BLACK CAUCUS SAYS NO TO HOMELAND SECURITY BILL

While a high-stakes drama is playing out all across the world -- the scheduled execution of a Pakistani who killed two CIA employees and placed Chicago's hospitals on high alert -- Black House members voted against Bush's Homeland Security bill which they say is anti-worker.

Even though Iraqi President Saddam Hussein caved in and agreed to the U.N.'s resolution to allow inspections for weapons of mass destruction, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7th) said it does not avert a possible war.

The showdown between the United States and Iraq is perhaps very near officials fear. With warnings of potential terrorist acts, given the execution of Aimal Khan Kasi, 38, scheduled to die by …