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To: stockman_scott who wrote (15070)	3/20/2003 12:56:06 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Gee, he must have not been in on this meeting....... or your article is just more BS from your not so credible sources Scott..... U.S. Troops Raid Afghanistan in Hunt for Al Qaeda Thursday, March 20, 2003 BAGRAM, Afghanistan — About 20 minutes after U.S. troops lobbed an opening strike against Iraq the military also launched a terrorist-seeking raid in Afghanistan, Fox News has learned. The operation, dubbed "Valiant Strike," is taking place in the air and on the ground southeast of Kandahar. About 1,000 troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division were combing southeastern Afghanistan for members of Al Qaeda and its elusive leader, Usama bin Laden. Operation Valiant Strike is the biggest U.S. terrorist-seeking operation in over a year, military officials said. Officials in Afghanistan confirmed the operation area was underway, but would provide no further details. Military officials in Afghanistan confirmed in a statement that the operation began with an early morning air assault in the remote, mountainous area that once served as the spiritual headquarters of the Taliban, but provided few additional details. "I do not have anything to say about the Kandahar operation at this time," said Col. Roger King, U.S. army spokesman at the U.S. headquarters at Bagram. The troops left from their base in Kandahar, the former Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. Radio transmissions had been detected coming from caves above the villages, said military officials in Washington. It was the largest U.S. military operation in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda just over a year ago. That eight-day battle involved hundreds of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters against thousands of American and allied Afghan troops. There have been a series of raids on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the weeks since authorities captured Al Qaeda's No. 3 figure, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in Pakistan on March 1. Authorities have said Mohammed is giving information to U.S. interrogators and have said some of the subsequent arrests came as a result of Mohammed's capture. Mohammed, an alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, is being interrogated by American officials at an undisclosed location. The agents who captured him in a suburb of Islamabad found computers, mobile telephones, documents and other evidence that could help lead to other Al Qaeda members. There have been increased attacks on Afghan government posts in southern Afghanistan in recent weeks. The authorities have blamed remnants of Taliban, Al Qaeda and loyalists of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a renegade rebel commander labeled a terrorist by the United States. Also Thursday in southern Afghanistan, Taliban soldiers ambushed an Afghan government post, killing three Afghan soldiers, a security official said Thursday. The soldiers at Sherabik post, near the Pakistan border, were ambushed early Wednesday and their throats slit by attacking Taliban, Abdul Razzak Panjshiri, security chief of Spinboldak said. Five Taliban attackers were arrested, he told The Associated Press. The Associated Press contributed to this report. foxnews.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (15070)	3/20/2003 1:00:37 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

posted over at FADG >>If the Bush Administration can uncover clear evidence of non-cooperation, then everyone who opposed this war is going to look like fools and appeasers. On the other hand, if they don't come up with this evidence, then there was no reason to fight this war.<< There has to be some kind of WMD in Iraq, no doubt about it. If first it can not be found then the 300K inspectors or some “agent” can plant one. Question is how can the world be sure that it actually belong to Saddam. Any Scientific proof or evidence will most likely come from the US allied side. I would like to hear your comment on this article Message 18719446 {Regional Consequences The primary purpose of the Iraq campaign will, of course, be to influence and reshape the region. Al Qaeda has support throughout the Middle East, and most governments are either complicit or unwilling to incur the political costs of disrupting al Qaeda and similar groups at home. The purpose of this campaign is, first and foremost, to create a politico-military environment that persuades countries in the region to redefine their behavior. To put it more brutally and honestly, it is to bring massive military forces to bear on countries in the region in order to compel them to cooperate, or failing that, carry out future military confrontations. }