The Insider: Daily Terrorism Report

June 18 -- The deadline for the threatened killing of the kidnapped American Paul M. Johnson Jr. approaches as thousands of Saudi police continue their search. A video released on the internet Tuesday demanded the release of jailed militants in Saudi Arabia within 72 hours or Johnson will be killed. The mother of Abdul Aziz al Muqrin, the al Qaeda suspect wanted for the kidnapping, has made a public plea for the release of Johnson unharmed. Johnson's family and friends have also sent messages through the media and the internet urging the group to spare him.

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U.S. Hostage in Saudi ArabiaSaudis Seek U.S. Hostage As Clock Ticks With helicopters flying overhead, thousands of Saudi police searched for American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr. on Friday, as a deadline loomed for the kingdom to release al-Qaida prisoners or see him killed. (AP)

Saudi Police Seek Info on American HostageSaudi police search Riyadh for information about American hostage as deadline looms. (AP)

Relatives Go To Mass Media In Effort to Get Captive Freed Kidnappers are begged not to fulfill death threat. (Washington Post)

Saudi Friend Asks Captors To Free AmericanA Saudi colleague of abducted U.S. citizen Paul Johnson Jr. urged kidnappers Thursday to free the hostage, arguing that the victim is under his protection as a Muslim and killing him would break Islamic law. (CNN)

9/11 Commission9-11 Panel to Eye Ways to Prevent AttacksNext for Sept. 11 panel: how to prevent terrorist attacks in the future. (AP)

Cheney Authorized Shooting Down PlanesAt 10:39 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Vice President Cheney, in a bunker beneath the White House, told Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in a videoconference that he had been informed earlier that morning that hijacked planes were approaching Washington. (Washington Post)

PakistanWanted Tribal Leader Killed in PakistanWanted tribal leader killed in mortar attack in rugged Pakistani border region. (AP)