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To: JustPiper
surviving family members from the Pebtagon are not allowed to say anything

Where did you read this? Can you provide a link to a reliable source?

Right here on FR, I read Secretary Rumsfeld has a piece of the plane on his desk; in fact, not too many months ago there was a big flap about him having it. The press was questioning the legalities of ownership.

1,963 posted on 11/07/2004 6:49:49 PM PST by Lucy Lake
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Evolving Nature of Al Qaeda Is Misunderstood, Critic Says

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has failed to recognize that Al Qaeda is now a global Islamic insurgency, rather than a traditional terrorist organization, and so poses a much different threat than previously believed, says a senior counterterrorism official at the Central Intelligence Agency.

Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the C.I.A.'s Osama bin Laden unit and the author of a best-selling book critical of the administration's handling of the fight against terrorism, said in an interview with The New York Times this weekend that the government "doesn't respect the threat" because most officials still regard Al Qaeda as a terrorist organization that can be defeated by arresting or killing its operatives one at a time.

He noted that President Bush and other officials had repeatedly said two-thirds of the leadership of Al Qaeda has been killed or captured, but he said the figure was misleading because it is referring to the leaders who were in place as of Sept. 11, 2001.

1,969 posted on 11/07/2004 6:56:12 PM PST by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: grizzfan

Where did you read this? Can you provide a link to a reliable source?

Grizz? Weren't me that asked though -hehe


1,973 posted on 11/07/2004 7:01:48 PM PST by JustPiper (NoE-the Enemy !!!)
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