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To: paul_philp who wrote (88044)	3/30/2003 5:40:14 PM
From: Lou Weed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Paul....I don't know if this is the same camp that Powell used in his Feb. 5 presentation to the UNSC. He tried to use this as evidence of a link to Al-Quaeda however the Kurds themselves refuted this as is pointed out in this article query.nytimes.com unfortunately you've got to pay to see the whole thing but just going from memory the article pointed out that the camp had been abandoned for months and it was also in a Kurdish controlled region beyond the reach of Saddam.

To: paul_philp who wrote (88044)	3/30/2003 5:45:47 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ansar operated in a sliver of territory under no one's control but their own. Their territory was (I think the past tense is appropriate now) between the territory controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Iran. The independence of Ansar from the mainline Kurdish groups can be illustrated by their assassination of PUK leaders back in February. Posted on Mon, Feb. 10, 2003 Kurdish political leader assassinated ISLAMIST MILITANT GROUP WITH ALLEGED TIES TO AL-QAIDA KILLS 5 OTHERS, TAKES 2 HOSTAGES IN NORTHERN IRAQ bayarea.com