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English special forces troops are preparing to join American special forces in a swoop aimed at devastating terrorist training camps in Afghanistan under plans for a swift retaliation for last week?s terrorist attacks on the U.S., according the the British newspaper, the Telegraph.

Air Strikes on Osama bin Laden?s strongholds could begin within a week, according to U.S. officials. One officer in the British security services says that action will start ?within days.? The air assault – along with cruise missile attacks – will soften up targets before elite troops go in on search and destroy missions.
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The FBI is asking all U.S. agricultural-use airplane operators to be on high alert for any suspicious behavior as they fly their crop dusters, for fear that terrorists will try to use them to spread chemical or biological warfare agents. ?The FBI has contacted us and asked us to sensitize our members to any potential threats,? says National Agricultural Aviation Association Executive Director James Callan.

A warning posted on the association?s website says: ?Members should be vigilant to any suspicious activity relative to the use, training in, or acquisition of dangerous chemicals or airborne application of same, including threats, unusual purchases, suspicious behavior by employees or customers, and unusual contacts with the public. Members should report
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According to the Times of London, the CIA has asked financial regulators in the UK to investigate the suspicious short-selling of millions of shares of stocks in companies likely to be hurt by the Attack on America in the weeks prior to the attack.

There was unusual short-selling activity in airlines, arms manufacturers, retailers, insurance companies and others likely to suffer from the attack. This short-selling began approximately three weeks before the attack itself, and reached a crescendo on Friday, September 8.
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Mohammed Atta, who is suspected of being one of the hijackers aboard the first plane that struck the World Trade Center on Tuesday, met earlier this year with an Iraqi intelligence official in Europe, according to a U.S. government source.

Former CIA Director James Woolsey has been very public about his belief that the high degree of coordination involved in the attack suggested a state sponsor such as Iraq must be involved. But one U.S. official said there was no clear evidence that any specific country was behind the plot.
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