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01-03-2004, 04:45 PM
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al Qaeda resorts to smuggling drugs to finance their Wahabi extremism. This is the second bust this week alone:
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North Arabian Sea (Dec. 31, 2003) -- Boarding teams from USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) approach a dhow suspected of drug trafficking. Upon inspection the vessel was found to have over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish. The vessel was seized and its 15 crewmembers were detained after being tracked and intercepted by U.S. and coalition forces. Port Royal and the 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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North Arabian Sea (Dec. 31, 2003) -- Boarding teams from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) inspect a dhow found trafficking over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish. The vessel was seized and its 15 crewmembers were detained after being tracked and intercepted by U.S. and coalition forces. 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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North Arabian Sea (Jan 1, 2004) – Boarding teams from USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) seized over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish upon inspection of a dhow suspected of drug trafficking. The narcotics were stored in 50 to 100 pound bags and were during an inspection uncovered by U.S. boarding teams. Port Royal and the 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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The US Navy has seized another small boat carrying drugs near the Persian Gulf after interrogating smugglers with suspected links to the al Qaeda terrorist network, the military announced yesterday. The boat seized on New Year's Day was the fourth drug-smuggling vessel intercepted by Americans in the past two weeks in or near the Persian Gulf(US Navy file)
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Senior commander of Colombia's Marxist rebel army FARC Simon Trinidad (C) shouts slogans as he is escorted by Ecuadorean police officers in Quito, January 3, 2004. Officials announced that Trinidad, whose real name is Ricardo Palmera, was arrested in a Quito hospital January 2, the highest ranked member of the guerrilla army ever to be captured. *******/Guillermo Granja
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Leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Simon Trinidad reads a declaration during a press conference in Los Pozos, Colombia, in this Jan. 13, 2002, file photo. Ecuadorean authorities on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, captured one of the top seven commanders of Colombia's main rebel group, the most senior rebel taken into custody in nearly four decades of guerrilla warfare, Colombia's secret police said. (AP Photo/Str)
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**FILE* Negotiators of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), from left, Carlos Antonio Lozado, Raul Reyes and Simon Trinidad address the press in Los Pozos in southern Colombia in this January 10, 2002, file photo. Ecuadorean authorities on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, captured Trindad, one of the top seven commanders of Colombia's main rebel group, the most senior rebel taken into custody in nearly four decades of guerrilla warfare, Colombia's secret police said. (AP Photo/Scott Dalton, File)
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Simon Trinidad, one of the seven members of the ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, shouts as he is escorted by Ecuadorean police while arriving to the airbase in Quito, Saturday, Jan. 3 2004. Ecuadorean authorities captured the most senior Colombian rebel commander in four decades of guerrilla warfare, in the biggest victory of hardline Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's campaign to crush the leftist insurgency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Simon Trinidad, one of the seven members of the ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is escorted in handcuffs by Ecuadorean police while arriving to the airbase in Quito, Saturday, Jan. 3 2004. Ecuadorean authorities captured the most senior Colombian rebel commander in four decades of guerrilla warfare, in the biggest victory of hardline Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's campaign to crush the leftist insurgency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Afghan National Army soldiers on a pickup truck guard delegates outside the venue of the constitutional Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly, in Kabul January 3, 2004. Afghan leaders met U.S. and U.N. officials behind closed doors on Friday to try to end an impasse over a new constitution that has exposed ethnic fault lines and undermined Washington's vision of a strong presidential system. *******/Kimimasa Mayama
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Afghan Loya Jirga or grand council delegates chat during a break at a session in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. Afghanistan's constitutional council stalled over the narrowest of differences Saturday, despite a claim by its leader that delegates had agreed on "99 percent" of the wording for a historic new charter after three weeks of painful and divisive talks. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- Children here greet 455th Expeditionary Operations Group airmen during the delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)
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JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- Lt. Col. John Bernier meets with village elders here during the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group's delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. Bernier is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)
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A rescue helicopter flies over the Red Sea off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, after an Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner crashed into the Red Sea, January 3, 2004. The plane, operated by the Egyptian company Flash Airlines and carrying 135 mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take-off. The pilots did not report any problem and the weather was normal with good visibility, official sources said. The plane was heading for Cairo to refuel and change crew before flying on to Paris. A rescue team member said there were no survivors. *******/Ruben Sprich
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Egyptian coast guard vessel, right, looks for any floating items in front of the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheik, after a charter airliner carrying 148 people, mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take off Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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A search and rescue aircraft is watched from the shore as it patrols the Red Sea off the coast off Sharm el-Sheikh Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. A charter airliner carrying 148 people, mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea on Saturday shortly after taking off from the resort officials said. No survivors were reported. (AP Photo/Mohamed El-Dakhakhny)
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French gendarmes keep watch from an armored personnel carrier, alongside an Air France jet bound for New York, moments before it lifted off from Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, north of Paris, January 2, 2004. U.S. and French officials confirmed Thursday and Friday that U.S. F-16 fighter jets were escorting some Air France flights over U.S. air space over the New Year period for fear attackers might try to crash them into American targets. *******/Jack Dabaghian
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An armed British police officer patrols with a colleague at Heathrow Airport in London, as the tail-fin of a British Airways plane can be seen in the distance, January 3, 2004. London said on Saturday "specific" information led to the grounding of several British Airways flights in recent days and warned of more cancellations in a bid to prevent a repetition of the September 11 attacks, in which more than 3,000 people died. *******/David Bebber
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A Pakistani Ranger, right, shares a word with an Indian Border Security Force soldier after a "Beating the Retreat," or a flag-off ceremony, at the India-Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah, India, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. Terrorism, free trade and poverty reduction will top the agenda at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation forum starting from Jan. 4-6 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The focus however is on an expected meeting between leaders of nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the summit. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma)
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St. Nicholas Church in a fort overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, which holds presidential elections on Sunday. The voting comes six weeks after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned amid mass protests over fraud in parliament elections. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday there are no plans to expand Jewish settlements in the Golan Heights, contradicting statements made two days earlier by a fellow Cabinet minister. (***** Images)
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Israeli peace activists block a road, in protest, after police prevented them from approaching the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004.
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Israeli police arrest Israeli peace activists, among 28 arrested as they attempted to approach the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Israel is building a controversial security barrier made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians and Israeli peace activists condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli police arrest an Israeli peace activist, among 28 arrested as they attempted to approach the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004.
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Israeli police arrest an Israeli peace activist, who was among 28 arrested as they attempted to approach the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Israel is building a controversial security barrier made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians and Israeli peace activists condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus early Saturday, Palestinian hospital sources said. A fourth Palestinian was seriously wounded after he was shot in the head by troops during the funeral procession for his compatriots, witnesses said. (***** Images)
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An Israeli armored vehicle blocks the way of a funeral procession for three Palestinians killed during early morning clashes with soldiers, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Shortly before, according to witnesses, Israeli soldiers shot at mourners during the procession, wounding four. The army said it shot two men that were carrying weapons during the procession. Palestinians denied the presence of weapons. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli soldiers guard another soldier who aids a Palestinian medic as he treats a Palestinian man wounded by Israeli troops who fired on mourners during the funeral for three others killed earlier during clashes with soldiers, in the West Bank town of Nablus, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. According to Palestinians Israeli soldiers shot at mourners during the funeral procession for the three killed wounding four mourners. The army said it shot two men that were carrying weapons during the procession. Palestinians denied the presence of weapons. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Amer Arafat, 20, at bottom, and Amjad Al Masri, 15, killed earlier in the day by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. According to Palestinians, Israeli soldiers shot at mourners during the funeral procession for the three killed, wounding four, one seriously. The army said it shot two men that were carrying weapons during the procession. Palestinians denied the presence of weapons. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli soldiers escort a blindfolded Palestinian as he is detained during an army operation in the village of Beit Ommer near the West Bank town of Hebron Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and a U.S. soldier man a check point in Baghdad, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldier searches a group of Iraqis at a check point in Baghdad Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Iraqi children wave as Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) troops patrol with U.S. soldiers in Tikrit, some 250 km north of Baghdad on January 2, 2004. A U.S. soldier was killed and another was wounded in a helicopter crash in central Iraq (news - web sites) while ethnic tensions flared again in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, leading to at least one death. (Alexander Demianchuk/*******)
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Two members of the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) stand guard under a highway crossing in Baghdad(AFP/Karim Sahib)
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Assault rifles, rocket launchers, mortar tubes and explosives found by U.S. troops in Baghdad's Ibn-Taymiyah Mosque during a raid Thursday Jan. 1, 2004 seen in this photograph released by the U.S. Army. More than 30 people were arrested in the raid, including clerical staff. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, HO)
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A US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division is seen waiting outside his base against a sunset backdrop in former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit, 180 Kilometers (110 miles) north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, 03 January 2004. One US soldier was killed and two wounded in a mortar attack on a US base in a town north of the Iraqi capital yesterday, a US military spokesman said. The attack in Balad occurred at about 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) and the soldier was killed by shrapnel, said Sergeant Robert Cargie, a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
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Two Americans will be deported (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2003/December/theworld_December645.xml§ion=theworld) from the Philippines after being arrested on suspicion of involvement with groups with alleged links to the Al Qaeda terror network, officials said on Tuesday(***** Images)
al Qaeda resorts to smuggling drugs to finance their Wahabi extremism. This is the second bust this week alone:
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North Arabian Sea (Dec. 31, 2003) -- Boarding teams from USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) approach a dhow suspected of drug trafficking. Upon inspection the vessel was found to have over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish. The vessel was seized and its 15 crewmembers were detained after being tracked and intercepted by U.S. and coalition forces. Port Royal and the 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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North Arabian Sea (Dec. 31, 2003) -- Boarding teams from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) inspect a dhow found trafficking over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish. The vessel was seized and its 15 crewmembers were detained after being tracked and intercepted by U.S. and coalition forces. 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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North Arabian Sea (Jan 1, 2004) – Boarding teams from USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) seized over 2,800 pounds of narcotics, believed to be hashish upon inspection of a dhow suspected of drug trafficking. The narcotics were stored in 50 to 100 pound bags and were during an inspection uncovered by U.S. boarding teams. Port Royal and the 13th MEU (SOC) are assigned to ESG 1 deployed to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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The US Navy has seized another small boat carrying drugs near the Persian Gulf after interrogating smugglers with suspected links to the al Qaeda terrorist network, the military announced yesterday. The boat seized on New Year's Day was the fourth drug-smuggling vessel intercepted by Americans in the past two weeks in or near the Persian Gulf(US Navy file)
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Senior commander of Colombia's Marxist rebel army FARC Simon Trinidad (C) shouts slogans as he is escorted by Ecuadorean police officers in Quito, January 3, 2004. Officials announced that Trinidad, whose real name is Ricardo Palmera, was arrested in a Quito hospital January 2, the highest ranked member of the guerrilla army ever to be captured. *******/Guillermo Granja
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Leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Simon Trinidad reads a declaration during a press conference in Los Pozos, Colombia, in this Jan. 13, 2002, file photo. Ecuadorean authorities on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, captured one of the top seven commanders of Colombia's main rebel group, the most senior rebel taken into custody in nearly four decades of guerrilla warfare, Colombia's secret police said. (AP Photo/Str)
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**FILE* Negotiators of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), from left, Carlos Antonio Lozado, Raul Reyes and Simon Trinidad address the press in Los Pozos in southern Colombia in this January 10, 2002, file photo. Ecuadorean authorities on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, captured Trindad, one of the top seven commanders of Colombia's main rebel group, the most senior rebel taken into custody in nearly four decades of guerrilla warfare, Colombia's secret police said. (AP Photo/Scott Dalton, File)
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Simon Trinidad, one of the seven members of the ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, shouts as he is escorted by Ecuadorean police while arriving to the airbase in Quito, Saturday, Jan. 3 2004. Ecuadorean authorities captured the most senior Colombian rebel commander in four decades of guerrilla warfare, in the biggest victory of hardline Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's campaign to crush the leftist insurgency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Simon Trinidad, one of the seven members of the ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is escorted in handcuffs by Ecuadorean police while arriving to the airbase in Quito, Saturday, Jan. 3 2004. Ecuadorean authorities captured the most senior Colombian rebel commander in four decades of guerrilla warfare, in the biggest victory of hardline Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's campaign to crush the leftist insurgency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Afghan National Army soldiers on a pickup truck guard delegates outside the venue of the constitutional Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly, in Kabul January 3, 2004. Afghan leaders met U.S. and U.N. officials behind closed doors on Friday to try to end an impasse over a new constitution that has exposed ethnic fault lines and undermined Washington's vision of a strong presidential system. *******/Kimimasa Mayama
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Afghan Loya Jirga or grand council delegates chat during a break at a session in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. Afghanistan's constitutional council stalled over the narrowest of differences Saturday, despite a claim by its leader that delegates had agreed on "99 percent" of the wording for a historic new charter after three weeks of painful and divisive talks. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- Children here greet 455th Expeditionary Operations Group airmen during the delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)
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JANGADAM VILLAGE, Afghanistan -- Lt. Col. John Bernier meets with village elders here during the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group's delivery of humanitarian supplies Dec. 31. Bernier is the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing flight safety officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)
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A rescue helicopter flies over the Red Sea off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, after an Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner crashed into the Red Sea, January 3, 2004. The plane, operated by the Egyptian company Flash Airlines and carrying 135 mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take-off. The pilots did not report any problem and the weather was normal with good visibility, official sources said. The plane was heading for Cairo to refuel and change crew before flying on to Paris. A rescue team member said there were no survivors. *******/Ruben Sprich
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Egyptian coast guard vessel, right, looks for any floating items in front of the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheik, after a charter airliner carrying 148 people, mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take off Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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A search and rescue aircraft is watched from the shore as it patrols the Red Sea off the coast off Sharm el-Sheikh Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. A charter airliner carrying 148 people, mostly French tourists, crashed into the Red Sea on Saturday shortly after taking off from the resort officials said. No survivors were reported. (AP Photo/Mohamed El-Dakhakhny)
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French gendarmes keep watch from an armored personnel carrier, alongside an Air France jet bound for New York, moments before it lifted off from Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, north of Paris, January 2, 2004. U.S. and French officials confirmed Thursday and Friday that U.S. F-16 fighter jets were escorting some Air France flights over U.S. air space over the New Year period for fear attackers might try to crash them into American targets. *******/Jack Dabaghian
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An armed British police officer patrols with a colleague at Heathrow Airport in London, as the tail-fin of a British Airways plane can be seen in the distance, January 3, 2004. London said on Saturday "specific" information led to the grounding of several British Airways flights in recent days and warned of more cancellations in a bid to prevent a repetition of the September 11 attacks, in which more than 3,000 people died. *******/David Bebber
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A Pakistani Ranger, right, shares a word with an Indian Border Security Force soldier after a "Beating the Retreat," or a flag-off ceremony, at the India-Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah, India, Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. Terrorism, free trade and poverty reduction will top the agenda at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation forum starting from Jan. 4-6 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The focus however is on an expected meeting between leaders of nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the summit. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma)
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St. Nicholas Church in a fort overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, which holds presidential elections on Sunday. The voting comes six weeks after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned amid mass protests over fraud in parliament elections. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday there are no plans to expand Jewish settlements in the Golan Heights, contradicting statements made two days earlier by a fellow Cabinet minister. (***** Images)
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Israeli peace activists block a road, in protest, after police prevented them from approaching the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004.
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Israeli police arrest Israeli peace activists, among 28 arrested as they attempted to approach the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Israel is building a controversial security barrier made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians and Israeli peace activists condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli police arrest an Israeli peace activist, among 28 arrested as they attempted to approach the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004.
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Israeli police arrest an Israeli peace activist, who was among 28 arrested as they attempted to approach the West Bank village of Dir Balut for a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier, about 10 kms from Rosh Ha'ain, Israel, near the border of the West Bank, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Israel is building a controversial security barrier made up of concrete walls, razor wire, fences and trenches and is meant, according to Israel, to keep suicide bombers out. Many Palestinians and Israeli peace activists condemn the barrier, which dips deep into the West Bank in some areas. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus early Saturday, Palestinian hospital sources said. A fourth Palestinian was seriously wounded after he was shot in the head by troops during the funeral procession for his compatriots, witnesses said. (***** Images)
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An Israeli armored vehicle blocks the way of a funeral procession for three Palestinians killed during early morning clashes with soldiers, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. Shortly before, according to witnesses, Israeli soldiers shot at mourners during the procession, wounding four. The army said it shot two men that were carrying weapons during the procession. Palestinians denied the presence of weapons. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli soldiers guard another soldier who aids a Palestinian medic as he treats a Palestinian man wounded by Israeli troops who fired on mourners during the funeral for three others killed earlier during clashes with soldiers, in the West Bank town of Nablus, Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. According to Palestinians Israeli soldiers shot at mourners during the funeral procession for the three killed wounding four mourners. The army said it shot two men that were carrying weapons during the procession. Palestinians denied the presence of weapons. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Amer Arafat, 20, at bottom, and Amjad Al Masri, 15, killed earlier in the day by Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. According to Palestinians, Israeli soldiers shot at mourners during the funeral procession for the three killed, wounding four, one seriously. The army said it shot two men that were carrying weapons during the procession. Palestinians denied the presence of weapons. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Israeli soldiers escort a blindfolded Palestinian as he is detained during an army operation in the village of Beit Ommer near the West Bank town of Hebron Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and a U.S. soldier man a check point in Baghdad, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldier searches a group of Iraqis at a check point in Baghdad Saturday Jan. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Iraqi children wave as Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) troops patrol with U.S. soldiers in Tikrit, some 250 km north of Baghdad on January 2, 2004. A U.S. soldier was killed and another was wounded in a helicopter crash in central Iraq (news - web sites) while ethnic tensions flared again in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, leading to at least one death. (Alexander Demianchuk/*******)
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Two members of the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) stand guard under a highway crossing in Baghdad(AFP/Karim Sahib)
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Assault rifles, rocket launchers, mortar tubes and explosives found by U.S. troops in Baghdad's Ibn-Taymiyah Mosque during a raid Thursday Jan. 1, 2004 seen in this photograph released by the U.S. Army. More than 30 people were arrested in the raid, including clerical staff. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, HO)
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A US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division is seen waiting outside his base against a sunset backdrop in former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit, 180 Kilometers (110 miles) north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, 03 January 2004. One US soldier was killed and two wounded in a mortar attack on a US base in a town north of the Iraqi capital yesterday, a US military spokesman said. The attack in Balad occurred at about 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) and the soldier was killed by shrapnel, said Sergeant Robert Cargie, a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
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Two Americans will be deported (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2003/December/theworld_December645.xml§ion=theworld) from the Philippines after being arrested on suspicion of involvement with groups with alleged links to the Al Qaeda terror network, officials said on Tuesday(***** Images)