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Tonight we got Shimon doing the latest from the Middle East, the Jenin investigation
deal (or lack thereof), the Ramallah deal, Iraq, yada, yada, yada...
And a blast from the past, Dan Quayle, will join us to give his take on the news of
the day and what he and Poppa Bush might have done...Expect the Iraq issue to come up
and Quayle's "Bush 43" report card...
We'll hit this particularly disturbing news with a cadre of terrorism
experts..."Details of Sept. 11 Plot Elude U.S. Investigators...The hijackers concealed
their scheme expertly, which raises concerns about how to thwart an attack." (LA
Times) http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000030673apr30.story
Plus, an "outside the box" segment...Niles from the NBC hit show "Frasier" will be
here to discuss his important work in raising Alzheimer's awareness...
Chris will be doing the show from 30 Rock tonight so you'll notice a different
backdrop...
Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this Briefing in Washington, DC
"A defiant Israel decided Tuesday to block a U.N. inquiry into the fighting at the
Jenin refuge camp, while 26 Palestinian civilians and policemen emerged from the
besieged Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20020430/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_3722&ncid=716&e=1
"A senior Palestinian official said Tuesday that pressuring Yasser Arafat to accept
anything less than all of the West Bank, Gaza and part of Jerusalem will not work"
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020430/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast_1665
This is my favorite story today..."GOP Sees Shift in Jewish Support...Republican Party
strategists are hoping to capitalize on President Bush's strong pro-Israel policies to
crack the Democratic loyalties of Jewish voters and donors who have provided vital
support to the Democratic Party for decades" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5101-2002Apr29.html
Fun Clinton news..."President Clinton, once dubbed the 'first black president,'
'exploited' blacks, said an activist at a meeting of leaders gathered in Detroit for a
fund-raiser for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020430-41121028.htm
"Voters went to the polls Tuesday in a referendum that will test popular support for
the pro-U.S. policies of President Pervez Musharraf" (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/04/30/musharraf.htm
"Israelis Retaliate With Raid In Hebron...Offensive Continues Despite U.S. Pleas; At
Least 9 Killed" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5051-2002Apr29.html
An Israeli tank rolls through Hebron in the West Bank April 30, 2002.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020430/161/1h1tp.html
A look at Yasser's diet in the compound: "...13,200 pitas, 420 cans of hummus, 458
packages of hard cheese, 505 tins of sardines, 423 cans of tuna fish, 135 kilograms of
coffee, 155 boxes of tea, 360 kilograms of sugar, 33 kilograms of yogurt, 60 cartons
of eggs, 100 kilograms of rice, 50 boxes of noodles, 100 packets of powdered chicken
soup, 100 kilograms of white cheese, 30 kilograms of peas and 100 kilograms of
potatoes" (Ha'aretz)
http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=157471&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Israel blocks U.N. mission to Jenin...Israel's Security Cabinet said Tuesday it would
not cooperate with a U.N. fact-finding team to look into Palestinian allegations of
abuse by the Israeli military in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"Twenty-six people filed out of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Tuesday, the
largest group to leave in a four-week-long Israeli siege of Palestinian fighters
taking refuge in the shrine." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=900633
"When the Israeli siege of Yasser Arafat's presidential compound comes to an end, the
top priority of the newly freed Palestinian Authority leader will most likely be to
rally his war-battered base." (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-meast30.html
"A flurry of phone calls, a productive Saudi summit and a small breakthrough on the
ground left the Bush administration yesterday sounding its first cautious note of
optimism for the Middle East after weeks of frustrating setbacks." (The Washington
Times) http://washingtontimes.com/world/20020430-78725290.htm
"Bush administration officials said yesterday they expect to work out by Wednesday the
details of a deal allowing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to leave his besieged
Ramallah compound once six Palestinians accused of anti-Israeli activities are
transferred to a West Bank jail." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4871-2002Apr29.html?referer=email
U.S.-led troops in al-Qaida firefights...U.S.-led special forces engaged suspected
al-Qaida fighters in two gunbattles near the border with Pakistan, killing up to four
of them, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/627086.asp
"White House Counsel Al Gonzales has asked dozens of staff members to complete a
questionnaire on communications between the administration and Enron Corp. in the
months leading up to the company's collapse." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20020430/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_enron_10
"U.S.-led special forces engaged suspected al-Qaida militants in two firefights near
the eastern border with Pakistan, killing up to four of them, the commander of U.S.
forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday. No coalition casualties were reported." (AP)
http://nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/story/385994p-3072486c.html
"Australian special forces, backed by U.S. troops, killed up to four al Qaeda rebels
on the Afghan-Pakistan border at last bringing into the open a shift of fighting to
the sensitive frontier region, military spokesman said Tuesday." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=721&e=3&u=/nm/20020430/wl_nm/afghan_fighting_dc_25
"The U.S. general commanding ground forces in Afghanistan signaled on Tuesday that
warlords who helped drive the Taliban from power could become targets themselves if
they threatened the new government." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=900722
"British to Turn Over Prisoners to Afghans....Britain has decided to treat al Qaeda
and Taliban fighters captured by its forces in Afghanistan as prisoners of war and
turn them over to the interim Afghan government." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5114-2002Apr29.html?referer=email
"Senate faces fiercest fight: cloning...As Capitol Hill weighs a historic cloning
bill, advocates fire fervent ads, and some liberals ally with Christian right" (CS
Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0430/p01s01-uspo.html
"Saudi Arabia lacks commercial appeal as stations reject ads...To counter what they
believe is an American media and cultural bias against their country, the Saudis have
embarked upon a reinvention of their image with mixed results." (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020430-29401182.htm
"More Americans support the Israelis rather than the Palestinians in the current
Mideast conflict, but they blame both groups for not reaching peace in the region, the
latest public opinion polls show." (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020430-43442508.htm
"Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge told newspaper executives Monday that the
color-coded alert system used to keep the nation apprised of the danger of terrorist
threats may have to be "tweaked" in the days to come." (AP)
http://nandotimes.com/special_reports/terrorism/impact/story/386008p-3068849c.html
"Sen. Robert Byrd chastised the Bush administration Tuesday for refusing to let
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge testify to Congress, saying the decision was
denying the country a full picture of the White House anti-terrorism strategy" (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20020430/ap_on_go_co/attacks_congress_spending_2
"Striking a blow against a terrorist threat outside the Arab world, federal
prosecutors are seeking indictments against a handful of supporters of the Colombian
rebel group known as FARC, officials said Tuesday." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/04/30/columbia-indictments.htm
"Two House transportation committee leaders, pushing to reverse the Bush
administration's opposition to arming pilots, want to strip the new Transportation
Security Administration of its power to rule on the issue." (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2002/04/30/pilots.htm
"In a half-empty banquet hall at the Polish National Home, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.,
got a taste of what it's like to be a presidential hopeful in a state that has two of
its own." (AP)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3990448&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=31007&rfi=6
"They were both targeted by hijacked 767s, but the manner in which each of the World
Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11 was strikingly different, a sensational new
TV documentary reports tonight." (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/46790.htm
"Gubernatorial candidate Phil Bredesen officially kicked off his campaign yesterday by
telling Democrats in East Tennessee that he could fix the state's budget mess without
taking more money out of their pockets." (Nashville Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/02/04/16792179.shtml?Element_ID=16792179
"In solidly Democratic territory, President Bush was outlining initiatives aimed at
the needy as he completed a two-day fund raising swing for GOP gubernatorial candidate
Bill Simon." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020430/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_402
"Wednesday night, a group of former staff members of George magazine and their friends
will gather to toast the new book "American Son," a memoir of the magazine's founder,
John F. Kennedy Jr., written by Richard Blow, a former editor. But they will be coming
not to praise Mr. Blow, but to mock him." (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/business/media/29BLOW.html
Opinion/Editorials
The Wall Street Journal: "The Bush Two-Step...His Mideast policy has everyone
confused. Let's hope that's the idea."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=105002004
The Washington Times: "Ending the Ramallah standoff...To say the agreement on ending
the standoff at Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound is a flawed compromise, is a massive
understatement." http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020430-433497.htm
Mondo Washington http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0218/ridgeway.php
Oliphant: Quiet US diplomacy gets it done
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/120/oped/Quiet_US_diplomacy_gets_it_done+.shtml
Conason: "Nader: He�s Got A Lot of Gaul" http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020430
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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