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| REVVING UP — An E-2C Hawkeye prepares to launch from one of four steam catapults on the U.S. Kitty Hawk. The Kitty Hawk is the U.S. Navy’s only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier and is homeported in Japan. Photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Lee McCaskill, USN |
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'Dirty Bomb' Terrorist Suspect
Arrested; Held by U.S. Military |
| President calls him 'a threat to the country' |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2002 — The U.S. Defense Department is now holding a terrorist who allegedly was plotting to build and detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the United States.
Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen also known as Abdullah al Mujahir, was captured May 8 when he flew into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport from Pakistan. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson said Padilla is being detained under the laws of war as an enemy combatant.
"We have a man detained who is a threat to the country," President George W. Bush said Monday at the White House. "Thanks to the vigilance of our intelligence gathering and law enforcement, he is now off the streets."
At the direction of the president, the U.S. Department of Justice transferred control of Padilla to the Defense Department Sunday night in New York City. The military is holding Padilla at the Consolidated Naval Brig in Charleston, S.C., Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz said at a press conference Monday morning at the Justice Department.
"Padilla met with senior Al Qaeda members to discuss plans for exploding a radioactive dispersal device, what is commonly called a 'dirty bomb,' in the United States," Wolfowitz said. "He researched nuclear weapons and received training on wiring explosives while in Pakistan. He was instructed to return to the U.S. to conduct reconnaissance operations for Al Qaeda.
Pentagon officials have described the dirty bomb as one made of radiological materials such as spent nuclear fuel rods and conventional explosives. The bomb's blast effect is secondary to spreading intense radiation over a wide area. It does not have the destructive power of a conventional nuclear weapon, they said. More Press Conference |
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Rumsfeld: Iraq is Lying About
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T.
Rhem, USA / American Forces Press Service |
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MANAMA, Bahrain June 10, 2002 — U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld summarily dismissed Iraq's June 9 statement that it does not have weapons of mass destruction and isn't developing them.
"They're lying. It's just false, not true, inaccurate and typical," Rumsfeld said of the Iraqi statement in response to a reporter's question shortly before leaving Kuwait Monday morning. He said Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and continues to "weaponize" chemical weapons and to work to develop biological and nuclear weapons. More
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Rumsfeld Urges Troops
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| "We had 3,000 of our friends and colleagues killed in the Pentagon and the World Trade Center," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told U.S. service members in the Persian Gulf. But "if the terrorist organizations get their hands on weapons of mass destruction, the problem will not be 3,000 people killed, but tens of thousands of people killed." Story
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Situation 'Still Tense' in
India-Pakistan Dispute |
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Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T. Rhem, USA
American Forces Press Service |
MANAMA, Bahrain, June 10, 2002 — "It is still a tense situation" in the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday morning before departing Kuwait.
Rumsfeld visited U.S. troops and Kuwaiti leaders during his overnight stay in Kuwait. He spoke briefly about the India-Pakistan situation in a wide-ranging press conference before boarding his plane.
He said there are "hundreds and hundreds of thousands of armed troops" on either side of the line of control separating the two entities and that sporadic artillery fire in the area continues. "On the other hand, (Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf) has taken steps to stop aggression across the line of control," Rumsfeld said. "At the moment, … I would not say (the situation) is continuing to escalate."
Rumsfeld plans to visit the two nuclear-capable rivals later this week after departing the Persian Gulf, where he is visiting U.S. allies in the war on terrorism. "The United States has had very good relationships with each of those countries, relationships that haven't been long-standing but have been developing and maturing in recent months and years," Rumsfeld said. More |
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| DUSTY — A U.S. Army military policeman wears a scarf against the harsh winds and dusty conditions at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class (SW) Arlo K. Abrahamson, USN |
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| Deborah Ann Ramsaur |
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 Deborah A. Ramsaur worked in the Pentagon as the secretary to the U.S. deputy chief of staff for personnel.
She loved her job and loved being a member of the Department of Defense. On weekends she proudly wore an Army T-shirt that read “hooah!”, a word associated with soldiers. She always had time for her children, taking them to the park, to soccer games and to swimming lessons.
Survivors include her husband John; children Ann and Brian; mother Joyce LaRoche, and brothers Ernest and David.
We will not forget her.
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