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FBI agents stand with a Delray Beach, Fla. police officer and talk with an unidentified woman before entering an apartment Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001 where two hijackers involved in the terrorist attacks on the United States were believed to have stayed.
On the trail of the terrorists

Lawmakers: Taliban profited from drugs
WASHINGTON – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have taken in an estimated $50 million a year in proceeds from the drug trade, U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday, and at least some of that money is thought to help finance terrorists.

Cooperation sought from agencies
SAN ANTONIO – After the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States can no longer accept gaps in intelligence resulting from bureaucratic sensitivities and excessive reliance on machines over human spies, former Defense Secretary William Cohen said Wednesday.

French say suspect plotted to blow up U.S. Embassy

PARIS ‚ French television and radio stations reported Tuesday that a suspect in a French prison had confessed to plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Paris after he was ordered to do so by Osama bin Laden's deputy at a terror camp in Afghanistan.

Tuesday, Oct. 2
Putin says he needs no more evidence of bin Laden's role in attacks on United States
Persian Gulf nation comes under scrutiny as financial hub of terrorist attacks
U.S. authorities taking aim at terrorist bank rolls
Man says he was recruited by bin Laden for suicide attack on U.S. Embassy in Paris
Pair accused of helping hijackers get false IDs; '86 suspect sent to U.S.

Monday, Oct. 1
Bin Laden associates in contact with Muslims in Germany before U.S. attacks
From hijacking to poison gas, bin Laden group's terror manual makes chilling reading
Key figure in plot on U.S. interests extradited to France
Several people arrested in Bosnia on suspicion of being linked to global terrorism
Iran says it will 'confront' U.S. planes using its airspace for an attack on Afghanistan
Police detain Muslim militants in sweep after terror attacks in U.S.

Sunday, Sept. 30
Taliban say bin Laden in Afghanistan under their 'control'
Prime Minister Tony Blair sees proof of bin Laden's role in terror attacks
ï FBI faces greatest test after attacks

Saturday, Sept. 29
Key suspect was under German watch
Investigators: attacks cost $500,000
ï Hijackers' spiritual handbook disturbs Ashcroft
Terror plot group is targeted

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