Oct 04, 2001

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Kurdish leaders plan to meet U.S. officials amid fearthat Iraq is using Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden to crack downon Kurdish separatism.

Oct 21, 2001

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has launched a military offensive in the WestBank.

Nov 22, 2001

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi leaders, plagued by internal unrest, are pledgingto increase support for the military.

Nov 26, 2001

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel has captured what officials termed was anextensive Iraqi-sponsored insurgency network in the West Bank.