<html> ASSASSINATION 'LATEST TACTIC' IN WAR ON TERROR The International Herald Tribune has news of a new tactic in the US "war on terror". Hit squads would be sent abroad to "kill or capture" al-Qaida leaders, according to the Pentagon. That could lead to covert operations where even the government of a country would be unaware of the US presence, says the paper, and might also conflict with the ban on assassinations. * US considers assassination squads <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,773574,00.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,773574,00.</a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,773574,00.html" eudora="autourl">html</a> * Tribune: US considering wide terror hunt <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/67503.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.iht.com/articles/67503.</a><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/67503.html" eudora="autourl">html </a></html>