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To: MamaDearest

Al Qaeda's newest weapon
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20041106-102514-9500r.htm

Race Against Time to Prevent Nuclear Terror - IAEA
(ElBaradei alert)
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6740432

Number sickened by norovirus at Las Vegas Strip hotel tops 1,200
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20041105-1341-nv-vegasvirus.html

CIA working with FBI inside United States
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041108/topstories/29623.shtml

Mysterious Powder That Shut Down E.R. Identified
(Do you believe it?)
http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=2544451&nav=2KPpSwpE

Return to Terrorist Alley
In August, The Investigators on Eyewitness News 4 first reported the possible threat of terrorists using the Arizona/Mexico border to cross into the U.S.
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2545055


2,917 posted on 11/10/2004 2:58:12 PM PST by JustPiper (NoE-the Enemy !!!)
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http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20041106-102514-9500r.htm

November 7, 2004

"Al Qaeda's newest weapon"
By James Jay Carafano

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "So far, since President Bush declared war on terrorism, bin Laden's greatest achievements have been eluding capture and circulating about two dozen audio and videotapes. Adolf Hitler did as much, spewing defiant speeches from his Berlin bunker almost to the end.
    While the tapes offer no definitive proof that terrorism is either waxing or waning, they underscore one key aspect of the struggle: the role of psychological warfare. Bin Laden's videos are propaganda, pure and simple, designed to weaken U.S. resolve and foster recruiting and fund-raising for al Qaeda.
    Defeating terrorism means crushing its campaign to spread ideas and arguments as well as taking out its leadership, support networks and sanctuaries.
    Americans tend to think of psychological warfare as a relic of World War II or the Cold War. The phrase conjures images of planes dropping leaflets over some foreign country or radio broadcasts over the Iron Curtain. Most people assume they are immune from the threat of psychological combat. Wrong.
    Today, the techniques and instruments for psychological warfare are diverse and readily available. (They include Web sites, e-mail, online media, instant messaging, chat rooms and television.) And they can be as easily deployed against America as they can against distant lands."


2,952 posted on 11/10/2004 5:59:33 PM PST by Cindy
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