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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (39308)	8/21/2002 7:09:23 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Abu Nidal is dead, ostensibly killed by Iraqis, though the claim is suicide. This is hardly safe harbor. He had safe harbor for four years. Only now, as the pressure rises, does Saddam put him out of the way. Definitely sounds like he knew too much.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (39308)	8/21/2002 7:31:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

And where would Abu have got a Yemen passport? I think Osama had a few connections there. I'd certainly have trouble getting one. <...the feared Palestinian extremist had entered Iraq illegally from the Islamic republic of Iran on a false Yemeni passport. Baghdad had never admitted hosting Abu Nidal until reports of his death in the Iraqi capital emerged earlier this week.> Yep, you get in the way of Saddam and it's game over. Uday is even worse, lacking the social graces and moderation of Saddam who had to earn his way to the top. Mqurice