Unprepared for Disaster

September 14, 2005 --

Unprepared for Disaster

Experts Say United States May Not Be Ready for Natural or Man-Made Calamities. (ABC News)

A Deadly Guessing Game
A secret study urges that U.S. agencies at least agree on how to measure success or failure in Iraq. (Newsweek)

F.A.A. Alerted on Qaeda in '98, 9/11 Panel Said
U.S. aviation officials were warned as early as 1998 that Al Qaeda could "seek to hijack a commercial jet and slam it into a U.S. landmark." (NY Times)

F.B.I. Found to Violate Its Informant Rules
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has often violated internal guidelines in its handling of confidential informants, the Justice Department's inspector general concluded Monday. (NY Times)

U.S. Colonel Says Bin Laden May be Ill

The US received unconfirmed reports that the health of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was deteriorating, Al Hayat reported Wednesday quoting US Colonel Don Mcgraw, the director of operations at the Combined Forces Command. Mcgraw said the US received information that bin laden "was seeking medical care" said al Hayat. The Colonel refused to specify what bin Laden was supposedly suffering from or where he was seeking medical attention. (Al Hayat)

U.S. May Start Pulling Out of Afghanistan Next Spring
Pentagon and military officials are discussing a proposal to cut U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan by as much as 20 percent next spring. (NY Times)

More Join Guantanamo Hunger Strike

Detainees demand hearings, allege beatings by guards. (Washington Post)

21 Important Tribal Personalities Arrested During Operation in NWA: Safdar

Al Qaeda backbone has been broken with dismantling its network in the volatile tribal areas when the Security Forces raided Haqqani Madrissa in Mir Ali, a region in the restive North Waziristan Agency (NWA) and arrested some key suspects. (Pak Tribune)

Bosnian Serb Suspect Surrenders

A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, Sredoje Lukic, has surrendered to the Serbian authorities, government sources in Belgrade say. (BBC)