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That Andy Duke character deserves a good examination, if you ask me. He shows up as owning property in CO, both in Denver and Boulder. He's been in Iraq since last summer and hangs around the Al Fanar hotel in Baghdad as a "consultant." This is allegedly the hotel where he met NB and was 2 doors down from him, drinking beer with NB the night he was last seen. And I think Duke once had a stockbroker's license, but I'm not sure of that one. His age has been given as anywhere from 43 to 50 -- seems like no one can get it right.

Anyway, my leisure time is gone for now. Be back when I can.

If you look up Duke, try different variations: Andrew Robert Duke; Andrew R. Duke; Andy Duke, etc.

Some links:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4973713/

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/13/wtort113.xml

http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=9398&TagID=7

By referring to Duke as needing "a good examination," I don't mean that someone needs to post his private information on the Internet, but then y'all knew that already, didn't you?

I'm just reminded that we need to remember that, despite all the weird coincidences, this could STILL all have a perfectly logical explanation.

I'm trying to close off on a few lines of research.

I checked the current stock broker listings for Andrew Robert Duke, Andy Duke, Robert Duke, etc. I came up empty on all AKAs. I believe the database is purged after a couple of years if the broker license goes inactive (unless there is a disciplinary action, in which case they maintain it for a longer period... 10 years, I think.)
NASD BrokerCheck

I did find one company in Colorado that may be the same Duke. It was suspended and has now been dissolved. I couldn't find any other information on the company but the name of the company "1065 Lipan" appears to be an address, so this may have been an LLC for purposes of owning property.

Name:                     1065 LIPAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Entity ID:                19951057942
Entity Type:              LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Filing Date:              05/01/1995
Status:                   DISSOLVED
State of Incorporation:   CO 
Term:                     None 
Inactive Date:            01/01/2005 
Last Report:              Report not filed 
Last Report Filing ID:    none 
Name Reservation Expires: N/A 
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Registered Agent 
Name:                     DUKE ANDREW R 
Physical Address:         4155 E JEWELL AVE STE 616 
                          DENVER Colorado 80222 
PO Box:                   None 
Suspended 11/01/1999 
Dissolved 01/01/2003

Colorado Secretary of State

And, I found this article written about Iraq by an "Andrew R. Duke"... which describes the author as "Andrew R. Duke, Former Sergeant of Arms to the Colorado House of Representatives "

The Financial Times, April 30, 2003 p14
Ending of Iraqi regime could usher in an era of long-term stability for oil-dependent states.
by Andrew Duke; Joshua Putterman; Sam Zakhem.