Events at a Glance
ANTHRAX
An envelope sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle’s office tests positive for anthrax. President Bush says that “there may be some possible link” with Al Qaeda, “but we don’t have any hard evidence.” Anthrax is detected at a Boca Raton, Fla., post office. Another tabloid employee in Florida shows symptoms, as does the infant son of an ABC producer in New York.
MILITARY FRONT
The bombing of Afghanistan intensifies amid hints that the air raids will not taper off soon. Meanwhile, Northern Alliance forces advance on the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and hope to take it in the coming days.
DIPLOMACY
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrives in Pakistan to reinforce President Pervez Musharraf’s government and signals that the U.S. is prepared to accept part of the Taliban leadership in a new Afghan government. But, complicating regional tensions, the Indian army destroys 11 Pakistani military posts across a disputed cease-fire line in Kashmir, ending a 10-month truce.
THE MIDEAST
A bloc of ultranationalist, anti-Arab parties pulls out of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s government and vows to fight efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, meanwhile, wins strong support from British Prime Minister Tony Blair to create a Palestinian state.
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