- August 12, 2003
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*War on Terrorism : An exclusiveBBC report says a jointUnited States ,Russia andUnited Kingdom "sting" halted a plot to shoot downAir Force One using anIgla surface to air missile. According to the BBC, the plot, initially unearthed by the Russians, led PresidentVladimir Putin to request that anFBI agent go to St. Petersburg, where the agent posed as an Islamic extremist and met the British arms dealer supplying the missile. The missile was shipped from St. Peterburg toBaltimore in the United States. The British arms dealer "arranging" the deal was arrested when he arrived inNewark, New Jersey in theUnited States today. The White House has publicly denied that Air Force One was to be the target of the missile. HoweverTom Mangold , the BBC veteran investigative reporter who broke the story, claims the British dealer supplying the missile recommended to the undercover FBI agent that the President's jet, rather than a commercial jet, be the target, saying that he could get another 60 Ingla missiles which could then be used to launch a co-ordinated attack on Air Force One. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3146025.stm]
* Occupation of Iraq: TheAssociated Press is reporting that troops inIraq should expect to serve for at least ayear according to the commander of United States forces. [http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2003/08/12/ap/Headlines/apnews126737-01.txt] [http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2003/08/12/ap/Headlines/apnews126737-01.txt] [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030812_1015.html] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3019115,00.html] [http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V9307.AP-Iraq-US-Troops.html] [http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/apmethods/apstory?urlfeed=D7SSID000.xml]
*George W. Bush nominates former NGA chairman and current governor ofUtah ,Michael O. Leavitt for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. [http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20030812-072128-2453r.htm]
*Israeli-Palestinian conflict : TwoIsraeli s killed and about a dozen wounded in two separatesuicide bombing s byPalestinian terrorists in the towns of Rosh-Ha'ayin and Ariel.Hamas and theAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attacks. The IDF retaliated on Wednesday by demolishing the house inNablus where the bomber in the Rosh Ha-Ayin attack lived with his family. [http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/08/12/mideast/index.html]
*TheSerbia n government has indicated that it wants to retake control of the province ofKosovo , arguing that theUnited Nations , which currently has control, has failed to reestablish therule of law . [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/12/kosovo030812] [http://www.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2003-08/12/330436.html]
* Sir Jocelyn Gore-Booth announces the sale of the historic Lissadell estate inCounty Sligo inIreland , the childhood home of early twentieth century Irish republican Constance Gore-Booth (Countess Markievicz ) and which had major associations with the poetW.B. Yeats . Critics condemn the Irish government for failing to buy the estate; Sir Jocelyn had offered it first refusal. The identity of the buyer has not yet been revealed but rock singerBono had shown major interest in the property. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0812/lissadell.html]
* The remains of aviking warrior are found at a building site inDublin . The warrior had been stabbed to death during aninth century viking raid on "Dubhlinn monastery". The dagger was still attached to his body when his remains were found. The archaeological dig is expected to continue at the site for six months.
*The Rev.Peter Short is elected Moderator of theUnited Church of Canada , the country's largestProtestant denomination, inWolfville, Nova Scotia . [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/12/petershort030812]
*Microsoft has decided to appeal a verdict to pay $520.6 million from aChicago federaljury that affirms theInternet Explorer web browser violated Intellectual Property rights ofEolas Technologies (concerningPatent US 5838906). [http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=43869] [http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2247661]
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