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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (77712)2/26/2003 11:45:13 AM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 

There were no terrorist attacks from then until 9/11/01. Evidently people were doing their jobs to keep our nation safe those eight years.


Khobar Towers
Kenyan US Embassy
Tanzanian US Embassy
USS Cole

Paul



To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (77712)2/26/2003 7:26:21 PM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 281500
 
Two Americans were killed by terrorists tied to Iraq in October of last year.

1) Lawrence Foley, USAID official in Amman, killed by amamber of Zarqawi's group.
cnn.com

2) An American soldier was killed by an
csmonitor.com
The clearest evidence is the case of the Iraqi diplomat Hisham Z Hussein, who also went under the alias of Hisham Al Hidith and Abu Geith, according to Philippines intelligence officials.
He was expelled from Manila on Feb. 13, after he was linked by Filipino police to two bombings, including one that killed a US soldier and two Filipinos.
....
This time, the Iraq Embassy's second secretary Husham Z Hussein was expelled from the Philippines after it was discovered that he was in phone contact with members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, which has historic ties to Al Qaeda. The group is accused of planting a bomb in Zamboanga City that killed a US soldier, two Filipinos and injured 23 others last October.