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Officials: Group tied to al-Qaida behind Iraq attacks
Mercury News ^ | 2/13/04 | Tom Lasseter - Knight Ridder

Posted on 02/13/2004 8:46:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:49:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

BIYARA, Iraq - A terrorist group with ties to al-Qaida that escaped a U.S.-led attack last March has reconstituted itself and is involved in the recent wave of car bombings and other suicide attacks that have killed and wounded hundreds in Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedairaq; alqaida; ansar; ansaralislam; attacks; behind; biyara; ghul; grouptiedto; iraq; kurds; officials; zarqawi

1 posted on 02/13/2004 8:46:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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2 posted on 02/13/2004 8:48:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Support OurTroops!)
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3 posted on 02/13/2004 11:16:57 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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