I have a vague memory from my one year in the Girl Scouts (age 10 or 11) of every member of our troop having a navy blue wool poncho, which I suppose we all had to make (fortunately, my mother's an excellent seamstress) and wear as part of our uniforms. If only I'd kept it! I'd finally be fashionable.
A Web geek with ties to the highest levels of Osama Bin Laden's terror network was nabbed in Britain in August with a faded brochure for the landmark skyscraper, according to a Justice Department extradition request released yesterday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents probed Connecticut-based Web sites operated by suspected Al Qaeda operative Babar Ahmad, 30, which were used to raise funds for jihadists in Afghanistan and Chechnya, officials said.
The 1960s or 1970s-era four-page "tourist brochure" found in Ahmad's London residence had photos of all sides of the Empire State Building and detailed its "height, volume and construction," the legal papers said. rest of story
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With regard to one of these terrorists having a Connecticut base, some have commented on Edwards' reference during the debate to Al Qaeda being in 60 countries. Of course, that's probably true, but is he saying that despite this wide-ranging presence everywhere else, for some reason they didn't have anyone in Iraq? As we all know, at least according to Kerry, et al., Iraq and Al Qaeda had absolutely no connection ...