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To: stockman_scott who wrote (25993)	8/21/2003 5:02:47 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

It would be a real joy to have a discussion with an intelligent, articulate conservative on this thread. Someone who wasn't addicted to jr-high taunts, and the mouthing of inane shibboleths. Someone who didn't think that shouting was the way to win a debate. Instead we have ... JMO lurqer

To: stockman_scott who wrote (25993)	8/21/2003 11:57:35 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 89467

Bush, Inviting terrorists to Iraq: Iraqi militants returning for attacks From:Reuters Sunday, 10th August, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, has been quoted as saying hundreds of Islamic militants who fled the country during the war have returned and are planning major "terrorist attacks". Bremer told The New York Times on Sunday that hundreds of fighters from Ansar al Islam, a militant organisation that the United States had sought to destroy during the war, had escaped to Iran and then slipped back into Iraq after the cessation of major combat. The interview was conducted on Friday, the day after a car bomb killed 17 people outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad. "My initial instinct was to believe that this had to be done from somebody from outside," he said. "But I have been told we captured and spoke to some ex-regime people and that there was part of the Mukhabarat (Iraqi intelligence) that specialised in sophisticated bombing and it is possible that this kind of technique did exist." Bremer said it was also possible that Ansar al Islam or another militant organisation had provided expertise on making car bombs to former Baathists who then carried out the attack. "Intelligence suggests that Ansar al Islam is planning large-scale terrorist attacks here," Bremer told the Times. "So as long as we have ... substantial numbers of Ansar terrorists around here, I think we have to be pretty alert to the fact that we may see more of this." The group is believed to have ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, blamed for the September 11, 2001 attacks on America. The Times quoted Bremer as saying it was possible al Qaeda was in Iraq as well, although there was no conclusive evidence. Ansar al Islam was of particular concern, Bremer said, because of the scale of its past attacks. "They do big stuff," he told the paper. "They don't do chickenfeed-type stuff." The basic strategy for fending off guerrilla attacks, Bremer said, was to press for new intelligence and mount raids to pre-empt them. Copyright (2003) Reuters.