On June 10 Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the arrest of suspected al-Qaeda associate Jose Padilla in an alleged plot to explode a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a U.S. city. It was only the first big development in a busy week in the war against terrorism
FRANCE On June 12 antiterrorist police arrested five men from Pakistan and North Africa they believe may have had contact with or provided logistical support for alleged "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in his attempt to blow up a Paris-to-Miami flight last December
MOROCCO On June 10 security services announced the arrest of three Saudi al-Qaeda...
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