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To: lorne who wrote (514)	12/13/2002 5:34:40 PM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 15987

<< …seizure, by German Customs agents, of a shipment of 44 electronic switching modules (worth roughly $75,000) "that could be programmed to detonate a nuclear bomb." These handy German products were headed from Stuttgart to Singapore, with an unknown final destination>> …and we are concerned about a couple of dozen points on COMPX -g/ng. This article mentions more evidence of the close interrelations between al Qaeda and other groups. They are all playing the West masterfully. I think moderate Muslims shouldn’t worry about the US messing in their affairs… They should better worry about the US ABANDONING them to their own crazies – whom they, obviously, are unwilling and unable to control.

To: lorne who wrote (514)	12/15/2002 7:01:17 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

In short, there is now public information to confirm what I have long asserted — and what the CIA and others have long denied — namely that there is a working relationship between Hezbollah and al Qaeda, and that this is all made possible by the Iranian regime. And IMO, the door to Iran (and Saudi Arabia) lies through regime change in Iraq... It will create a political wedge in the region, disrupting the continuity between these various nations... And it will go far to creating sufficient confidence for the Iranian people to overthrow their own Theocratic government... What's amazing is that, even with such intelligence, the Germans have actually reduced their miiltary expenditures to a reported amount of less than 1% GDP... Which suggests the US will be required to spend more in order to pick up their slack. Hawk