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To: Win Smith who wrote (49715)	10/6/2002 11:26:07 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

A "Pinochet" type of overthrow? Ahh, Good Morning Win! I knew that comment would get you to the keyboard. When a country like Brazil, Peru, etc, goes "Hard Left" and down the toilet, the only thing left is the Military. I wish I could share Carl's position and leave South America to solve its own problems, but either the left or the right here, (depending on who is in power,) cannot resist meddling.

To: Win Smith who wrote (49715)	10/6/2002 11:34:22 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Oregon suspect may be in Malaysia (Malaysia, predominantly Muslim country, hotbed of terrorists, no plans by US to pre-emptively strike them, however) miami.com By JASBANT SINGH Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - U.S. authorities are seeking Malaysia's help to find an alleged American Islamic militant wanted for conspiring to wage war on the United States and for helping the al-Qaida terror network, officials said Saturday. Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal is one of six suspects from an Oregon-based ring of alleged militants that was broken up Friday with the arrests of four members in Oregon and Michigan. Bilal and one other suspect are being sought overseas. The four arrested in Oregon and Michigan are former U.S. Army reservist Jeffrey Leon Battle, his ex-wife October Martinique Lewis, Patrice Lumumba Ford, and Bilal's brother, Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal. Attorney-General John Ashcroft said when announcing the arrests that two other suspects - Ahmed Bilal and Habis Abdullah al Saoub - were being sought overseas. According to U.S. authorities, Bilal, his brother, Battle, Lumumba Ford, and al Saoub set out for Afghanistan in October 2001 and tried to enter the country by way of China, but failed. Lewis stayed behind and wired money to Battle eight times. Their alleged goal was to reach Afghanistan to help al-Qaida and Taliban forces. The indictment said Battle, Ahmed Bilal and al Saoub engaged in weapons training in Washington state starting in September 2001 to prepare to fight with Taliban forces. Bilal is believed to have arrived in Malaysia in January, a senior Malaysian government official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He enrolled in religious courses at the Malaysian International Islamic University, near Kuala Lumpur. Authorities have kept him under loose surveillance and believe he is still in Malaysia, the official said. The FBI has asked Malaysia to track Bilal down and deport him to face the charges in the United States, said the official. But a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said he had no information on the request. In Kuala Lumpur, the official said that the United States had made an "urgent request" to Malaysia to find Bilal and that "full cooperation" was being provided. The official indicated that Bilal would be picked up, possibly for violating immigration laws and then deported, since his passport has been revoked by the U.S. government. Malaysia and the United States do not have an extradition treaty and any attempt to impose a U.S. arrest warrant may risk "legal complexities," the official said. Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim country of 23 million people, has been at the forefront of fighting terrorism in Southeast Asia. Authorities have arrested more than 60 suspected militants believed to have belonged to an al-Qaida-linked group plotting to attack the U.S. Embassy in neighboring Singapore. One of the detainees is also accused of allowing two of the Sept. 11 hijackers and other al-Qaida operatives to use his apartment for a meeting in January 2000 and of providing paperwork to terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui to facilitate his entry into the United States.