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To: Armedanddangerous
Ohh yeah... that WAS a Tom Clancy storyline..wasn't it? Shootout in the shopping mall

It seems that Clancy has an inside scoop on al-queda tactics and made a pretty profit.

Who knows maybe his source of income has dried up and thus his criticism of Bush, along with zinni, about going after the bad guys in real life.

19 posted on 06/14/2004 8:43:31 AM PDT by Dane
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Man allegedly in al-Qaida plot to bomb mall

Ashcroft to give details of charges against Somali native in Ohio
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 11:38 a.m. ET June 14, 2004

WASHINGTON - Federal authorities on Monday unsealed charges against a Columbus, Ohio, man alleging that he was involved in an al-Qaida plot to blow up a shopping mall in Ohio.

The four-count indictment, returned by a grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, charges that Nuradin Abdi, 32, conspired with admitted al-Qaida member Lyman Faris and others to detonate a bomb at the unidentified shopping mall after he obtained military-style training in Ethiopia. ......

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5209103/

25 posted on 06/14/2004 8:44:58 AM PDT by Gelato
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To: Armedanddangerous
BTW, I saw clancy on C-Span without his wearing sunglasses and now I can understand why he wore those sunglasses in earlier interviews.

Clancy has bug eyes that would make a goldfish blush.

30 posted on 06/14/2004 8:47:08 AM PDT by Dane
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To: Dane
It seems that Clancy has an inside scoop on al-queda tactics and made a pretty profit. Who knows maybe his source of income has dried up and thus his criticism of Bush, along with zinni, about going after the bad guys in real life.

Interesting theory. Makes sense to me.

44 posted on 06/14/2004 8:50:36 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
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