Posted on 01/16/2003 9:57:01 AM PST by nwctwx
At this point (watching the news and how certian people are already blowing this off as not being a "real smoking gun", and how good Iraq is at getting people to swallow their tribe) It wouldn't shock me at this point to see them try to use that excuse as well.
***AFTENPOSTEN.no: "USA WANTS NORWAY TO WATCH KREKAR" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Mullah Krekar has been, and likely remains, the leader of Ansar al-Islam, a fringe Islamic group in Iranian Kurdistan accused of having connections to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network. The New York Times reported the connection last week after interviews with Ansa al-Islam members, and after finding documents in Afghanistan mentioning direct links to al-Qaeda.") (January 17, 2003)
Photo is an F/18 Hornet caught breaking the sound barrier, with just the right moisture conditions to actually show the shock wave. Totally awesome! Go to the site, there is an MPEG 9 sec. clip to watch it.
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