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WASHINGTON (CP) - The U.S. government raised its terror threat level to "high risk" orange on Friday, warning of a growing possibility that the al-Qaida network would launch an attack against the United States to coincide with Muslim holy days. Changing the terror alert colour from "yellow" triggered tighter government security. Officials also urged greater vigilance by all Americans. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the government had received intelligence information, corroborated by multiple sources, that Osama bin Laden's terror organization sought to attack Americans at home or abroad during the time of the annual hajj pilgrimage to the holy Saudi...

Blaming the Jews - Again Bruce S. Ticker 02 January 2003 I still remember two striking elements of the Yom Kippur War. The Arabs invaded Israel on the most solemn day of the year observed by Jews. The outcome looked dismal and the silence from the United Nations was deafening. The tables turned within three weeks, as Ariel Sharon’s forces almost had Cairo surrounded. Then the United Nations intervened to end the conflict. The contradictions and hypocrisy persist to this day - literally. The Arabs don’t care about disrupting Jewish observances, and so often the world places the onus...