October 29, 2003

Trucker Gets 20 Years in Terror Plot Los Angeles Times - ALEXANDRIA, Va. An Ohio truck driver who admitted to checking out the Brooklyn Bridge as part of an alleged Al Qaeda plot to launch a second wave of terrorist attacks after Sept. 11 was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison after a federal judge rejected his attempt to withdraw a guilty plea. 4:18:31 PM

Palestinian PM: Militants willing to discuss new cease-fire CNN International - RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said Wednesday that Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups have told him they are willing to discuss a new cease-fire with Israel. Have we been down this road before? No cease-fire, only the dismantling of the militant groups named.  This is the first step on the Road Map.  10:58:01 AM