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Operative Sought al-Qaida's Help in Iraq
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| 02/09/04
| ROBERT H. REID AP
Posted on 02/09/2004 12:05:33 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: Dog; Grampa Dave; BOBTHENAILER; Dog Gone
The word is getting around;
From the link at post #1:
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The Americans declined to identify the suspect. But the discovery of the disc coincides with the arrest of Hassan Ghul, a Pakistani described by American officials at the time as a courier for the Qaeda network. Mr. Ghul is believed to be the first significant member of that network to have been captured inside Iraq.
We are cleaning them out!
Another accomplishment detailed here:
How US Put Rogue Atom Scientist Out Of Business
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:08:35 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Someone I'm arguing with just threw this in my face saying, "If there wasn't a war in Iraq then we'd be fighting al-Qaida where they already were, not where they flocked to."
These people are just too funny, huh?
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:11:00 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Another related article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074523/posts Letter Shows Terrorists' 'Desperation' In Iraq, General Says
Terrorists realize "that failure to defeat us in Iraq will be a major setback for their overall terror war," Senor pointed out, noting, "The buildup of Iraqi security forces is putting increasing pressure on the terrorists."
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:12:27 PM PST
by
FairOpinion
(If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
To: Pikamax; jennyp; TBall
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:13:49 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: RandallFlagg; Dog
So true. He is just calling for reinforcements!
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:16:37 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: saquin
Ping a rooski!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:17:22 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Pikamax
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:19:14 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Dog; Bonaparte; Ranger; mystery-ak; Pikamax; farmfriend; *Bush Doctrine Unfold; ...
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the letter was on a computer disk found on Hassan Ghul, a senior al-Qaida courier arrested last month by Kurdish forces as he tried to enter the country from Iran. Had we see this statement before???
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:26:01 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: elfman2
fyi
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:30:52 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Cap Huff
fyi
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:35:02 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What does this tell us...they are desperate and losing.
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:36:36 PM PST
by
mystery-ak
(*terrorism has been exaggerated*....Kerry....We must defeat him, our lives depend on it.)
To: mystery-ak
Agreed.
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:44:49 PM PST
by
Dog
To: mystery-ak; RightWhale; blam; farmfriend
Right and the major news media are reworking the headlines to try and keep that news away from the US people!
Got a link from a blog that does a nice job of laying it out:
Link to Q & O blog item:
February 09, 2004
We're winning, Pt 178
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:46:41 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Grampa Dave; Dog; BOBTHENAILER; FairOpinion; Ragtime Cowgirl; blam; Bonaparte; Dog Gone; FBD; ...
From the blog link above , which is well worth reading and see the comments also:
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There's the campaign commercial for Bush:
Picture of Zarqawi - text: "By God, this is suffocation!"
Announcer: "The War on Terror...it's working".
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:55:18 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Cap Huff
See post #9.
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posted on
02/09/2004 12:59:12 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Calpernia
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posted on
02/09/2004 1:11:26 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: RandallFlagg; Dog
See this from todays Coalition briefing of the reporters ( link above ):
Yes? In the back.
Q: Do you believe the foreign fighters came into Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime or before that?
Kimmitt: All we know is that we have foreign fighters in this country right now. The coalition is determined to develop intelligence to find them and bring them to justice.
Senor: I would just add that there is obviously -- the State Department has designated the Iraqi regime as a state sponsor of terrorism going back some couple decades, and there have been charges of visibility in this country of foreign fighters before our arrival. But, to General Kimmitt's point, the focus is on the here and now, and certainly the memo that was discovered is quite enlightening in that regard.
We have time for one more question. Yes, sir?
Q: Gregor Mayer from German Press Agency. Not having seen this report in The New York Times, can you disclose under what circumstances this memo came into the public -- in the public space?
Kimmitt: Sure. We picked this memo up from the courier as part of ongoing military and security operations inside this country.
Senor: All right. Thanks, everybody.
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posted on
02/09/2004 1:17:11 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: wolicy_ponk
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posted on
02/09/2004 1:26:35 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dog
Thanks for ping!
OK. I see that we have at least three stories about the source of this letter on a disk (CD?):
1.Still, a senior United States intelligence official in Washington said, "I know of no reason to believe the letter is bogus in any way." He said the letter was seized in a raid on a known Qaeda safe house in Baghdad, and did not pass through Iraqi groups that American intelligence officials have said in the past may have provided unreliable information.
2.The Times report quoted unidentified U.S. officials as saying that American forces arrested a man who had the document on a computer disc and was taking it to Afghanistan to get it to al-Qaida's senior leaders.
3.A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the letter was on a computer disk found on Hassan Ghul, a senior al-Qaida courier arrested last month by Kurdish forces as he tried to enter the country from Iran.
I can easily enough harmonize 1 and 2 The guy who was about to go to Afghanistan was taken in the safe house in Baghdad maybe. But I cant easily harmonize 3 with either of the first two.
Anybody, any ideas?
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posted on
02/09/2004 1:39:08 PM PST
by
Cap Huff
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