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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 11 - The story told by the two Iraqi guerrillas cut to the heart of the war that Iraqi and American officials now believe is raging inside the Iraqi insurgency. In October, the two insurgents said in interviews, a group of local fighters from the Islamic Army gathered for an open-air meeting on a street corner in Taji, a city north of Baghdad. Across from the Iraqis stood the men from Al Qaeda, mostly Arabs from outside Iraq. Some of them wore suicide belts. The men from the Islamic Army accused the Qaeda fighters of murdering their...

4th Infantry Division Captures Suspected Muhammad's Army Members TIKRIT, Iraq - Three armed attackers were killed when they confronted Task Force Ironhorse soldiers as they raided four locations in Bayji during the morning of Jan. 27. The soldiers were attempting to capture individuals who are suspected members of Muhammad’s Army, an anti-Coalition cell operating in the area. The soldiers captured five individuals. One of the dead attackers was specifically targeted for capture because of his suspected involvement in anti-Coalition activities. The soldiers also located and confiscated four 9 mm pistols and two AK-47 automatic weapons. Release #040127h

White House - AP Cabinet & State Agent Linked Pilot Trainees, Bin Laden Thu May 23, 7:46 AM ET By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Weeks before Sept. 11, an FBI (news - web sites) agent connected several students at Arizona aviation schools to a militant Muslim group whose founder talked of attacking airports and received a letter from Osama Bin Laden (news - web sites) encouraging the downing of commercial airliners, government officials say. Agent Ken Williams' July 2001 memo raised concerns about the students' affiliation with Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammed's group because the sheik had...