World War III Report #26, March 24, 2002

Bill Weinberg with David Bloom, Special Correspondent

THIS WEEK: SPECIAL REPORT ON ISRAELI ESPIONAGE IN USA

THE AFGHANISTAN FRONT

1. Was "Operation Anaconda" a Victory?

2. US Troops Attacked in Khost

3. US Forces Still "Flushing Out"

4. Gen. Franks Warns of More to Come

5. Bush Warns of More to Come

6. Al-Qaeda Regrouping for Spring Offensive?

7. US Forces Raid "Al-Qaeda Compound" in Kandahar

8. Ethnic Hazaras Falsely Detained by US Forces

9. Brits Back in the Breach

10. MPs Warn of "Second Vietnam"

11. "Goodwill" US-Afghan Basketball Game Ends in Violence

12. Zahir Shah Again Postpones Trip Home

13. US Embassy Staff Leave Pakistan After Church Blast

14. Pakistan Being Drawn into War?

15. Accused Pearl Slayer to be Tried in Pakistan

16. CIA Chief: Al-Qaeda Still a Threat

THE MIDDLE EAST

1. Al-Aqsa Brigades Make US "Terrorist List"

2. B'Tselem: IDF "Trigger Happy"

3. TV Footage of IDF Atrocity Bucks Israeli Censors

4. New York Times Sees "Secret Iran-Arafat Connection"

5. Top Islamic Scholar: Suicide Bombers "Holy"

6. Saudi Newspaper Revives Blood Libel

7. Unveiled Girls Burned Alive in Saudi Arabia

THE PHILIPPINE FRONT

1. Filipinos Fear "Vietnamization"

2. US Troops Near Basilan Battle

3. Moro Rebels Deny Terrorist Link

4. Bloody Politics of Mindanao

5. Who is Abu Sayyaf?

6. Indonesia Next?

NUCLEAR PARANOIA

1. Brits Get in on Nuclear Sabre-Rattling

2. Is Pentagon Using Depleted Uranium in Afghanistan?

3. "Mystery Metal Nightmare in Afghanistan?"

ANTHRAX PARANOIA

1. CIA Link to Anthrax Attacks?

2. New York Times: Al-Qaeda Anthrax Link Seen

3. UK Observer: Al-Qaeda Anthrax Link Fabricated

4. Emergency Health Powers Act in State Legislatures

THE WAR AT HOME

1. US Farms Out Torture to Terror War Allies

2. No al-Qaeda Snared in Terror Sweep?

3. Military Tribunals to Allow "Unorthodox" Evidence

4. ...and Indefinite Detention

5. More Raids on Islamic Charities and Academics

6. Two Soldiers Dead in Fort Drum Munitions Accident

GLIMMERS OF HOPE

1. Barbara Lee Gets Standing Ovation in Berkeley

WATCHING THE SHADOWS

1. What Did Israel Know About 9-11?

2. Behind Israeli Snooping: Terror or Ecstasy?

3. ...and Disappearing Pushcarts?

Full report is at worldwar3