[Cinnamon Girl]

The mystery deepens.

[Lion's Cub]

This story may very well be true; but the first thing that comes to mind is that someone is attempting to undermine the cooperation between the US and Qatar to stop the attack on Iraq. Sounds like they want to cause enough of a rift to get rid of the bases.

[mikeIII]

"I was working with Pearl," said Baer, who has written a book ...

Will certainly help push that book! There are only suggestions of some kind of a contact here, and whether it amounted to collaboration is anybody's guess.

[knighthawk]

Interesting. Thanks for the ping.

[swarthyguy]

And Omar's still alive......and being protected - oops - in jail.