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To: Blabaltech who wrote (37088)	11/10/2001 1:38:15 PM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

<<I seem to recall the name of that terrorist was Abu Nidal. >> You are indeed correct. The following informative quotes are from Oliver North's biography, Under Fire : page 341: "Afterr my involvement with that operation [referring to the American antiterrorist bombing raid on Libya in April 1986] I had been threatened with death by Abu Nidal, one of the world's most dangerous terrorists." page 367: "The news was not good: in Lebanon, a spokesman for the Abu Nidal had announced that several American targets, including me, had been marked for assassination." And from Bob Harrell's post: <<I was at a UNC lecture the other day where they played a video of Oliver North during the Iran-Contra deals during the Reagan administration. I was only 14 back then but was surprised by this particular clip. There was Olie in front of God and Country getting the third degree. But what he said stunned me. He was being drilled by some senator I didn't recognize who asked him; 'Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?' Oliver replied, 'Yes I did sir.' The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, 'Isn't this just a little excessive?' 'No sir,' continued Oliver. 'No. And why not?' 'Because the life of my family and I were threatened.' 'Threatened? By who.' 'By a terrorist, sir.' 'Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?' 'His name is Osama bin Laden.' >> Now, there are several possibilities. It is remotely conceivable that this exchange did in fact take place, and that the terrorist named was Osama bin Laden. It is also possible that the video tape had been doctored; or that the name substitution was intentional deception. The far more probable explanation IMO is simply that the author of the material forwarded to Bob by his brother simply thought he heard what he wanted, or expected, to hear. Moral (if there is one): Don't believe everything you think you saw, read, or heard.