない、と報告書は指摘。地下深くまで貫通して、狙った施設を正確に 壊すには小規模な破壊力の新たな核兵器が有効としている。 米議会は1994年から新たな核弾頭の開発を禁じており、国防総省の思惑通 り新たに核兵器を開発できるかは不透明だ。この報告書は米中枢同時テロ後の 今年10月、ラムズフェルド国防長官名で米議会に提出された。
Islamic Republic News Agency 2001/12/20 00:02 Iranian oil tanker intercepted by US in Persian Gulf released Tehran, Dec 19, IRNA -- Iran's Oil Ministry said here Wednesday that the Iranian oil tanker, Sunday, which was impounded by the American forces in the Persian Gulf was free to set sail. The tanker which was flying the flag of Belize had departed from the Saudi Arabian port of Jibeir and was heading to the Abadan Oil Refinery, southern Iran, when it was intercepted by a number of US speedboats. According to the report, the tanker was loaded with some 5,000 metric tons of `MTBE' which is used in production of lead-free gasoline. Meanwhile, the Swiss ambassador, who looks after the US interests in the Islamic Republic, was summoned on Wednesday morning to the Foreign Ministry to be informed of Iran's strong protest over the interception of an Iranian oil tanker by several American frigates in the Persian Gulf. http://www.irna.com/en/
NEWSWEEK Next Up: Saddam After September 11, Washington sees Iraq’s weapons capabilities as a direct and intolerable threat to American national security. So what will be done? By Christopher Dickey and John Barry Jan. 7 issue - Saddam Hussein lives for vengeance. But in 2002 the Iraqi dictator, who haunted the ’90s, could well get a taste of someone else’s wrath. And for President George W. Bush, it will be personal. (中略) How indeed? Despite the tough talk, the administration has barely begun to grapple with the challenge of taking out Saddam. NEWSWEEK has learned that the Joint Chiefs of Staff, under heavy political pressure to produce options for military action against Iraq, have been looking at a study that suggests putting 50,000 U.S. troops on its southern border; another 50,000 U.S. troops on its northern border; then sending the two forces toward Baghdad in the middle. But planners doubt that even that force would be enough to take Baghdad. The current commander of U.S. ground forces in the region, Lt. Gen. Paul Mikolashek, suggested a few days before 9-11 that to take Baghdad and overthrow the regime would require forces “at least at the level” of Desert Storm-when around 169,000 U.S. combat troops were deployed (along with twice that number of support troops). There’s deep skepticism among the senior military that Bush, shown these sorts of numbers, will still seek to embark on such a huge expedition. At the other end of the scale, members of the exiled Iraqi opposition claim that a sustained demonstration of American resolve, including a willingness to deploy troops, will lead to popular rebellions inside Iraq and mass desertions within Saddam’s army, and will result sooner rather than later in his overthrow -without actually requiring the use of such large American forces. It was Clinton’s obviously halfhearted approach, they say, that undermined earlier efforts along these lines. http://www.msnbc.com/news/677077.asp?cp1=1 ブッシュ米大統領と大統領国家安保チームは、イラクのフセイン政権打倒を決定し、 イラク攻撃作戦の細部事項をめぐり政策立案者らがその方法と時期をめぐって激し い議論を繰り広げていると米ニューズウィーク誌が24日、報道した。 同誌は「米合同参謀本部が、イラク北部と南部の国境地帯に各5万人の兵力を投 入し、首都バグダッドへの進撃を提案した報告書について検討している」と伝え、「し かし、政策立案者らはこの程度の兵力ではバグダッド占領は不可能とみている」と 伝えた。 これと関連し、現地の地域司令官であるミコラシェク中将は、「バグダッドを占領し、 フセイン政権を打倒するためには、最低限、湾岸戦争時の米軍の兵力水準(16万 9000人)が必要となるだろう」と述べたという。 同誌は匿名の高官の話を引用し、「問題は、米国がイラクを攻撃するかどうかでは なく、いつ攻撃するかだ」とし、「米国防総省は、第3軍司令部の司令部をクウェート に移すなど、中東地域に資源を増やし、戦争の準備をしている」と付け加えた。 しかし、同誌は「イラクの共和国守備隊は、烏合の衆にすぎなかったタリバンとは全 く違う。よく鍛えられた機械化兵力」と指摘し、「米軍首脳部は、アフガン攻撃のように イラク攻撃も簡単に成功を収めるとは考えていない」と指摘した。
Pakistan Observer Osama has died a natural death Tariq Saeed PESHAWAR-Much dreaded Osama bin Ladin, the man on the top of the US list of most wanted men, had a peaceful natural death in mid-December in the vicinity of famous Tora Bora mountains, a Taliban leader who attended funeral of the Al-Qaeda leader confided to Pakistan Observer. “The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfil their cherished goal of getting Osama alive or dead”, the source added while referring to intensive operation launched by US and British troops to “smoke Osama out”. Late Osama bin Ladin, according to the source, was suffering from some serious lungs complication and succumbed to the disease for lack of proper treatment. The source claimed that OBL was laid to rest honourably in his last abode and his grave was levelled even as per his Wahabi belief. About thirty close associates of OBL in Al-Qaeda including his most trusted and personal bodyguards, his family members and some “Taliban friends” attended the funeral rites. A volley of bullets were also fired to pay final tributes to the “great leader”. The Taliban source who claims to have seen Osama’s face before burial said “he looked pale and freak but calm, relaxed and confident”. Asked whether Osama had any feelings of remorse before death, the source vehemently said “No”. Instead, he said, Osama was proud that he succeeded in his mission of igniting awareness amongst Muslims about hegemonistic designs and conspiracies of “pagans” against Islam. Osama, he said, held the view that the sacrifice of a few hundred people in Afghanistan was nothing as those who laid their lives in creating an atmosphere of resistance will be adequately rewarded by Almighty Allah. When asked where are his last remains buried, the source said “I am sure that like other places in Tora Bora, that particular place too must have vanished”. http://www.pakobserver.com/december/25/front/news07.shtml (注 結構、広告のウィンドウが開いて鬱陶しい) パキスタンの英字紙オブザーバーは25日、オサマ・ビンラディンが今月中旬に アフガニスタン東部のトラボラで病死した、と伝えた。アルカイダ幹部が葬儀に 参加したと同紙に語ったという。ビンラディン氏の行方を巡っては爆撃による死 亡説やパキスタン潜伏説など様々な情報が流れているが、いずれも確認され ていない。 同紙によると、ビンラディン氏は以前から肺疾患の合併症を患っていたが、トラ ボラ潜伏中に適切な治療が受けられずに死亡したという。 米軍などはビンラディン氏が潜んでいたとされるトラボラ地区で捜索活動を強 化しているが、パキスタンでは、国境を越えてパキスタン北西部の部族自治区 に逃げ込んだとの見方や、すでに爆撃を受けて死亡したといった憶測が飛び 交っている。消息筋は「ビンラディン氏が肺を病んでいたとの話はない」として、 病死報道にも否定的だ。
The Gallup Organization George W. and Laura Bush Top List of Most Admired George W. and Laura Bush rate as America's most admired man and woman, according to Gallup's annual survey. President Bush achieved the highest score ever on the most admired man list, surpassing the previous high of John Kennedy in 1961. Others on the list of most admired men include Colin Powell, Rudolph Giuliani, and Pope John Paul II. The list of most admired women includes Hillary Rodham Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, and Barbara Bush. http://www.gallup.com/ 調査会社ギャラップが26日公表した世論調査結果によると、「最も称賛する男」と の問いに回答者の39%がブッシュ大統領と答え、これまで最高だった故ケネディ 大統領の32%を超えた。 調査は同社とUSAトゥデー紙とCNNテレビが共同で14日から16日にかけて成人 1019人を対象に実施。1948年からギャラップが行っている恒例の「現在生存する、 最も賞賛する男性」の問いで史上最高を記録した。「女性」ではローラ・ブッシュ大統 領夫人がトップの12%だった。 昨年末の調査では当時のクリントン大統領とローマ法王が6%で1位を分けた。同調 査ではブッシュ氏はまだ混乱の選挙戦の渦中にいた共和党大統領候補として5%、 ローラ夫人は「統計外」だった。
The Washington Post Terrorism Tribunal Rights Are Expanded Draft Specifies Appeals, Unanimity On Death Penalty By Charles Lane Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 28, 2001; Page A01 International terrorism suspects brought before U.S. military commissions would be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, could be sentenced to death only by a unanimous vote of the commissions' members and would have the right to an appeal, according to draft procedures for the commissions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32508-2001Dec27.html 米中枢同時テロの最重要容疑者とされるウサマ・ビンラディンやテロ組織アルカイダの メンバーを裁く特別軍事法廷について、米政府は法廷を原則公開とし、被告に対し弁護 人選任や上訴権など、通常の刑事裁判とほぼ同等の権利を与えることを検討している ことが28日までに明らかになった。 同日付の米紙ワシントン・ポストが、米司法当局と法曹関係者が内々に作成した草案の 概要として報じた。 草案は、同法廷では被告に対し米政府の負担で軍人の弁護士を付けることを規定。被 告人が望めば、費用は自己負担で民間の弁護人を選任することができるとした。さらに 被告には「推定無罪」の原則が適用される。
The New York Times December 28, 2001 THE LAWYERS Just Who Would Want to Defend Suspects Before a Tribunal? Probably Plenty By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -As Pentagon officials finish assembling a draft of the rules that will govern military tribunals, there is no shortage of defense lawyers willing, if not eager, to step in on behalf of anyone accused of terrorism who might be tried before them. "My wife says it would be unacceptable, but I disagree," said Charles W. Gittins, a Virginia defense lawyer who specializes in military cases. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/28/national/28TRIB.html 今年2月に実習船えひめ丸と衝突、沈没させた原潜グリーンビルの スコット・ワドル艦長(当時)の代理人を務めたチャールズ・ギティンズ 弁護士が、米中枢同時テロに関与したテロ組織アルカイダのメンバー らを裁く特別軍事法廷で被告側弁護人を務めたいと意欲を示している。 28日付の米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズは軍事問題専門の弁護士らの インタビュー記事を掲載。ギティンズ弁護士はこの中で「(テロリストの 弁護について)妻は許されないことだと言うが、私はそうは思わない」と 言明。さらに「もし私が弁護人としていい仕事をしたら、人々から訴訟を 起こされるかもしれないと妻は考えている」とした上で「しかし、もし立派 な仕事ができなければテロリストに追跡されることになる」と指摘し、 軍事法廷では活発な弁護を展開する義務があると述べた。
CNN Afghan official believes bin Laden in Pakistan December 28, 2001 Posted: 1:50 AM EST (0650 GMT) From John Raedler KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A high-ranking Afghan intelligence official tells CNN that he believes Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan. Abdullah Tawheedi, a deputy head of intelligence in Afghanistan, says he has received "reliable information" that the terrorist leader paid a "large amount" of money to buy his way out of Afghanistan. Tawheedi named Haji Zaman -- a well-known independent military commander -- as the man responsible for taking bin Laden across the border to Pakistan. Ironically, Haji Zaman had recently been fighting against bin Laden and his al Qaeda organization. But Tawheedi says he believes Haji Zaman was apparently persuaded -- by money -- to help the terrorist leader. The intelligence official says his information is that Haji Zaman handed bin Laden over to the protection of an Islamic group in Pakistan. Tawheedi says that recently Haji Zaman had requested a cease-fire in the Tora Bora region of southeastern Afghanistan, where bin Laden was believed to be hiding. Tawheedi says he believes Haji Zaman wanted hostilities stopped so he could steal bin Laden out of the danger area to safety. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/12/28/inv.bin.laden.location/index.html CNNは28日、アフガニスタン情報機関高官の話として、ウサマ・ビンラディンが アフガン東部の地元司令官に巨額な金を支払ってトラボラを脱出、パキスタンに 逃れたと伝えた。CNNはアフガン情報機関のナンバー2であるアブドラ・ タウヒーディ氏が入手した「信頼できる情報」として報じた。同氏によると、 ビンラディンとテロ組織アルカイダの掃討作戦に加わっていた地元部隊の ハジ・ザマン司令官がビンラディンの逃走を手伝う見返りに巨額な金を 受け取ったという。同司令官はビンラディンをパキスタンのイスラム勢力に 引き渡したという。同司令官は、トラボラの攻防戦で停戦を提案、停戦の間に ビンラディンを安全な場所に逃がした可能性が高いという。
The Times SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 2001 Scientists confirm bin Laden weapons tests BY ANTHONY LOYD, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT OF THE YEAR OSAMA BIN LADEN and his terrorist organisation were not only investigating the use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons against the West, they had conducted preliminary experiments on animals. These unnerving revelations are the conclusion of detailed examination of documents discovered by The Times in abandoned al-Qaeda houses in Kabul last month. The documents, which have been translated in full, prove that among other atrocities, al-Qaeda was studying how to produce botulin poison in batches strong enough to kill 2,000 people. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001570019-2001603346,00.html タイムズ紙は、ウサマ・ビンラディン氏の組織「アルカイダ」が動物実験などを行い、 核・生物・化学兵器を使用した西欧諸国への攻撃を検討していたと報じた。 11月13日にアフガニスタンの首都カブールが北部同盟の手に渡った後、同市内の アルカイダ拠点で発見された文書を詳細に調査した結果、判明したものだという。 アラビア語や中国語、ロシア語、英語などによる手書きやコピー数百ページにわたる 文書は、科学分野の知識を持つ英国の翻訳家や大量破壊兵器の専門家らによって 解読された。 その結果、アルカイダが2000人の殺傷能力を持つ分量のボツリヌス毒素の製造方 法を模索していたことが分かった。 また、同組織が、「汚い爆弾」と呼ばれる放射性兵器を製造するため、材料の調査を 行っていたことも判明したという。
DAWN 29 December 2001 Saturday 13 Shawwal 1422 FBI grills Al-Qaeda detainees in Kohat By Abdul Sami Paracha KOHAT, Dec 28: A six-member FBI team, assisted by top Pakistan Military Intelligence officials, is interrogating 139 Al-Qaeda men detained at the central prison, Kohat , to give its findings to their headquarters in the US for a final action against terrorist organizations all over the world, Dawn learnt from one of the interrogators on Friday night. The US understands that this information would be the only first-hand report regarding the activities and members of the Al-Qaeda in other countries of the world. "They (the Al-Qaeda men) will be the only source to tell the Americans what plans Osama bin Laden had in his mind before and after the Sept 11 attacks," the source confided to Dawn on the condition of anonymity. So far they had been able only to know that Osama was alive, and efforts were under way to get more information from them. The source further said that the US authorities were very much satisfied with the progress so far made in this connection and appreciated the role of Pakistan in its war against terrorism. http://www.dawn.com/2001/12/29/top13.htm 二十九日付のパキスタン英字紙ドーンは、アフガニスタンからパキスタンに越境して 拘束されたアルカーイダ兵が米連邦捜査局(FBI)の尋問に対し、ウサマ・ビンラーデ ィン氏が現在もアフガン国内で生存していると供述したと報じた。 FBIに協力しているパキスタン情報筋の話として同紙が伝えたところでは、FBIのチー ムは同国北部コハトの刑務所に収容されているアルカーイダ兵のうち幹部とみられる 二十五人を集中的に尋問。ビンラーディン氏の行方について「トラボラの激しい空爆を 生き延び、アフガン国内にいる」と供述しているという。 アルカーイダ兵はまた、アフガン国内には今でも、アルカーイダの部隊六千−七千人 がいるとし、壊滅は不可能と主張している。
THE TIMES OF INDIA 6:14:20 PM Saturday, December 29, 2001, PTI India rejects Musharraf's offer to meet Vajpayee NEW DELHI: India on Saturday rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's offer to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Kathmandu early next month on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit, saying the outlook for a dialogue was not promising. ''India has always advocated dialogue with Pakistan. But under the circumstances until Pakistan creates a conducive climate by acting resolutely and meaningfully against terrorism, the outlook for such dialogue cannot be promising,'' official sources said. Close on the heels of the tit-for-tat diplomatic sanctions by the two countries, Musharraf had told reporters on Friday, "I don't mind meeting him (Vajpayee). But as I said once before, you can't clap with one hand. And if there is a willingness from the other side, then there is a willingness from my side," Musharraf had said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2002888016
The New York Times December 29, 2001 U.S. Says It May Send Envoy to India and Pakistan By ADAM CLYMER WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 - The United States is considering dispatching an envoy to South Asia to try to cool tensions between India and Pakistan, but not before mid- January, a senior State Department official said today. The official said two earlier occasions for conciliation would probably be given a chance to work first. The first is a South Asian summit meeting in Nepal from Jan. 4 through 6, and the second is a visit to India by Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain a bit later. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/29/international/asia/29DIPL.html 29日付ニューヨーク・タイムズは国務省高官の話として、米政府が、 インドとパキスタン間の緊張緩和をうながすための特使を来月中旬にも 両国に派遣する見通しだと報じた。特使にはアーミテージ国務副長官、 ハース国務省政策企画局長らの名前があがっているが、最終決定は、 南アジア首脳会議と、来月前半のブレア英首相の訪印結果を見た上で 行われる。
The New York Times December 30, 2001 MISSED SIGNALS Many Say U.S. Planned for Terror but Failed to Take Action By THE NEW YORK TIMES Inside the White House situation room on the morning terrorism transformed America, Franklin C. Miller, the director for defense policy, was suddenly gripped by a staggering fear: "The White House could be hit. We could be going down." The reports and rumors came in a torrent: A car bomb had exploded at the State Department. The Mall was in flames. The Pentagon had been destroyed. Planes were bearing down on the capital. The White House was evacuated, leaving the national security team alone, trying to control a nation suddenly under siege and wondering if they were next. Mr. Miller had an aide send out the names of those present by e-mail "so that when and if we died, someone would know who was in there." Somewhere in the havoc of the moment, Richard A. Clarke, then the White House counterterrorism chief, recalled the long drumbeat of warnings about terrorists striking on American soil, many of them delivered and debated in that very room. After a third hijacked jet had sliced into the Pentagon, others heard Mr. Clarke say it first: "This is Al Qaeda." ニューヨーク・タイムズは29日、米政府が米中枢同時テロの前からウサマ・ビンラディンが 米国内でテロを計画していることを知りながら「防止のために全力を尽くさなかった」とクリントン前、 ブッシュ現政権の対応を批判する長文の記事を掲載した。 米有力紙が米政権のテロへの対応をこれほど批判的に分析したのは初めて。同紙は「(クリントン 政権の)テロに対する反応は限定的で首尾一貫しないものだった」と指摘。今後連邦議会が数年間 にわたり政府がテロ対策に専念しなかったことを追及し続けるだろうとの見通しを示した。
The Sunday Telegraph US missile shortage delays Iraq strike By Sean Rayment(Filed: 30/12/2001) A SHORTAGE of cruise missiles has thrown plans for a full-scale strike on Iraq into disarray. America's supply of the air launched version, one of the US air force's most sophisticated and deadly weapons, has become so depleted that military chiefs are pressing Boeing, the manufacturers, to speed up their production. Even so, the first of the new batch of missiles ordered last year is not expected for months, and it may take longer to rebuild stocks to a level that would make such an attack viable. Strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998 and Kosovo two years ago virtually exhausted the US supply. The number of conventional [non-nuclear] air launched cruise missiles left within the inventory is believed to be fewer than 30. The £900,000 missiles are a vital tactical weapon because of their ability to destroy targets from up to 800 miles without warning. The news came as President Bush pledged to maintain the war on terrorism in 2002. "Above all, this coming year will require our sustained commitment to the war against terrorism," he said in his weekly radio address. "We cannot know how long this struggle will last. But it can end only one way: in victory for America and the cause of freedom." http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/12/30/wirq30.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/12/30/ixnewstop.html 30日付の英紙サンデー・テレグラフは米国防総省当局者の話として、 米国が巡航ミサイルの不足でイラク攻撃に踏み切れないでいると報じた。 同紙によると、米軍が現在保有する非核弾頭用の空中発射巡航ミサイルは 30発足らずで、昨年ボーイング社に発注した同ミサイルが完成するのは 数カ月先という状態。軍当局は同社に生産ピッチを少しでも上げるよう圧力を かけている。 米当局者は1998年のアフガニスタンとスーダンへの空爆と99年の コソボ空爆でかなり使ってしまったのが響いていると説明したという。 また潜水艦ないし水上艦から発射する巡航ミサイルは今回のアフガン攻撃で 多数発射してしまった上、そもそも海からの巡航ミサイルは射程が短く イラク全土をカバーできない問題があると同紙は述べた。
The FrontierPost Japan calls for Indo-Pak dialogues Updated on 12/29/2001 10:42:01 AM TOKYO (Online): Japan on Friday called on India and Pakistan to resolve the conflict arising from the recent terrorist attack on Parliament through dialogue. “I hope that Pakistan and India address the issues calmly by holding dialogues. This is the most fundamental stance of (Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s) cabinet,” Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka told reporters here, according to Kyodo news agency. http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=13&date1=12/29/2001
Associated Press DECEMBER 29, 19:41 ET NY Mayor Marks WTC Platform Arrival By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -With a moment of prayer and a few tears, city officials joined Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in marking the opening of a viewing platform Saturday that will give the public a better look at the destroyed World Trade Center. ``I really urge Americans to come here and say a little prayer and reflect on the whole history of America,'' Giuliani said, while standing on the 13-foot-high viewing platform in lower Manhattan. The platform, about a block from where the twin towers stood, can hold 400 people. It was scheduled to open to the public at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Three other platforms are planned, but there was no word on when they would be finished. The outgoing mayor said he had concerns that increased public access would result in the area becoming too touristy but thought the majority of people would be respectful. http://wire.ap.org/APnews/main.html?SLUG=ATTACKS%2dPLATFORMS 米中枢同時テロで崩壊したニューヨーク世界貿易センタービル跡地を一望できる高さ 13フィート(3・9メートル)の展望台が建設され、29日ジュリアーニ市長らが出席して 完工式が行われた。30日から一般公開の予定。 同ビル跡地から約100メートル離れており、400人を収容できる。同市は、同規模の 展望台をさらに三つ設置する計画。 ジュリアーニ市長は現場に立ち、黙とうした後、「米国民に、ここに来て、祈りをささげ、 米国の歴史について考えをめぐらすよう訴えたい」と語った。
Associated Press JANUARY 05, 18:31 ET Plane Crashes Into Tampa Skyscraper TAMPA, Fla. (AP)- A small plane with a student pilot crashed into a downtown skyscraper Saturday after an unauthorized takeoff, the Coast Guard said. The student left the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport in a Cessna 172 and ignored signals to land, then crashed into the Bank of America building, Coast Guard Lt. Lance Isakson said. The plane was being followed by a Coast Guard helicopter before it crashed into the building. A law enforcement official in Washington, speaking only on condition of anonymity, said Saturday evening the FBI does not believe the crash is related to terrorism but has sent agents to the scene. http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_package.html?FRONTID=NATIONAL&PACKAGEID=planecrash&STORYID=APIS7GROPFG0&SLUG=PLANE%2dCRASH