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Insurgency mastermind stays step ahead of U.S.
LA Times ^ | November 16, 2005 | Josh Meyer and Mark Mazzetti
Posted on 11/16/2005 9:45:23 AM PST by jmc1969
Despite the recent arrest of one of his would-be suicide bombers in
Jordan and some top aides in Iraq, insurgency mastermind Abu Musab
Zarqawi has eluded capture, U.S. authorities say, because his network
has a much better intelligence-gathering operation than they do.
Zarqawi's organization has been particularly successful because it has
repeatedly targeted Iraqi civilians who tried to aid the American effort
to capture him, frightening off other potential informants, U.S. officials
said Tuesday.
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Snip: Nearly all of the cargo in the nation's aviation system goes unchecked for explosives, and policies aimed at thwarting cargo bombs on passenger planes are flawed, according to a government report due out Wednesday.
Terrorists could foil the government's strategy for keeping bombs out of cargo holds by meeting a few basic requirements that would allow them to put an explosives-laden package on a jet, the Government Accountability Office said.
Suicide bombings too random to be good jihad
Snip: "Islam does not recognize suicide bombings (used by terrorists for jihad) because the enemy and victims are too random," he explained.