News for Mar 2, 2003
World News
Iraq met a Saturday deadline set by U.N. weapons inspectors to begin destroying its Al Samoud 2 missiles, crushing four of them with a bulldozer. (WaPost, NYT) It destroyed another six missiles on Sunday. (Reuters)
Mar 2, 11:45 AM ET. #
The Turkish parliament voted down a measure that would have allowed U.S. troops to use Turkish military bases for a possible attack on Iraq. (NYT, WaPost)
Mar 2, 11:37 AM ET. #
Pakistani intelligence agents captured Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the senior al Qaeda member suspected of having organized the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Mohammed was turned over to U.S. authorities. (NYT, WaPost)
Mar 2, 11:26 AM ET. #
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