https://freerepublic.com/tag/zawahiril/ en-us Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:09:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502193/posts Yes, the Iraqi jihadists have close ties to Osama bin Laden. Yes, the jihadists are losing popular support. Yes, the lure of democracy for Muslims is strong. And yes, "more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media." All of these realities, and more, are evident in a letter, intercepted by U.S. intelligence forces, that Osama bin Laden's top deputy wrote on July 9 to the leader of terrorist forces in Iraq. The letter confirms many of the claims that President George W. Bush has made about the nature of the misnamed "insurgency," and... Mobile Register https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502193/posts#comment Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:09:49 GMT