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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11671472%255E2703,00.html
"Zarqawi targets Europe for terror"
December 13, 2004
The Sunday Times, AP, AFP
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "THE most wanted terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is recruiting cell members in Britain and Europe.
Terrorism experts believe his is preparing his new recruits for attacks somewhere in Europe."
like living in a cave?
Oh dear, you have a project on your hands, huh?
Google.com - Search Term: "Zarqawi"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Zarqawi%22+%0D%0A&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
Google.com - Search Term: "Zarkawi"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Zarkawi%22+%0D%0A&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
I agree AD.
Well, as a woman, I get the itch to buy - buy - buy and decorate big time. I guess I couldn't live like that.
Laughing...
Hunt for bin Laden is stymied in the wilds of Pakistan
By James Risen and David Rohde The New York Times
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Hunting for Osama bin Laden, the CIA established a series of small, covert bases in the rugged mountain frontier of northwest Pakistan in late 2003. Bin Laden, the terrorist leader, was being sheltered there by local tribesmen and foreign militants, the agency had concluded, and he controlled a group of handpicked operatives dedicated to attacking the United States.
But since the bases opened, the CIA officers stationed there have been strictly supervised by Pakistani officials, who have limited their ability to operate and have escorted them wherever they travel in the Pakistani border region. As a result, it has been virtually impossible for the Americans to gather intelligence effectively, say several officials who would speak only anonymously.
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http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20041210-044259-7319r
"A flood of fatwas inundates Egypt"
Ahmad Aboul Wafa
Middle East Times
Published December 9, 2004
FYI Links:
ISLAM ONLINE.net: "ASK THE SCHOLAR"
http://www.islamonline.net/fatwaapplication/english/browse.asp
ISLAM ONLINE.net: "LIVE FATWA"
http://www.islamonline.net/livefatwa/english/select.asp
ISLAM ONLINE.net: "FATWA BANK" (Complete Search)
http://www.islamonline.net/completesearch/english/CounsellorSearch.asp?hID=0
Even more forbidding than rocks and snow are the locals, a bewildering array of tribes and clans known collectively as the Pashtun, who number more than 25 million and are sometimes referred to as the Pakhtun, or Pathan. Living on both sides of the border, the Pashtun share a language (Pashtu), a love of guns and jokes, a deep suspicion of outsiders, a passion for the green chewing tobacco called naswar, and belief in a strict and ancient code of honor, called Pashtunwali. One tenet of this code - nanawateh, or sanctuary - is particularly vexing to bin Laden's hunters. It means that every Pashtun is duty bound to help anyone who comes knocking at his door seeking refuge, even if it's his worst enenmy. A Pashtun is expected to give his life defending a guest, and many have done so.
I recall a conversation with the urbane Col. Mohammad Yahya Effendi, one of the Pakistani spymasters who ran the Afghan rebels, or majahideen, during the Soviet war in the 1980's. The Pashtun "can act with nobility and yet be absolute rascals," Effendi told me. "They'll do all sorts of treacherous things - even betray their fathers. But they're bonkers when it comes to giving sanctuary. It's like a sacred mission."
Anyone who hands bin Laden over to the Americans might be 25 million dollars richer in reward money, explained Effendi, but the digrace would hang over this person, along with his family, clan, and tribe, for many generations. "Osama's a major Islamic hero," he added. "Whoever betrays him, why, his life wouldn't be worth an onion."
OTTAWA (CP) - Defence officials have signed a $2.9-million deal with a U.S. firm to develop an anti-anthrax inhaler that could be available for civilian as well as military use.
Aradigm Corp. of California will spend the next few years developing and testing a puffer to counter the effects of anthrax and other biological warfare agents. The inhaler, conceived by Defence Department researchers, will contain the powerful antibiotic ciproflaxacin. "The initial target population was military use," said Maj. Don Van Loon, a bio-science officer.
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http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=362b5894-c659-4688-af73-51a9135062f5
Kelly 'could not have died' from knife wound, paramedics claim
The Scotsman
Monday, Dec. 13, 2004
DAN MCDOUGALL
Key points
Paramedics believe wounds unlikely as cause of death due to lack of blood
Medical situation complicated by opiate drugs and blood condition in victim
Thames Valley Police have no intention of re-opening the case
Key quote I just think it is incredibly unlikely that he died from the wrist wound we saw. There just wasnt a lot of blood. When someone cuts an artery, whether accidentally or intentionally, the blood pumps everywhere." - VANESSA HUNT, PARAMEDIC
Story in full POLICE have rejected calls to re-open the inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly, the government weapons expert, after two paramedics who found him at the scene of his death said he could not have died from self-inflicted knife wounds
Excerpted
Why do Americans fear nuclear power?
Clinton pal Marc Rich eyed as major player in Saddam's scam
Cuba starts huge military drill
Spy chief is poisoning suspect
China and Russia to hold first war games
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"Hamas: Hosted in the USA by a Russian company"
Internet Haganáh ^ | Dec. 13, 2004 | Aaron Weisburd
Posted on 12/13/2004 4:33:02 PM PST by JohnathanRGalt
Methinks that al-Zarqwai has his hands full trying to keep from getting killed in Iraq and no ability to go global and muster the resouces and manpower he is desprately using up in Iraq for an attack bigger than 911.
Complacency (FCC/Immigration Department/Law Enforcement regarding ME types photographing industrial, water source and nuclear facilities, and Airline Security with their refusal to profile ME types) is a state of satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. While the high comfort level that results from complacency is reassuring, it is also dangerous in that the majority of us are not prepared for terrorist acts. Terrorists thrive on this type of ignorance, depending on it to competently carry out their acts of violence.
"But since the bases opened, the CIA officers stationed there have been strictly supervised by Pakistani officials..."
...and that is the problem, if this article correctly identifies the situation.
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