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  • Alleged Bin Laden Contact in Iraq Gov't

    08/11/2005 11:03:21 PM PDT · by Leroy S. Mort · 17 replies · 1,412+ views
    AP ^ | Aug 12, 2005
    WASHINGTON (AP) - An American accused in court papers of having ties to Osama bin Laden is now working for the Iraqi government's Foreign Ministry, U.S. officials and a former CIA counterterrorism chief say. Iraqi-born Tarik A. Hamdi was the ``American contact'' for one of bin Laden's front organizations and gave a satellite telephone battery to a bin Laden aide in Afghanistan for a phone used by the terrorist leader, according to an affidavit from Customs Agent David Kane.The affidavit was unsealed this week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., along with a federal indictment charging Hamdi with lying...
  • You are now entering an O'Gara-free zone

    05/10/2005 9:14:35 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 55 replies · 1,199+ views
    Linux World ^ | 10 May 2005 | James Turner
    Well, the last day has certainly been an interesting one.  First off, I'd like to thank all the people who wrote such kind words of support, both here and on Slashdot.  Taking a tough moral stand is made a lot easier when you've got so many people giving you a little push from behind. The good news is, the right thing happened in the end.  Sys-con Media listened to what I and my fellow editors, their advertisers and the readership was saying, and made the correct decision.  Maureen O'Gara's bylined material will no longer appear anywhere in the Sys-con universe...