Bush: 'There will be costs'
Pakistan delivers warning to Taliban
U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday warned that his anti-terrorism campaign will come at a cost, while saying that suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden was "wanted, dead or alive."
Bush made the comments during a visit to the Pentagon, one of the targets of Tuesday's attacks by hijacked airliners that left thousands of people dead or missing.
"We will win the war and there will be costs," Bush said during a visit to thank military planners. "I want justice," said Bush. "There's an old poster out West that said: 'wanted, dead or alive.'"
On Wall Street, meanwhile, markets resumed trading to end the longest suspension since the Great Depression. Stocks tumbled 650 points at the outset and continued to struggle. (Full story) The market opening was preceded by a half point cut of short-term interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
Afghanistan's supreme leader, who was warned by Pakistani officials to either turn over bin Laden or face a U.S. attack, said on radio Monday that Afghanistan's Islamic clerics will meet on Tuesday and "they will decide."
About 5,000 people are feared dead in Tuesday's attacks on the Pentagon and the twin towers of the World Trade Center after terrorists turned hijacked passenger jets into flying bombs, crashing them into the buildings. A fourth plane crashed in Stony Creek Township, Pennsylvania, killing everyone aboard.
Latest developments
• U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on Monday offered more details on his plan to streamline federal laws for prosecuting accused terrorists. Ashcroft's proposals include ending the federal statute of limitations on terrorist crimes.
• FBI Director Robert Mueller warned against reacting to the terrorist attacks by targeting Arab-Americans. "Vigilante attacks and threats against Arab-Americans will not be tolerated," Mueller said, adding that such behavior goes against the "very principles and the quality of freedom on which our nation was founded."
• The International Monetary Fund and World Bank has canceled its scheduled meetings in Washington for September 29 and 30. The move reflects security concerns about the annual event, which attracts finance ministers and heads of state from around the world.
• New York Gov. George E. Pataki has called a special session of the state legislature to consider enactment Monday of "the toughest and most comprehensive package of anti-terrorism laws in the nation." The package would take effect immediately, he said in a statement.
• Afghanistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, Dr. Ravan Farhadi, told CNN his government, which is fighting a civil war against the Taliban, is offering the United States the support of its 15,000 troops in strikes against bin Laden or the Taliban.
• The Justice Department has issued two new arrest warrants for material witnesses in connection with the attacks, sources told CNN. The warrants were sealed and no details were made public. Two other material witnesses are already in custody after being detained earlier for questioning in the investigation.
• U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney told NBC that Bush authorized the military to shoot down any unauthorized civilian aircraft heading toward the White House or the Capitol once it became apparent the United States was under attack. Bush said Sunday that "I wasn't concerned about my decision. I was more concerned about the lives of innocent Americans."
• Sources close to the government said up to 10,000 Afghans may have entered Iran in the past few days as fears grew of an imminent U.S. attack against targets in the country. Iran is already home to at least 2 million Afghan refugees who fled warfare in their country over the past 22 years.
• New York on Sunday again adjusted its count of those killed or missing, to 4,957 people. Among the 190 confirmed dead were 37 firefighters, police officers and paramedics. The death toll in the attack on the Pentagon stood at 188.
