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To: jcky who wrote (51270)	10/11/2002 4:29:24 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Wait, don't tell me. This is, yet, another credible intelligence report just like the Prague story. This is not so easy to dismiss. The New Yorker's reports have held up quite well so far. Now that the Mossad is interviewing alumni, I would expect more information of this sort to be forthcoming. Czech intelligence is still sticking to its story, btw. Hamas has not deliberately targeted Americans but al-Qaida has Nice of you to be so cavalier about the murder of Americans. I guess if they were in Israel they had it coming, right? Al Qaeda is currently regrouping in Lebanon (they own Ein al Hilweh camp according to reports) in close cooperation with Hizbullah. I suppose that's only Israel's problem too? This is like saying "No, no, you can't attack the whole nest of snakes -- you must only attack the snake who bit you." And since when did American troops have an obligation to protect Israeli citizens? Since they began preventing Israel from doing the job. This data is the clearest sort of casus belli.

To: jcky who wrote (51270)	10/11/2002 4:57:23 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

The Philipine army just found a Hamas member working for the Abu Sayef organization, but I guess we should ignore this as it's only legitimate to go after Al Qaeda, right? It's not like these organizations work together or anything. Philippines Detains Jordanian; Bombing Link Probed Tue Oct 8, 2:04 AM ET MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities have taken into custody a Jordanian man believed to be connected with a bombing last week in which three people, including a U.S. soldier, were killed, officials said on Tuesday. "We took him into custody for violating our immigration laws. As for his alleged terrorist links, I'm leaving that to our military and police authorities to investigate," Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo said in a statement. The statement identified the man as Mohammad Amin S. Al-Ghaffari, 36. Philippine military sources said they believed the man was a Palestinian and a member of the Islamic radical group Hamas. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was seen in the southern city of Zamboanga a few weeks before the bombing there last Wednesday. U.S. army Sergeant Mark Wayne Jackson and two Filipinos were killed and 23 people wounded in the attack in a market outside a military camp near Zamboanga. The immigration department statement said the man was arrested early on Tuesday at a shopping center in Manila. He was previously reported to have been arrested in Zamboanga on Monday. "We can't prematurely accuse anyone yet," southern military commander Lieutenant-General Ernesto Carolina told reporters after the arrest. "There are foreign nationals being monitored right now. Their recent movements are being investigated." The Manila Standard newspaper said the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine military had zeroed in on a Palestinian for the bombing. They said he was linked to the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, a southern Philippine Muslim rebel group that Washington says has ties to the al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on the United States. In July, the Philippines and the United States concluded joint military exercises aimed at training Philippine troops to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf. Jackson was among a small number of elite U.S. special forces troops who stayed on in the southern Philippines to finish development projects. story.news.yahoo.com