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To: thames_sider who wrote (100146)	6/4/2003 5:52:06 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

cbsnews.com (CBS) U.S. forces near Baghdad have captured a man they describe as a midlevel terrorist operative with links to al Qaeda, a counterterrorism official said. The operative, whose name was not provided, works for Abu Musab Zarqawi, a senior associate of Osama bin Laden, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The capture occurred this week, the official said. Zarqawi, linked to the death of an American diplomat in Jordan last year, is one of the Bush administration's links between al Qaeda and the regime of Saddam Hussein. He is also among the administration's most-wanted al Qaeda figures. Zarqawi fled Afghanistan during the U.S.-led war to oust the Taliban. He passed through Iran and then received medical treatment in Baghdad in mid-2002, U.S. officials have said. During this time, several of his associates, affiliated with Egyptian Islamic Jihad, joined him in the city. The Egyptian Islamic Jihad is considered merged with al Qaeda. It is unclear if the captured operative was one of those associates. Zarqawi's operative was captured in Falluja, by the way. The town outside Baghdad that is in the news weekly with trouble. A bit more on Zarqawi: news.bbc.co.uk Abu Musab Zarqawi: Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian also known as Ahmed al-Khalayleh, has been sentenced to death in his own country for planning bombings. The head of Germany's international counter-terrorism unit, Hans-Josef Beth, has warned that he is trained in the use of toxins and could be planning an attack on Europe. He is believed to have travelled extensively since the 11 September attacks, including in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. In February 2003, during an address to the United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Mr Zarqawi has been given safe haven in Iraq. Mr Powell alleged that members of Mr Zarqawi's group connected with al-Qaeda have been operating freely in Baghdad for more than eight months.

To: thames_sider who wrote (100146)	6/4/2003 6:06:20 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Has not staged a major attack against Western targets since the late 1980s. Hey.. Eric Rudolph hadn't committed a terrorist act in the past 5 years of his being on the run.. But he's headline news right now... And one can look at two different ways here... Maybe Nidal had become so important that committing terrorist acts were now more of a liability than an attribute?? He was important enough for Saddam to feel like he needed to eliminate him.. Unlike Abu Abbas, who Saddam permitted to live... (and who, of course, was part of the Palestinian mission to Iraq) Btw, we didn't sign the Oslo Accord and are not bound by it... And Italy, who's ship was hijacked, didn't sign it either.. They want him.. Hawk