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Bush Braces Congress for War
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
By Ron Fournier -- AP White House Correspondent

John Morales, a sign maker in Avon, stands in front of the mural he painted Tuesday. Morales has painted the sides of this truck in honor of his aunt, Sonia Puopolo, who died on American Airlines Flight 11 which crashed into the World Trade Center.

WASHINGTON -- AP
Congress heard top-secret briefings on President Bush's plans for an unconventional war against terrorists on Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered 2,000 more reservists to duty. In a diplomatic victory for the United States, Saudi Arabia cut ties to Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Americans are in for a long, brutal struggle.

"It will be difficult. It will be dangerous," he said.

Osama bin Laden's terrorist group said Washington should think twice about attacking.

"Wherever there are Americans and Jews, they will be targeted," said a statement issued by Naseer Ahmed Mujahed, chief military commander for bin Laden's al-Qaida network.

Bush firmed up plans to tighten airport security and reassure anxious travelers. The options included fortifying cockpit doors and increasing air marshals on flights.

He said America will not flinch in the face of danger.
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