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I find MIchael Berg very well spoken. He has an interesting insight. I hope he is elected. He is a voice of reason when everyone is seeking anger. I appreciate his insight and vision.
George Bush never looked into Nick's eyes Even more than the murderers who took my son's life, I condemn those who make policies to end lives
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1221644,00.html
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Terror leader’s network led to fatal air strike
By Ferry Biedermann, Middle East Correspondent Published: June 8 2006 19:12 Last updated: June 8 2006 19:12
Showing graphic pictures of the dead al-Qaeda leader’s bloodied head, a spokesman for the US-led coalition on Thursday elaborated on how the operation to strike at Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had unfolded.
The information that led to the air strike that killed him came from within Zarqawi’s own network, said Maj Gen Bill Caldwell.
The information that finally led to the death of Iraq’s most wanted insurgent leader, who carried a $25m (€19.5m, £13.4m) bounty on his head, emerged last December and identified Sheikh Abd al-Rahman as Zarqawi’s spiritual leader. It was by following the sheikh, and a process of “painstaking, deliberate exploitation of intelligence” that the coalition forces were able to pinpoint their target, said Maj Gen Caldwell.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/34d28a9e-f71a-11da-a566-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=c1a5b968-e1ed-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html
If Sheikh Abd al-Rahman is alive, he'll act to inspire greater hate. If he's alive there will be more trouble. He's invested and a spiritual leader. That spells trouble.
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A male news secretary
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Somalia Islamic Leaders Meet Interim Gov't
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN , 06.08.2006, 12:24 PM
Islamic militia leaders who seized Somalia's capital this week and are accused of harboring al-Qaida fugitives started discussing the future of the lawless country Thursday with its largely powerless U.N.-backed government. The meeting came a day after the Bush administration sounded a surprising conciliatory note toward the militia.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/08/ap2803071.html
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Insurgents aren't invested in the large scale damage brought by al Qaeda. If they were they would be doing it. For all we know al Zarqawi may have killed insurgents and/or their families. Being al Qaeda and a Jordanian would not necessary set well either if the killings in Jordan by Iraqis were giving them a bad name and more problems. In other words where the insurgents may have had sympathy from Islam and even nation leaders that would have changed after the killings in Jordan.
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The Cole had been refueling in Yemen's port of Aden on Oct. 12, 2000, when al Qaeda-linked militants in a dinghy packed with explosives attacked. The explosion blew a hole in the side of the destroyer, but it remained above water and eventually underwent $250 million of repairs.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/08/terror/main1694567.shtml
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I don't really care what makes Osama bin Laden happy.
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The program is becoming quagmired in it's own focus.
enough.
