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Al Qaeda again threatens America (Thread 3) Daily Terror Threat
World Tribune ^ | Thursday, February 5, 2004

Posted on 02/05/2004 8:31:17 PM PST by Mossad1967

Edited on 02/09/2004 3:20:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A purported statement by al-Qaida in Yemen warned Saturday of a "major strike" soon in the United States.

The statement, distributed by the Yemeni Tagamoo Party for Reforms, said: "A major strike, a big event will take place in America soon," reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks.


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To: WestCoastGal
we were talking about that here if you recall. it makes sense from an intel point of view, now they can see if the electronic intercepts reflect the new flight number. why it took them so long, who knows.
4,721 posted on 02/22/2004 7:26:21 PM PST by oceanview
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To: MamaDearest
It could be coincidence but Don Rumsfeld made a surprise trip to Centcom...............

(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, arriving on an unannounced visit to the Gulf, said on Sunday al Qaeda guerrillas were among insurgents launching deadly attacks in Iraq to spark civil war there.



But he vowed democracy would take root in the unsettled country despite current "untidiness."


Rumsfeld flew to Kuwait on Iraq's southern border -- his fourth visit to the region since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March -- and said attempts by "terrorists" to thwart elections in Iraq would fail.


"They clearly are involved and active," the secretary responded when pressed on whether al Qaeda, blamed for devastating 2001 attacks on America, were involved in Iraq. Pentagon (news - web sites) officials said Friday they had no proof any of the several hundred foreigners held in Iraq were al Qaeda members.


"We have seen information that terrorists are trying to foment strife between the religious and ethnic groups" in Iraq, he said.


The secretary refused in an interview with reporters flying with him from Washington to predict when elections might be held following a scheduled U.S. turnover of authority to Iraqis on June 30. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, has said elections could be delayed for 15 months.


"You have the normal untidiness of democracy where people say this and people say that. They discuss and debate and argue, and that's a healthy thing," Rumsfeld said. "My guess is it will not be perfectly predictable, as most democracies are not."


"Paul Bremer is working that (an election plan) with the President (George W. Bush) and all of us," Rumsfeld said.


"It is going along about as one would expect. You've got a country that has no experience with democracy through the adult lifetime of many who are there."


SURPRISE GREETING FOR U.S. TROOPS


Rumsfeld spoke with reporters during an aircraft refueling stop in Shannon, Ireland. He also shook hands with dozens of surprised U.S. National Guard troops of the 120th Engineering Battalion from Oklahoma waiting in the Shannon air terminal while en route to Iraq.


The secretary declined to say whether he planned to visit Iraq during the Gulf trip. His previous visits have been cloaked in secrecy ahead of his arrival and he has moved about there under tight security protection.


Rumsfeld said the attacks in Iraq, which have killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians and civil workers in recent months, were not stopping the slow movement toward democracy.


"They are killing Iraqis and the Iraqi people don't like it. Instead of responding by acquiescing, volunteers are still in line to join the police. They are still in line to join the Army," Rumsfeld said.


The secretary said he had talked to experts Friday who confirmed the authenticity of a computer disc found earlier in Iraq containing a letter which the United States says was written by militant Islamist Abu Musab Zarqawi, who Washington believes is a close associate of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites).


"The experts in our government believe that the letter is authentic," he said of the message outlining a plan for a series of attacks aimed at sparking a civil war in Iraq.


The U.S. Army this month doubled its bounty for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Zarqawi to $10 million. The United States suspects him of links to Ansar al-Islam, a Muslim militant group operating in Iraq.





In Kuwait Sunday night, Rumsfeld held talks with the prime minister and defense minister. He was also having a private dinner with Army Gen. John Abizaid, head if the U.S. Central Command with responsibility for military operations in the Middle East, and with Army Maj. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq.


4,722 posted on 02/22/2004 7:26:49 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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To: The Mayor
Hi The Mayor

I have been thinking about you, your brother and his stepson. Have you heard any thing else?

4,723 posted on 02/22/2004 7:46:50 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: JustPiper
Dell can bite us all! thecabal can build us custom computers!
4,724 posted on 02/22/2004 7:51:08 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: TexKat
"Thread from FreeRepublic (page not found when I clicked on it) Mansoor Ijaz: Bin Laden in Iran

... Just on Geraldo, Mansoor Ijaz just reported that Osama bin Laden is in Kermanshah, Iran and is calling the shots of the jihadist that are entering Iraq."

I need to locate the source of this immediately. It is the first mention of the location inside of Iran. If you find a working link or source ping me immediately.

Thanks!

Here's what i have so far from a simple Google search:

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1025969/posts


4,725 posted on 02/22/2004 7:58:55 PM PST by Sean Osborne Lomax (http://www.HomelandSecurityUS.com)
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To: WestCoastGal
It could be coincidence but Don Rumsfeld made a surprise trip to Centcom...............

It would be coincidental if this what we are hoping this is really about. I would LOVE for Rumsfeld to be the bearer of great news.

4,726 posted on 02/22/2004 8:08:55 PM PST by MamaDearest (Lets get them before they get us!)
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To: thecabal
bump!
4,727 posted on 02/22/2004 8:09:21 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: nw_arizona_granny
I got it. Thank you.
4,728 posted on 02/22/2004 8:10:22 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: knak
politics.
4,729 posted on 02/22/2004 8:11:48 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: judicial meanz
The Dinosaur's Cousin.
4,730 posted on 02/22/2004 8:13:00 PM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: MamaDearest
Me too, he will get everything in order as far as the military is concerned (medals & kudos for all the Sp Op's) and then our leader will strike the final blow.
4,731 posted on 02/22/2004 8:15:02 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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To: txflake; Calpernia
Thanks for the ping!

What a gigantic thread, and I had missed seeing this before!

Regarding Manssor and OBL sightings in IRAN, I would believe that.

Not sure what is going on in Pakistan.

4,732 posted on 02/22/2004 8:25:22 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: TexKat; All
Good golly Miss Molly... that little prompt from TexKat really paid off big... Here's the results of a Google search I completed.

This completely supports the NEIN contention that US SOF snatch and grabbed Osama bin Laden inside the Islamic Republic of iran on or about 20 January 2004.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36271

Source: Bin Laden in Iran
Islamic leader says terror kingpin staying in nation with 'consorts'



Posted: December 23, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Sherrie Gossett
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com


Terror leader Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida "consorts" are in Iran, a respected Islamic leader told WorldNetDaily.

According to the source, who requested anonymity, a group of Arabs who recently spent time in the desert area shared by Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran, are claiming the most wanted man in the world is "definitely in Iran."

WND has reason to believe the information is credible due to the caliber of the sources.

The report comes just as the U.S. government raised the national threat warning from yellow, the midpoint on its five-color scale, to orange due to indicators of potential terror attacks on the American homeland during the holiday season.

Focus on the whereabouts of bin Laden has increased in the wake of ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's capture on Dec. 13.

On Friday, excerpts of a 10-minute tape purportedly to be made by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, were broadcast by satellite television channel Al-Jazeera.

As WND and Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reported in August, intelligence sources agree Iran's claim that al-Qaida fugitives "escaped" from Tehran to an unknown destination is false, believing Zawahiri is still in Iran.

The sources claim he is in Iranian territory in the border area with Pakistan, where he reportedly is being assisted by the Pakistani Secret Service ISI, which previously had assisted many ex-Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives to find safe harbor.

The most recent report also dovetails with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's announcement last summer that he had sent his own army into the northern tribal areas near the border with Iran to ferret out bin Laden.

In November, Fox News Channel foreign affairs and terrorism analyst Mansoor Ijaz, citing an "unimpeachable source," also said bin Laden had moved from the Afghan-Pakistani border into Iran.

"That was an extraordinary admission at the time, one that I could not understand how he could make if bin Laden, in fact, was still in that area," Ijaz told Fox News host Brit Hume.

Both al-Qaida leaders are disguised, Ijaz said. Bin Laden, has shaved his head bald and is wearing a shorter beard that is dyed to make him look more like an Iranian cleric. He also has put on a considerable amount of weight. Al-Zawahiri has done something similar, Ijaz said, and is now wearing a black turban and dyed beard instead of the traditional white turban he wore as an Egyptian cleric.

Bin Laden is being kept out of the public, while al-Zawahiri is said to be moving around quite freely, Ijaz said.

The analyst said the Revolutionary Guard of Iran has arranged for at least three to four body doubles that are making their way around different parts of Afghanistan to fool bin Laden's pursuers.

"But I can tell you with unimpeachability tonight that he is on the western border of Iran, inside Iran, planning terrorist attacks against the United States' interests in that part of the world," Ijaz said.

Democratic presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark criticized President Bush on Sunday for being "afraid" to go after bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, instead pursuing Hussein.

"[Bush] did a bait-and-switch on us and substituted Saddam Hussein, and boom, $150 billion, 460 American lives and no telling how much more of our Treasury before this is all over," Clark told ABC's "This Week."

"This administration didn't have the heart to put the effort and the innovation and the ingenuity into fighting terror," Clark said, saying he "wouldn't have been afraid to try" to kill bin Laden, had he been president in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.


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AND THIS WHICH IS FULL OF ADDITIONAL DETAILS!!!

http://www.tinyvital.com/BlogArchives/000353.html

November 22, 2003
Ijaz: More about Bin Laden in Iran
Fox News TV Nov 22, 2003 1730Z

This report adds to this earlier one. It is entirely based on a report by Mansoor Ijaz, a Fox News analyst with intelligence connections in the Middle East. Whether his information is correct or not is left as an exercise for the reader!

Bin Laden and his deputy, Zawahiri separately crossed the border into Iran in early July. They were brought to the border by members of Afghan warlord Hekmatyar [former communist, former Northern Alliance member, and current Iranian ally]. From the border, they were transported north in black Iranian Revolutionary Guard cars to the Mashhad area of Iran.

Since July, Bin Laden has not left Iran. He was last seen in early November by Mansoor's source, between the north-western Iranian cities of Karaj and Qazvin, in an area completely controlled by the Republican Guard. They have been having meetings in safe houses in that area. Bin Laden has now spent a significant amount of time near the Iraqi border.

There are only 5 people in Iran who know of the presence of Bin Laden and Zawahiri. They are:

Ayatollah Rafsanjani [the former president and now #2 Ayatollah who last december recommended using nuclear weapons against Israel].
Ayatollah Khameni [the most powerful man in Iran's theocratic state].
The head of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry (MOIS).
The two top members of Ayatolla Khomeni's Intelligence Directorate.

There is additional information on the disguises. Bin Laden's beard is died dark but not black. He looks like an Iranian professor. Zawahiri has darker shaded glasses and wears a turban in the color and style of an Iranian cleric.

The US has already confronted Iran diplomatically about this issue, but needs verification in order to take stronger diplomatic measures.


Posted by John Moore at November 22, 2003 11:14 AM | TrackBack

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That should be Ayatollah Khamenie. Khomeni passed away a while ago; his grandson is a foe of the theocratic state.

[NOTE FROM John: thanks for the catch. Fixed it.]

Posted by: triticale on November 22, 2003 06:48 PM
What a great opportunity, if true. The CIA needs to 'leak' that one of the 5 is an agent. Then watch the fur fly.
Al.

Posted by: ableiter on November 23, 2003 07:08 PM

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And Now For THE COUP DE GRAS

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103948,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,103948,00.html
Explosive New Bin Laden Evidence

Monday, November 24, 2003

This is a partial transcript of Special Report with Brit Hume, November 20, that has been edited for clarity.

Watch Special Report With Brit Hume weeknights at 6 p.m. ET

BRIT HUME, HOST: One of the continuing mysteries of the war on terror is the whereabouts of Usama bin Laden (search). One person with extensive contacts in his -- in that part of the world, including sources within intelligence agencies in various nations is FNC foreign affairs analyst Mansoor Ijaz, who joins us tonight from London with information that may provide some answers. Mansoor, welcome. What have you found?

MANSOOR IJAZ, FOX NEWS FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYST: Well, Brit, tonight I can report from my intelligence sources, I consider unimpeachable intelligence sources, that we have eyewitness accounts that both Usama bin Laden, in a modified, disguised form, as well as Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two in al Qaeda, are, in fact, in Iran.

They were sighted there. Bin Laden was sighted there in July of this year. You will remember that when President Pervez Musharraf (search) came to Washington on his state visit, he said without any hesitation that he had sent his own army into the northern tribal areas to try and ferret out...

HUME: That's Musharraf of Pakistan.

IJAZ: That's correct. And that was an extraordinary admission at the time, one that I could not understand how he could make if bin Laden, in fact, was still in that area. Well, it turns out that it was around that time that bin Laden moved from the Afghan-Pakistani border into Iran.

Now, Ayman Zawahiri has also been seen, as recently, according to my source, as recently as within the last 10 days in Iran planning and plotting various terrorist attacks, not just against U.S. interests, but against other countries as well.

HUME: Now Iran, of course, acknowledges none of this.

IJAZ: Yeah.

HUME: What are these -- you mentioned earlier that -- that bin Laden was in disguise. Do you know anything about what he now looks like?

IJAZ: Yes. Let me give you a brief description of both, what I've been told about bin Laden is that he has shaved his head bald. He is wearing a beard that is much more close to his face than it was before. He has changed the color of that beard so that it looks much more like that of an Iranian cleric. He has put on quite a bit of weight, from what I understand.

And I've been told that Ayman al-Zawahiri has done something similar, where he's now wearing instead of the white traditional turban that he wore as an Egyptian cleric, he is now wearing a black turban. He is wearing, again, a beard that is now dyed a dark color so that he looks more like an Iranian cleric than he does the way he did before.

HUME: And are these men believed to be together or staying apart from each other? What do we know about that?

IJAZ: Well, my understanding is that Zawahiri is moving around quite freely. The idea of the Iranian clerics was to keep bin Laden more in sort of the nebulous never-neverland, not letting him be seen very often.

It is also my understanding that the Revolutionary Guard of Iran has now arranged for at least three to four body doubles that are making their way around in different parts of Afghanistan and maybe even Pakistan, and visibly showing him at various times to see whether or not they can fool people into thinking he is somewhere else.

But I can tell you with unimpeachability tonight that he is on the western border of Iran, inside Iran, planning terrorist attacks against the United States' interests in that part of the world.

HUME: Now, why would the Iranian authorities, and indeed which Iranian authorities, why would they permit this?

IJAZ: Yeah. Shortly after -- I've been told that shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, the Iranians came to the conclusion that the United States would go after the Taliban (search), that there was going to be a problem with Iraq as well, and, therefore, they wanted to make sure that these democratic bookends that we were going to put around them, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq, would be countered by their providing safe harbor and logistical support as well as finances for Al Qaeda to be able to operate freely from Iranian soil.

Now, that is precisely, exactly how it has unfolded. And I can also tell you tonight, excuse me, I can also tell you tonight that an Afghanistan warlord, who was one of the warlords in Afghanistan that controls the western seven provinces, he is now planning with Iran and with Al Qaeda to bring a large army of Revolutionary Guard people into Afghanistan during the winter months to attack U.S. interests there and try to take control of the entire country, because Iran does not want to see us succeed in building a democracy in Afghanistan under any circumstances.

HUME: Why would the winter months be chosen for such an undertaking? Wouldn't it be harder to travel into those -- into and through those mountainous regions?

IJAZ: It is if you are someone other than this Afghanistan warlord, who knows those areas very well and who would now have enormous logistical support from the Iranian army that has to patrol those areas on its own. In other words, Iranian technology is now being used to help the Afghan warlords to take over the country from Hamid Karzai (search).

HUME: This is obviously explosive, extraordinary information, Mansoor.

IJAZ: Yes. Yes.

HUME: What level of any of knowledge does the U.S. government have of any of this?

IJAZ: Well, Brit, I think the way I have to put that is that it is probably likely that certain segments of our government have this information, that they are analyzing and processing this information. But it was my judgment that it was vitally important for the broader part of our government's decision-making apparatus to know exactly what it is that's going on there, because it's very clear that the Iranians are trying desperately to not only hang on to power, but to fuel the terrorist enterprise in that part of the world.

HUME: Well, it is striking information, Mansoor. Just quickly, one last question. You are absolutely confident of your sources?

IJAZ: I can just tell you that the source is unimpeachable. It is from inside Iran. These are eyewitness accounts. They are from the intelligence framework. No question about it.

HUME: All right, Mansoor Ijaz, thanks very much.

IJAZ: Thank you.

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The simple Google search criteria I used to find this info was: "Mansoor Ijaz: Bin Laden in Iran"

The search generated 2,400 hits in 0.09 seconds.

Out-freaking-standing!!!

Thank you TexKat!!!


Sean Osborne, Network Analyst
Northeast Intelligence Network
www.HomelandSecurityUS.com


4,733 posted on 02/22/2004 8:28:27 PM PST by Sean Osborne Lomax (http://www.HomelandSecurityUS.com)
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To: JustPiper
Found this article that offered suggestions for Canadian border patrol security.

Germany's Federal Border Patrol — a Model for Canada? Dianne DeMille — CASR Editor

As the political, military and economic imperatives of Europe have changed, so has the mandated tasks of the Border Patrol. With the advent of the European Union, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the opening of Germany's eastern borders, the Border Patrol now places most emphasis on patrolling the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic. Of greatest concern is international smuggling operations — cars, drugs, and, of increasing importance, humans.

After the September 11 attacks, the German cabinet approved an anti-terrorism package which stipulated, among other provisions, that members of the Border Patrol would be specially trained and deployed as armed Sky Marshals in an attempt to prevent airplane hijackings.

What tasks and capabilities of the BGS might be of interest to Canada?

Most notably, the BGS is a police force with a tightly controlled mandate. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are overstretched, especially in rural areas, and often unable to fulfill all the tasks that are required of them. It is unrealistic to ask this federal police force to take on the new role of Border Police as well. Canada might, following Germany's lead, consider developing a new police force specifically recruited and trained to patrol border crossings, airports, and seaports.

Since our coastlines are a much greater challenge than those of Germany, the task of 'public safety on the high seas' might best be left to the Navy. (The Royal Australian Navy provides a good model.) Likewise the 'protection of federal buildings' could more reasonably left to the RCMP under normal civil conditions, or, in times of national emergency, to the appropriate wing of the Canadian Forces.

For a new Canadian Border Police perhaps the most urgent task would be to patrol our large, vulnerable ports. These gaping entries into our country have been left largely unsupervised since the Ports Police were disbanded. As is the practice in Germany, it would be beneficial to have a separate college for officers of the Border Police to build a strong sense of professionalism and esprit de corps.

4,734 posted on 02/22/2004 8:41:14 PM PST by MamaDearest (Lets get them before they get us!)
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For Sale: Nuclear Expertise
Yahoo News ^ | Douglas Frantz and Josh Meyer
Posted on 02/22/2004 6:45:05 AM PST by knighthawk

VIENNA — Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan presided over a nuclear smuggling operation so brazen that the government weapons laboratory he ran distributed a glossy sales brochure offering sophisticated technology and shipped some of its most sensitive equipment directly from Pakistan to countries such as Libya and North Korea.

The brochure, with photos of Khan and an array of weapons on the cover, listed a complete range of equipment for separating nuclear fuel from uranium. Also for sale were Khan's "consultancy and advisory services," and conventional weapons such as missiles, according to a copy of the brochure provided to the Los Angeles Times.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1083198/posts
4,735 posted on 02/22/2004 9:51:09 PM PST by JustPiper (The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it)
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To: Sean Osborne Lomax
I need to locate the source of this immediately. It is the first mention of the location inside of Iran. If you find a working link or source ping me immediately.

Sean that info was from one of the Fox News shows also. Maybe Greta's. Whichever show it was I wrote the name down at that time and then researched it on google. I will look for my post on FR, I also posted a map at that time and perhaps the transcript of the show. Do an inforum search on my FR name and I will see if I can find it also. Have fun.

4,736 posted on 02/22/2004 9:51:12 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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NEWSMAX
2-23-04

Arabs Raise Funds for Bush

WMDs or no, President Bush's "decisive action" in Iraq has many Arab, Pakistani and Iranian Americans, and even foreign-born Muslims, aspiring to be "Pioneers" and "Rangers" -- as donors are called -- in the effort to re-elect Bush.

Members of the Arab community who have never been politically active are jumping head first into the presidential campaign to show their support for Bush's invasion of Iraq and ousting of Saddam Hussein. Those who raise $100,000 earn the honor of being a Pioneer in the president's campaign; raise $200,000 and you'll be added to the ranks of the Rangers.

"As a Muslim I felt it was wonderful that Saddam Hussein was removed," said Pioneer Dr. Malik Hasan, a Pakistan native and former CEO of Denver's Foundation Health Systems. "The rest of the Muslim countries were standing there doing nothing. Honestly, I wrote to the president and said I adored his accomplishments."

Hasik and his wife are supporting Bush in spite of what happened to their American-born son, who police surrounded and detained at an airport recently. The man's ethnic background seemed to be their only provocation.

Because of the Patriot Act, which Arabs feel singles them out, plus the requirement since 9/11 for Muslim and Arab men to register with U.S. immigration and concern over the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Bush's poll numbers have dropped sharply in the Arab-American community.

A 35 percent drop, says Zogby International, headed by Lebanese-American John Zogby, whose brother James heads up the Arab American Institute.

Still, Bush's call for an independent Palestinian state and his appointment of two Arab-Americans to high levels in his administration -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Office of Management and Budget Director Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. -- have the dollarrs up even though donor numbers are down.

"He has saved Iraq," said Iranian Mori Hosseini, a Ranger in Daytona Beach. "He's the savior not [only] of Iraq, but also of the other countries around Iraq. They want freedom."

Longtime Republican Party donor Yousif Ghafari, a Lebanese Christian with an engineering company, has raised $350,000 for Bush. Ghafari said, "The 9/11 situation was a bad situation for us," but credited the president for "taking the initiative" in toppling Hussein and believes that Bush is capable of resolving the conflict in the Middle East.

4,737 posted on 02/22/2004 9:53:20 PM PST by JustPiper (The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it)
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Forensics find terror blasts links
02/21/04
Forensic investigators in the United States say identical technology appears to have been used in bombs used in terror attacks on various continents in recent years

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/22/bomb.technology/index.html
4,738 posted on 02/22/2004 9:54:21 PM PST by JustPiper (The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it)
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To: thecabal
So are you saying you believe or do not he is already in custody?
4,739 posted on 02/22/2004 10:17:02 PM PST by JustPiper (The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it)
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To: TexKat; All
Your right the keyword 'is' Claim

Click

Always and 4Ever

Important Read!

An Open Letter To Senator John Kerry
From Iran) An Open Letter To Senator John Kerry | Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) ^ | 19 Feb 2004 | SMCCDI| Posted on 02/22/2004 12:45:10 AM CST by XHogPilot

4,740 posted on 02/22/2004 10:29:45 PM PST by JustPiper (The fly cannot be driven away by getting angry at it)
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