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To: lurqer who wrote (27558)	9/13/2003 2:02:10 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 89467

It's nice to be correct. I saw the "tipping" early on as you did. But, unfortunately, these guys are still in charge and the hole is getting deeper and bigger. I hope we can maintain a status quo until next fall. And even then, the situation may be more than we can bear or fix. Rascal @ PrayingForTime.com

To: lurqer who wrote (27558)	9/13/2003 3:45:19 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. Wolfowitz says he misstated threat level WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's No. 2 official retreated yesterday from his assertion that key lieutenants of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden are plotting with Saddam Hussein loyalists to kill Americans in Iraq. In a television interview on Thursday's second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said "a great many" bin Laden operatives were working to link up with remnants of Saddam's regime to attack Americans. "We know it (Iraq) had a great deal to do with terrorism in general and with al-Qaida in particular, and we know a great many of bin Laden's key lieutenants are now trying to organize in cooperation with old loyalists from the Saddam regime to attack in Iraq," he said on ABC's "Good Morning America." But Wolfowitz, an architect of U.S. policy in Iraq, said yesterday that he had misspoken. Wolfowitz said he was referring to only one man — bin Laden supporter Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the few names that Bush administration officials previously have cited to assert links between al-Qaida and Iraq before the war. Al-Zarqawi allegedly helped train Iraqis in the use of poisonous chemicals and once received medical care in Baghdad, U.S. officials have said. "Zarqawi is actually the guy I was referring to — should have been more precise," Wolfowitz said. "It's not a great many — it's one of bin Laden's key associates — probably better referred to that way than a key lieutenant." "On the specific issue of cooperation (between al-Qaida and insurgents), I have to emphasize this is a very hard target to penetrate," Wolfowitz said. "Our highest priority in Iraq is to get better intelligence on these people."

To: lurqer who wrote (27558)	9/13/2003 5:15:41 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

'Only if countries (like India) reverse their “leaked” plans will additional troops be available.' I cannot ...for the life of me..understand what these chicken hawks are thinking..... Enlisting India in this mess will be inviting even more Islamic ( read Pakistani) fighters to 'Bring it on' in Iraq Do these killer clowns know anything at all about world affairs...? T