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Bin Laden Says Will Take Fight to America
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Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said his group reserved the right to fight the United States on its land and warned Washington and the world community against sending forces to Somalia, according to an Internet audio tape.

"We will fight its (U.S.) soldiers on the land of Somalia ... and we reserve the right to punish it on its land and anywhere possible," said the speaker, who sounded like the Saudi-born militant.

"We warn all of the countries in the world not to respond to America by sending international troops to Somalia," he said of the African nation where Islamists' power is rising.

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1,021 posted on 07/17/2006 10:12:37 PM PDT by Cindy

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UPDATES...

ON THE NET...

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=jihad

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2006/20060717_5677.html
"U.S. Contracts Cruise Ship For Possible Lebanon Evacuations"

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2006

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"WAR NEWS"
http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/

"THE WEB SITES OF HIZBALLAH" (July 17, 2006)
http://www.internet-haganah.com/hmedia/17jul06-hizballah_sites.html

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http://www.jpost.com

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150886030636&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
"Jul. 18, 2006 6:09
IDF completes mission in Beit Hanun; leaves area"

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http://www.ynetnews.com

http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3089,00.html
UPDATES - QUOTE:

9 injured in Katyusha attacks remain hospitalized
(08:12 , 07.18.06)
Air Force strikes 50 targets in Lebanon overnight
(07:51 , 07.18.06)
IDF forces conclude operation in Beit Hanoun area in Gaza
(06:58 , 07.18.06)
Report: IDF strikes 2 trucks north of Beirut
(06:37 , 07.18.06)
Fire opened at IDF forces in West Bank; 8 suspects nabbed overnight
(06:35 , 07.18.06)
Qassam rockets fired at Israel
(06:32 , 07.18.06)
Rocket lands near Nahariya; no injuries
(03:20 , 07.18.06)
Report: IDF attacks Lebanese army facilities near Beirut
(03:03 , 07.18.06)
Israeli warplanes blast Beirut's southern suburbs
(02:27 , 07.18.06)
Report: Rocket lands near Hatzor Haglilit; no injuries
(02:25 , 07.18.06)
IDF attacks Hizbullah building in Lebanon
(02:15 , 07.18.06)
Al-Manar: Israeli raid kills 6 civilians in Lebanon
(01:32 , 07.18.06)
Italy: Rallies for, against IDF operations
(01:30 , 07.18.06)
IDF thwarts Hizbullah infiltration attempt at northern border
(00:24 , 07.18.06)
Hizbullah rockets hit open area near Safed; no casualties
(00:17 , 07.18.06)
Man injured from rocket attack on Kiryat Shmona
(00:05 , 07.18.06)
3 reserves battalions to be drafted in upcoming days
(23:49 , 07.17.06)
4 fires break out in Galilee Panhandle because of rocket fire
(23:38 , 07.17.06)
IDF completes mission in Beit Hanun
(23:35 , 07.17.06)
11 injured from rockets in Safed
(23:24 , 07.17.06)
3 rockets land in open area near Haifa
(23:17 , 07.17.06)
2 injured as rockets hit sensitive facility
(23:08 , 07.17.06)
Barrage hits medical institution in the Galilee; 10 in shock
(23:00 , 07.17.06)
Al-Manar: Heated exchange of fire in Shaba farms region
(22:56 , 07.17.06)
2 more barrages on Galilee Panhandle
(22:47 , 07.17.06)
Warning sirens activated in Haifa, bay region
(22:44 , 07.17.06)
Rocket landings located near Sachnin, Kiryat Shmona and Pke'in
(22:42 , 07.17.06)
Fire breaks out following rocket attack
(22:34 , 07.17.06)
3 volleys shot at Safed, Rosh Pinna
(22:23 , 07.17.06)
Rocket barrages fired on Carmiel, Hatzor HaGlilit
(22:16 , 07.17.06)
Rockets land in open areas near Rosh Hanikra
(22:15 , 07.17.06)
Nahariya residents called upon to enter shelters
(22:14 , 07.17.06)
Warning sirens activated in Carmiel, Galilee Panhandle
(22:11 , 07.17.06)
IDF: 70 targets attacked Monday across Lebanon
(22:00 , 07.17.06)
Head of Iranian Armed Forces: Hizbullah operations harmed the Zionist entity
(21:57 , 07.17.06)
France evacuates 1250 citizens residing in Lebanon
(21:48 , 07.17.06)
Lebanon: 3 citizens killed in two air strikes near Tyre
(21:39 , 07.17.06)
IDF: 2 Hizbullah outposts destroyed north of Rajar
(21:39 , 07.17.06)
Government approves extending 'special situation' in homefront for 5 days
(21:25 , 07.17.06)
Kaplinsky: No intention of confronting Syria
(21:17 , 07.17.06)
US's Rice intends to visit Mideast, spokesman says
(21:05 , 07.17.06)
Hizbullah: Only 4 killed since start of fighting
(20:49 , 07.17.06)
Israeli army says it destroyed long-range Iranian missile in Lebanon
(20:32 , 07.17.06)
US leases cruise ship to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon
(20:25 , 07.17.06)
Netanyahu: Tehran chief engine of terror, Hizbullah its satellite
(20:21 , 07.17.06)
Border Guard rejects al-Aqsa claim that officer kidnapped in West Bank
(20:13 , 07.17.06)
New York: Thousands demonstrate in support of Israel
(20:09 , 07.17.06)
IDF: ‘Downed plane’ likely failed Hizbullah attempt to fire long-range missile
(20:06 , 07.17.06)
IAF bombs 5 rocket-launch sites in Lebanon
(19:51 , 07.17.06)
French PM: End of bloodshed must include telease of captured Israeli soldiers
(19:49 , 07.17.06)
More updates

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http://www.haaretz.com

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/739446.html

Last update - 05:35 18/07/2006

"Olmert: We'll fight on until attacks end, soldiers returned"
By Haaretz Service

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The prime minister also drew a parallel between the current operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying that Israel was acting in self-defense on both fronts. Three weeks ago, Corporal Gilad Shalit was snatched from his base close to the Gaza border and has been held by Palestinian militants since.

He said that Israel has "no territorial dispute with our southern neighbors or our northern neighbors," but warned that while "Israel did not ask for this confrontation," it would "continue to fight with full force to stop terror" on both fronts.

The prime minister also accused Syria and Iran, both of whom provide practical support for Hezbollah and Hamas, of aggravating the violence.

"Iran and Syria are still interfering in Lebanese and Palestinian Authority affairs through Hezbollah and Hamas," he said.

He said that although Israel "has no intention of interfering in internal Lebanese matters," it was nonetheless "fighting against a terror organization operating in Lebanon.""

1,022 posted on 07/17/2006 10:34:32 PM PDT by Cindy

UPDATE:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203914,00.html
AP

"At Least 262 Killed by Tsunami in Indonesia"
Monday, July 17, 2006

1,023 posted on 07/17/2006 10:41:37 PM PDT by Cindy

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2006/20060717_5673.html

Iraqi Forces Capture Insurgent Leader, Kill Another

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2006 – Iraqi forces captured an insurgent cell leader in Baghdad July 13 and killed another insurgent leader in northern Iraq July 14, military officials reported.
The Iraqi forces captured an insurgent cell leader, planner and organizer in a southern Baghdad mosque compound during a security operation July 13.

The Iraqi forces received small-arms fire almost immediately upon arrival at the mosque compound in the Al Rasheed district of Baghdad. Soon after arriving, they captured the insurgent leader, who is known for purchasing weapons and coordinating attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces, officials said.

A coalition force adviser said all gunfire occurred outside of the mosque courtyard and was directed away from the mosque. At no time during this operation did Iraqi or coalition forces enter the mosque itself.

Iraqi forces detained six other "persons of interest" and seized weapons and military material. No visible damage was done to the mosque at the time Iraqi and coalition force advisers departed the scene, the adviser said.

In a separate operation, Iraqi army forces killed an insurgent leader, Abdal-Ghafor, and captured four other suspected insurgents during an early morning raid July 14 in northern Iraq.

Iraqi forces and their coalition force advisers received fire as they approached an objective near Muhallabiyah, southeast of Tal Afar. Iraqi forces reacted immediately, assaulting the objective, killing Ghafor, a senior insurgent leader in the area, and capturing four more suspected insurgents. Ghafor also went by the names Abdal Rahman and Abu Ameen, officials said.

Iraqi soldiers also seized the following weapons from the objective: one sniper rifle; five AK-47 assault rifles; one hand grenade; one rocket-propelled grenade; one improvised explosive device; about 600 rounds of AK-47 ammunition; various amounts of other small-arms ammunition; three blasting caps; and IED-making materials that included wires and batteries.

In other news, coalition forces successfully targeted and captured another al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist and four additional suspects during a raid near Yusufiyah early today.

Credible intelligence led the assault force to the location of the targeted terrorist, who was known to have ties to foreign fighters in the area. The suspect also is reported to be linked closely to senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders and several previous coalition targets. The troops quickly secured the target location and captured the detainees without incident.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)

1,024 posted on 07/17/2006 11:08:50 PM PDT by Cindy

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ON THE NET...

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17159532.htm

"Marchers chant "death to Israel" at Berlin landmark"
17 Jul 2006 14:15:59 GMT
Source: Reuters

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BERLIN, July 17 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Lebanese and Palestinians staged an anti-Israeli protest at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Monday, police said.

A Reuters witness said demonstrators were chanting "death to Israel" and "death to Zionists", while some carried placards bearing the image of Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah."

1,025 posted on 07/17/2006 11:31:05 PM PDT by Cindy

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1,026 posted on 07/17/2006 11:37:15 PM PDT by Cindy

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Thanks to BurbankKarl for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667614/posts

"7/18 Middle East Live Thread"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666987/posts ^ | 7/18/06 | me

Posted on 07/17/2006 10:49:45 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

1,027 posted on 07/17/2006 11:40:34 PM PDT by Cindy

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2006/07/18/understanding_the_temper_of_the_times

"Understanding the temper of the times"
By Cal Thomas

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In chronicling the number of armed warriors who joined David at Hebron, there is this exquisite line: "All these men understood the temper of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take." (1 Chronicles 12:32, New Living Translation)

For roughly 4,000 years there has been "unrest" and war in the Middle East. It possibly began when the ancient Israelites drove out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. Modern Israel is attempting to drive out Hezbollah-ites, Hamas-ites, Islamic Jihad-ites and the rest.

Nothing has changed, except Israel may be in greater peril today than at any time in its modern history. "

1,028 posted on 07/17/2006 11:54:13 PM PDT by Cindy

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667085/posts

"GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 7/17/06-Beirut,Bourj"Shimali,Choueifat,Khiam,Ouzai
DOD, Yahoo, AP, Reuters, AFP and the usual suspects | 7/17/06 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil

Posted on 07/17/2006 6:15:25 AM PDT by Diogenesis

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667449/posts

"Stupidity about WW III: “Here’s Your Sign.”
Special to Free Republic ^ | 17 July 2006 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)"

Posted on 07/17/2006 3:45:17 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob

1,029 posted on 07/18/2006 12:27:52 AM PDT by Cindy

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NOTE - VIDEO CLIPS - LEBANON
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=19

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Note: The following video clips (with links to transcripts) are on the current front page of MEMRITV.org:

http://www.memritv.org

QUOTE:

#1194 - Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: We Are Fighting the Battle of the Islamic Nation, Not of Lebanon
Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) - 7/16/2006 - 00:07:56

#1193 - Iranian leader Ali Khamenei: Hizbullah Will Not Be Disarmed
Iran Ch.1 - 7/16/2006 - 00:01:27

#1192 - Egyptian MPs Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Clashes and Demand Egypt Obtains Nuclear Weapons
Egypt Ch.1 - 7/4/2006 - 00:02:23

#1188 - Hamas 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades - Training and Ideology (Concise Version)
Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 7/4/2006 - 00:19:07

1,030 posted on 07/18/2006 12:38:06 AM PDT by Cindy

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1,031 posted on 07/18/2006 1:18:00 AM PDT by Cindy

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UPDATE...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667642/posts

"IDF says army leveling 1km of territory inside south Lebanon"
Haaretz ^ | July 18, 2006 | Gideon Alon

Posted on 07/18/2006 1:01:24 AM PDT by RWR8189

1,032 posted on 07/18/2006 1:26:49 AM PDT by Cindy

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667043/posts
"Senate Bill Creates Terrorist Loophole"
Human Events ^ | July 17, 2006 | Kris W. Kobach

Posted on 07/17/2006 5:19:42 AM PDT by conservativecorner

1,033 posted on 07/18/2006 1:49:02 AM PDT by Cindy

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1,034 posted on 07/18/2006 2:09:53 AM PDT by Cindy

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UPDATE...

http://www.jpost.com
http://www.foxnews.com

http://www.ynetnews.com

UPDATES - QUOTE:

http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3089,00.html

Updates
Blair: 60 Brits evacuated from Lebanon Monday
(12:33 , 07.18.06)
Sirens heard in Tiberias; no rockets fall on area
(12:32 , 07.18.06)
Soldier stabbed, weapon stolen
(12:27 , 07.18.06)
Peretz: time limit related to execution of objectives
(12:27 , 07.18.06)
Ahmadinejad: Israel trying to conquer Lebanon because of Iran's nuclear program
(12:21 , 07.18.06)
Rocket barrage in Safed
(12:19 , 07.18.06)
U.N.'s Annan expects Europeans in Lebanon force
(11:55 , 07.18.06)
Livni: Israel engaged in political process in parallel to military operation
(11:34 , 07.18.06)
Larsen says talks with Israel were 'good'
(11:30 , 07.18.06)
Rockets fall north of Nahariya; no injuries
(11:23 , 07.18.06)
Rockets fall in Shlomi; no injured
(11:11 , 07.18.06)
Nahariya, Maale Yosef, Mateh Asher residents called to enter shelters
(11:07 , 07.18.06)
MK Shalom doesn't rule out international force in Lebanon
(11:01 , 07.18.06)
Rocket alarm heard in Haifa and Akko
(11:00 , 07.18.06)
Israel rejects cease-fire to allow evacuation of Australian nationals
(10:53 , 07.18.06)
70 Carmiel families to be moved to Gush Etzion
(10:48 , 07.18.06)
Labor minister: Kilometer security zone must be preserved when operation over
(10:44 , 07.18.06)
Foreign minister meeting with UN delegation to Middle East
(10:25 , 07.18.06)
Report: Israeli strike kills 11 Lebanese soldiers
(10:21 , 07.18.06)
Iraq: casualties from blast in Kufa have risen to 59
(10:03 , 07.18.06)
Report: Iranian Foreign Minister sent to Damascus fearing harsh Israeli response
(09:57 , 07.18.06)

1,035 posted on 07/18/2006 2:48:58 AM PDT by Cindy

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http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2006/07/middle-east-new-war-war-between.html

"The Middle East New War"
posted by hammorabi @ 7/16/2006 12:05:00 PM

1,036 posted on 07/18/2006 3:01:24 AM PDT by Cindy

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1,037 posted on 07/18/2006 3:28:46 AM PDT by Cindy

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ON THE NET...

http://www.truthusa.com/NewsInternetGuerin.html

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http://breaking.examiner.ie/2006/07/11/story267321.html

"Inmate gets eight-year sentence over prison siege"
11/07/2006 - 15:28:38

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of six inmates who held five Mountjoy Prison officers hostage during a siege in the Dublin jail almost 10 years ago was today sentenced to eight years imprisonment.

Joseph Cooper, 33, with an address in Manchester, England, was part of the gang of prisoners who threatened the warders with strangulation and blood-filled syringes over a 53-hour period in January 1997.

One of the other men involved in the siege, which erupted after a planned rooftop protest failed, was Paul Ward, the man convicted but later cleared of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin.

Cooper was serving five years for assault at the time of the incident, but was granted bail by the High Court and fled to England in 1999 before he was due to stand trial for his part in the siege."

1,038 posted on 07/18/2006 4:04:15 AM PDT by Cindy

ON THE NET...

"WAR NEWS"
http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/

"THE WEB SITES OF HIZBALLAH" (July 17, 2006)
http://www.internet-haganah.com/hmedia/17jul06-hizballah_sites.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=jihad

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=2006israelwar

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=syria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=lebanon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=gaza

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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200607/INT20060718b.html

"Hizballah Wants Israel to Free Child-Killer"
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
July 18, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - An Arab prisoner Hizballah wants Israel to release in exchange for the two Israeli soldiers it abducted in a cross-border raid last week is serving multiple life sentences for an attack in which he killed a four-year-old girl by smashing her skull with a rifle butt.

Samir Kuntar is one of only two or three Lebanese prisoners still held by Israel, and Hizballah said its July 12 assault is aimed at winning his freedom.

The terrorists killed eight Israeli soldiers and seized Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, taking them back over the border. Their whereabouts and condition remain unknown.

The Shi'ite group dubbed the raid Operation True Promise (Al-Wa'ad Al-Sadeq), saying it was making good on an earlier pledge to continue to capture Israeli soldiers and use them to obtain the release of the remaining Lebanese in Israeli jails.

Since the raid, the conflict has escalated, with Israel launching an air assault on Lebanese infrastructure and Hizballah targets and Hizballah firing hundreds of missiles into Israel.

The fighting and loss of life have swung some attention away from the hostage issue, and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in an address late last week that "the battle today is no longer a battle over prisoners or the exchange of prisoners."

Nonetheless, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said during a televised address to the nation Monday night that he kept photographs of Goldwasser and Regev - along with one of another soldier, Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas in a June raid across the Gaza-Israel frontier - on his desk as a daily reminder of his mission.

"We will do everything in our power to ensure their safe release and bring them back home," he said."

1,039 posted on 07/18/2006 4:18:36 AM PDT by Cindy

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Peres: Hizbullah Fired 1,500 Missiles Into Israel Since Wednesday (All came from Iran and Syria)
Naharnet ^ | 18 Jul 06

Posted on 07/18/2006 4:14:15 AM PDT by IrishMike

Hizbullah has fired 1,500 missiles and rockets into Israel from southern Lebanon since the beginning last week of its military conflict with Israel, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on British television Tuesday. "We should stop the shooting of missiles over our heads, over our villages and towns. They fired until now fifteen hundred missiles and rockets," Peres told Sky News.

"We are trying to control the roads (...) of Lebanon because all the 12,000 missiles and rockets that they have collected came from Iran and Syria," Peres said.

The veteran politician also said that Israel did not intend to send ground troops into Lebanon, as it has done several times in the last three decades.

"We're not going to penetrate Lebanon on the ground," Peres said.

He insisted that the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hizbullah is an enemy of the Lebanese people acting independently from their national interests, and that Israel, by contrast, wanted good relations with the Lebanese.

"The only enemy they have is an army within an army called Hizbullah. Lebanon is not our enemy. We have nothing to ask from Lebanon, we have much to hope from Lebanon. We hope to live as good neighbors," he said.

"We didn't attack Lebanon, and we are not going to organize Lebanon, we are not going to play a role in their politics," he said.

Quoting Israeli intelligence sources, the London specialist magazine Jane's Defense Weekly said Hizbullah probably had a total of 10,000 to 15,000 rockets provided by Syria and Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at naharnet.com ...

1,040 posted on 07/18/2006 4:21:37 AM PDT by Cindy

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