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Michael Scheuer, former head of the "bin Laden desk" at the CIA, was interviewed on the John Gambling radio show on WABC radio (NYC) this morning.Here are a few points Scheuer made, as well I can remember (there is no transcript of the interview yet as far afaik): 1. Clinton was presented with a near perfect opportunity to kill bin Laden around December 23 or 24, 1999. (IIRC on the dates.) Clinton refused to pull the trigger in that instance NOT because he was afraid of human collateral damage, Scheuer says, but because Clinton was afraid shrapnel would hit a...

A Martyr’s Death By Jenni Vinson Trejo June 10, 2006 In Islam, martyr or shahid encounters a sacred level by fighting against the enemies of the true religion. In the process, he gives up his life in exchange for a higher, celestial existence. It is not merely the event of the death that identified martyrdom, but the very fulfillment of the duty of obedience to the will of Allah that brings a death to the level of sacred. As noble it is to die in battle —that is, to die at the enemy’s hands in a just cause —so has...