FBI TEAM SWOOPS ON 'VITAL' WITNESS.Byline: THOMAS MARTIN AMERICA has made a "significant" arrest in the hunt for the people behind the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of terrorist atrocity. The FBI said the un-named man had been detained as a material witness over Tuesday's triple attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Dozens of people have been taken in for questioning since the attack on Tuesday, but this was the first arrest. The Joint Terrorist Task Force took the man into custody at 8pm yesterday, on a material witness warrant, which allows authorities to arrest someone considered crucial to an investigation without charging him with any crime. A law enforcement source said the man arrested was the same person detained on Thursday at Kennedy International Airport Noun 1. Kennedy International Airport - a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City Kennedy Interrnational, Kennedy Long Island - an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end after showing a pilot's licence issued to his brother. It was the first big break in the investigation, code-named PENTTBOM PENTTBOM Pentagon/Twin Towers Bombing Investigation (FBI; operation code name) , into the worst terrorist assault in history. The news came as the FBI named the 19 suicide fanatics on board the four hijacked planes. At the same time they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. others involved in planning the highly organised terrorist operation. A list of more than 100 people wanted for questioninig has been drawn up. Some of the 19 named suspects on board the planes have been linked to international terrorist leader Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. or his organisations. Among the 19 was Mohamed Atta  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. , 33, identified by German authorities
as being tied to an Islamic fundamentalist group that planned attacks on
American targets.
Armed guards could be posted on airliners to tackle suicide hijackers, Transport Secretary Stephen Byers said today. CAPTION(S): MESSAGE OF PEACE: At a vigil in New York's Time Square in the early hours of this morning |
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