Events at a Glance
ATTACK
A U.S. bomb intended for a military helicopter in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, crashed into a row of residential buildings a mile away Saturday, while Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network issued new threats against the United States and Britain in retaliation for the week-old air campaign.
REACTION
Anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan said they expect to be in control of the capital before Ramadan, the Muslim holiday, which is about a month away.
INTELLIGENCE
Missed signals haunt a generation of U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials, who realize that efforts to track terrorists linked to Bin Laden had been undermined at times by bungled investigations and bureaucratic rivalries.
SECURITY
The investigation into anthrax contamination widened, with packages testing positive for the deadly bacterium in Nevada and New York and five more employees at a Florida media company testing positive for exposure to anthrax spores. Meanwhile, anthrax scares continue from coast to coast.
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