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President Bush A After repeated A The U.S. continues The World Health A A 63-year-old employee at
announces plans to refusals from the Tal­ bombing Afghan cities, Organization warns the American Media build­
starve terrorist groups of iban to turn over bin while at the same time Western govern­ ing in Florida dies from
all money, and signs an Laden, the U.S. and dropping food packages, ments to be on inhalation anthrax, a poten­
order to freeze all U.S. allied British forces called Humanitarian Daily the alert for attacks tial agent for use in biolog­
assets of suspected ter­ begin launching air Rations (or HDRs), from using chemical and ical warfare. Several other
rorists, ordering finan­ strikes on Afghan cities, planes to help Afghan ref­ biological warfare. American Media employ­
cial institutions do the military targets and ter­ ugees at risk for starvation. ees also test positive for
same. rorist camps. anthrax.

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◄ Osama bin Laden is the
leader of al Qaeda, a worldwide
network of terrorists, and is Amer­
ica's most wanted terrorist sus­ ■■■ ' tographed, Omar
pect. Born in Saudi Arabia to a ^ yr fought beside bin
wealthy Yemeni family, bin Laden H _______________ Laden in Afghan
became an Islamic fundamentalist resistance to Soviet occupation. He cre­
and turned against Saudi Arabia ated the Taliban in the early 1990s to pul
and the U.S. after working with an end to the chaos in Afghanistan and
the Afghan resistance against the transformed it into what he envisioned
former Soviet Union in 1979. as the purest Islamic state in the world.