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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 10K a day who wrote (8325)	10/22/2001 11:33:15 PM
From: CIMA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

CIA's New Leeway and the Third Theater October 22, 2001 Summary Washington is apparently warning its allies that covert attempts to assassinate al Qaeda members may take place within their borders. After focusing on the domestic front and Afghanistan, the U.S. government is turning its attention to intercontinental threats. To win its war against terrorism, the United States must succeed in this theater but doing so could endanger its coalition. Analysis During the U.S. campaign against terrorism, there has been intense activity in two theaters of operations. In Afghanistan, the U.S. military is conducting a now two-week-old bombing campaign and began raids with ground forces a few days ago. In the United States, the FBI is leading security forces on an intense hunt for members of the al Qaeda network. The level of success thus far is unclear and not sufficient to declare al Qaeda finished in the United States, but there is certainly an intense and ongoing campaign. For all the secrecy about Washington's efforts in both theaters, they are still highly publicized, with daily press briefings by high-ranking officials. What has not been discussed very much at all is the third, invisible theater: the intercontinental theater of operations. In STRATFOR's War Plans analyses, this theater was distinct from the United States, Afghanistan or any specific nation -- like Iraq -- that might become a target of the United States. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: this is an abbreviated version of a full-length STRATFOR report previously seen by our Members. To access STRATFOR's complete range of in-depth, objective intelligence and analysis on the globe, including our award-winning daily full text and graphics reports, click here and become a Member today!

To: 10K a day who wrote (8325)	10/23/2001 3:22:01 AM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

I will not be apologetic. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, that's life. If it were 800,000 or 2,000,000 innocent people to rid the world of the terrorist scurge, I'm for it. Raise the ante to 20,000,000 or 200,000,000 I'm still for it. Either way, with terrorism or not, innocent people will die. They did in WTC. I do not share your liberal sentiment. I say God Da__ Barbara Lee. It was people like her, that caused Viet Nam to become a quagmiere. Sometimes you just have to take sides. I have. You have. I believe this time you are clearly on the wrong side. Time will tell. Bill