Posted on 06/22/2004 6:04:02 PM PDT by nwrep
IN THE NO-FLY ZONES OF northern and southern Iraq, Saddam Hussein's gunners blindly fired surface-to-air missiles at patrolling American and British warplanes. In Yemen, terrorists seized a group of British Commonwealth and American tourists, and four of the hostages died in a shootout. In Tel Aviv, the U.S. Embassy abruptly closed down after receiving a terrorist threat. Perhaps it was just a typical week in the Middle East. But in a region where no one puts much faith in blind coincidence, last week's conjunction of Iraqi antiaircraft fire and terrorism aimed at the countries that had just bombed Iraq convinced some that a new conspiracy was afoot.
Here's what is known so far: Saddam Hussein, who has a long record of supporting terrorism, is trying to rebuild his intelligence network overseas--assets that would allow him to establish a terrorism network. U.S. sources say he is reaching out to Islamic terrorists, including some who may be linked to Osama bin Laden, the wealthy Saudi exile accused of masterminding the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa last summer. U.S. intelligence has had reports of contacts between low-level agents. Saddam and bin Laden have interests--and enemies--in common. Both men want U.S. military forces out of Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden has been calling for all-out war on Americans, using as his main pretext Washington's role in bombing and boycotting Iraq. Now bin Laden is engaged in something of a public-relations offensive, having granted recent interviews, one for NEWSWEEK (following story). He says ``any American who pays taxes to his government'' is a legitimate target.
Saddam's terrorism capability is still small-time, according to senior U.S. officials. ``He's nowhere close to the level of the Iranians or Hizbullah,'' says one.
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Man o man. Is everyone in the media really this corrupt? Or blind?
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Excellent. Keep bringing it on.
BUSTED
BUSTED
Now if we all put our minds to work on this I'll bet we can figure out what "sources" Newsweak had in the US in 1999.
In fact, I think probably even John Kerry and Al Gore could figure it out.
Well, they, of course, were lying back in 1999!!!
Nice find.
('Old News' meaning anything within the last few days or earlier that's embarassing to the liberals.)
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The Iraqi turnover (genuflecting here) will more than drown out My Lies, Kerry; the beheading has neutralized Abu Ghraib.
This'll have the left media suddenly acutely interested in Peterson, Bryant et al.
It's corruption not blindness. I gave them the benefit of the doubt once, and have learned better.
Here's a link for Newsweek so that they can subscribe to their own magazine: https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/N4/NWM/NWM_Subscription_1.jsp?cds_page_id=12142&id=1087953601211&lsid=41742020012027803&vid=1&cds_mag_code=NWM
It's scary how bad it is.
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It's going to be even scarier when they nuke New York this fall.
In fact, I think probably even John Kerry and Al Gore could figure it out.
I wouldn't be so sure of that.
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