Heathrow cops detain man with ammunition
LONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A Sudanese man was arrested Wednesday at London's Heathrow airport after being found in possession of ammunition, airport operator BAA said.
The unidentified 45-year-old, who flew into Heathrow from Washington, was intending to fly on to Dubai when he passed through routine security checks.
The man is not being held under the Terrorism Act, the BBC said.
He was undergoing questioning by police as forensic experts examined the ammunition.
The man arrived at the airport's Terminal 3 at 7:40 a.m., local time, on a Virgin Atlantic flight, police said.
A police source said the man, who was arrested under the Firearms Act, was not a known terrorist suspect.
A Virgin Atlantic spokeswoman refused to comment about security surrounding the flight or if air marshals were on board.
U.S. pilot detained at Brazilian airport
SAO PAULO, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- An American pilot was detained Wednesday at a Brazilian airport for not complying with mandatory entry procedures, officials said.
The yet unnamed American Airlines pilot made an obscene gesture before being photographed at Guarulhos airport outside Sao Paulo as part of Brazil's new policy of fingerprinting and photographing U.S. citizens at points of entry in the South American country.
The other 12 members of the crew also refused to be printed and photographed and are being held at the airport until their departure back to the United States later in the day.
Wednesday's incident is the latest row in an ongoing diplomatic war between the United States and Brazil.
Last month, the United States announced it would begin fingerprinting and photographing those foreign visitors required to have a visa to enter, more than 150 nations in all. Brazilians were among those citizens required to submit themselves to the new security precaution.
But a Brazilian federal judge took particular offense to Brazil's inclusion -- calling it a "Nazi" tactic -- and ordered that all Americans be singled out for the same treatment upon arrival here.
Hussein warned allies on foreign fighters
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein warned his Iraqi supporters to be wary of joining forces with foreign Arab fighters, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
The document appears to be a directive written by Saddam after he lost power to leaders of the Iraqi resistance, counseling caution against getting too close to Islamic jihadists and other foreign Arabs coming into occupied Iraq, according to U.S. officials.
It provides more evidence challenging the Bush administration contention of close cooperation between Saddam's government and terrorists from al-Qaida, the Times said.
CIA interrogators have already learned from the top al-Qaida officials in custody that, before the U.S.-led invasion, Osama bin Laden had rejected requests from some of his lieutenants to work jointly with Iraq.
Officials said Saddam believed the foreign Arabs, eager for a holy war against the West, had a different agenda from the Baathists, who were eager for their own return to power in Baghdad. As a result, he wanted his supporters to be careful about becoming close allies with the jihadists, officials said.
O'Neill's charges against Bush confirmed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- ABC News quoted an unnamed official Wednesday confirming U.S. President Bush ordered the Pentagon to explore an invasion of Iraq well before Sept. 11, 2001.
The source confirmed the account former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill gave earlier this week of Bush's desires before the World Trade Center tragedy.
ABC said their source was present in the same National Security Council meetings as O'Neill in January and February of 2001, immediately after Bush's inauguration.
"The president told his Pentagon officials to explore the military options, including use of ground forces," the official told ABC. "That went beyond the Clinton administration's halfhearted attempts to overthrow Hussein without force."
In book "The Price of Loyalty," O'Neill wrote that from the very start of his administration, Bush was focused on ousting Saddam.
Bush has said that his policy at the time was merely a continuation of the Clinton administration's stance. White House aides have suggested O'Neill, whom Bush fired in December 2002, is merely trying to sell books.
Both the official who spoke to ABC and O'Neill have acknowledged that Bush had not yet made up his mind for a ground invasion at the start of his administration.
