Navy Secretary Gordon England said Wednesday he has authorized the Marine Corps to add 2,400 troops to help form a brigade to fight terrorism in the United States and overseas.
In an intricate hunt for tanks and weapons hidden in the relentless Afghan landscape, U.S. fighter pilots in recent days have increasingly picked out their own targets, then asked permission in midair to drop bombs.
The sweat-drenched crew loading sacks of grain onto Afghanistan-bound trucks here was working flat out earlier this week when the news came: U.S. bombs had dealt a glancing blow to the World Food Program’s main grain storage warehouse in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Law enforcement officials nationwide are bracing today for what the FBI calls the “high possibility” that terrorists will attempt a retaliatory strike against Americans in response to the U.S. bombing campaign in Afghanistan.
Tom Ridge opens the White House Office of Homeland Security today, one day after the U.S. military strike that has likely raised the nation’s need for protection to new heights.
