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Show The Sal it Lake Tribune A8 WAR ON TERRORISM Tuesday, February 19, 2002 U.S. Forces to Train Afghan Army Six hundredofficers will lead future soldiers ASC ABUL, Afghanista ets aimed at part of Karachi International Airport used by the U.S.-led coalition in Since the fall of the Taliban, warlords have ought to extend their authority in everal provinces. The cohesion of the government itself c ‘ame into question last k wheninterim PrimeMinister Hamid AUS. general to help Af hanistan establish a national army with hters loyal to the central government tead of the al Jeaders or local warlord: nand, is part of a plan to create training a military gz to pass a onfunctioning military e through security eles International police said that Afghanist 1 has a longway to go in its pursuit of pea Airstrikes against enemy forces in eastern Afghanistan over the weekend explo: later determined the device was inert, police said Airport The man has been detained M80 fire aid Los Angeles police Glodery Federal Aviation Adminis: tration official said the device found in the man’s carry-on The man, whose name was not immediately released, was AU-S. spokesman at the base called the man Gaby Pacheco said No evacuations were ordered at Terminal 6, where the item was discovered, Glodery said The terminal serves Continen: tal Airlines and portions of the United Airlinesfleet The screening jon where the item was noticedin an X-ray machine was temporarily shut down, Glodery said. ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWYORK Thefirefighters’ move- ments are calm as theyarrive at the burn- ing north towerof the World TradeCenter. Their eyes growwide as the magnitude of their mission becomes clear. Then come the thumps oneafter another and a voice saying that people are jumping. The horrific noises continueas the vid eotape shot by two French filmmakers keeps rolling: A drone followed bya sudden bang accompanies the image ofa second plane slamming into the south tower andlater, a white noise builds to a crescendo as that tower collapses and people Security snag forcespla ne’s return to LaGuardia An American Eagle flight was forced to turn around after takeoff and return to LaGuardia 1irport Monday morning aftera r improperly A terminal was evacuatedaf ter the man grabbed a bagthat had been set aside for a hand search and ran to catch Cleveland-bound Flight 4403. Although a Port Authority police officer at the screening point in the American Airlines boarding area sounded the alarm, the plane actually took off and was 100 miles out when it was recalled by air traffic controllers The reason for the time lag was not clear. The incident occurred just before 9 a.m., said Pasquale Di Fulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority, airport which runs the The plane returned about 40 minutes id all passen 1e incident occurredonthe second day after new federally mandated passenger sereening procedures went into effect at B.K.Bangash/TheAssociated Press Police officers in Karachi, Pakistan, hide from photographers rocket launchers that were aimed at Karachiairport. French Film Captures 9-11 Chaos, Courage Tape documents horrific noises, explosive device. A bombsquad calm responsebyfirefighters for questioning, airport spokes: which resembled an day bring a reminder ably never came underattack|: st week. arrested at about 6:10 a.m. for investigation of possessing an at La A screener became con: erned after noticin the device the U.S.-controlled base at Kand: jahar prob- soldiers suffered flesh wounds in Wednesday’s heavy fire on the perimeter of the Kandahz ase. U.S. troopstold of coming underattack by intruders who worked their wayto within30 feet of foxholes, OTHER DEVELOPMENTS Army National dd early Afghanistan. Police defused the rockets without incident Afghan authorities, meanwhile, said their inquiry showed Ameri an forces at assertion “beyondbelief f.” Two American Manwith explosive arrested at L.A. Airport An inactive U S. officials confirmed. Andpolice in Pakistan foundfourrock: ai accused high-ranking officials t n his own administration of assassinating the aviation and tourism minister. Virtually eves The visit by Maj. Gen. Charles Campbell, chief of staff of the U.S. Central Com- program for the Afghan army Afghan officer 's would go on to train future armyunits ED PRESS van a mission on M launchedaftercoalition forces were w attacked while trying to pass a roadblock, The BY LOUIS MEIXLER THE re a entativ at the U.S. Embassy said Ss soldiesrs are xpected to arrive in anus a month to bey gin training an Afghan force of about 600 men, the official said. runfor cover. Thetape by brothers Gedeon and Jules Naudet is an extraordinary account of courage and dread, of composure under pressure and of the cataclysmic moments that, for manyof the men captured onit, weretheirlast. It has made the rounds of New York ‘op fire officials gather to coordinate their strategy in the lobby as the tower's occupants, seen as silhouettes on the mez- the attacks. building.Pfeifer tells a firefighter: “Don’t go any higher than 70.” MembersofRescue1, a specialty rescue unit, can be seen heading toward the The brothers were shooting a documentary about the life of a probationaryfirefighter whenthe attacks began. The opening shot has been seen by millions. The camera pans upand capturesthe first plane slamming into the north tower. Mostofthe footage was shot by Jules, who accompanied firefighters to the north tower where they set up their first com- mandcenter. What happensover the next two hours zanine level above, stream out of the stairwells to walk up the tower as thousands of people head down. No one from that unit madeit out alive that day. Thenthe south towerishit. Startled, firefighters rush to the win dows to look outside. More debris falls. “Mayday! Mayday!” blaresoverthe radios. The thumpscontinueand sirens wail. Mediators Seek Truce Between Fighting Afghan Factions LOS AN ‘TIMES TASHQURGHAN, Afghanistan — Mediators shuttled between Uzbek and Tajik commanders Mondaytrying to hammer mediators. “But now the bigger groups want all the power and the rest of us to disappear. It’s like the old days.” Ata Mohammed, the leading Tajik war- out a truceafter a factional clash killed eight people and wounded30in this north. ern Afghan town. lord, dismissed such talk with the waveof ahand. “What we had wasjusta little problem Thefighting poked a hole in the paper- between local leaders, nothing bigger,” he thin sense of peace here andraised ten: said. sions between the region’s most powerful warlords, the same ones who had fought It's not clear what sparked thefighting, which took place Saturday and Sunday 25 miles east of Mazar-e Sharif. Some people hired baggage inspectors. fine, said Gholam Sakhi Mourtazar, a police commissioner and one of the Tribune news services As Jules and firefighters race to the scene, someoneasks,“What kindof plane wasthat?” Joe Pfeifer, chiefofBattalion 1, answers: “Thatlooked like American Airlines. That looked like a directattack.” firehousessince Sept. 11 and was recently reviewed by The Associated Press. CBS plans to air footage on March 10 to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the nation’s airports, 4 new Transportation Secu rity Administration is now responsible for the screening that was previouslydoneby airline has not been seen by the public. together as members of the Northern Alliance. ‘When wehadto face one enemy, wedid said it was the defection of commanders from one warlord to another. Others blamedtensions over disarmament. A third reason centered on a local commander whostole sheep and shot a log. 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