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To: unclewest who wrote (9597)	9/27/2003 7:53:40 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

One of the lt generals retired was on fox last night with Bret Hume.. He stated they were over in Iraq, several of them, sponsored by pentagon.. observations.. most of Iraq people wants us there and do not want the United Nations. They feel U.S. military the best in the world and they want them to protect them... Second he mentioned they are winning with the terrorists.. the night before one of the compounds had three rockets fired at it. no injuries. He says they are getting less and less trained people to cause these incidents.. He assumes they are getting less to take the $500 to kill military people.. In effect we continue to search and destroy Saddam strong holds and the people are getting more satisfied with the humane help they are receiving with schools, electric, etc.

To: unclewest who wrote (9597)	9/30/2003 2:41:46 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

Al-Qaeda plotters sentenced BBC 2003/09/30 13:27:58 GMT news.bbc.co.uk A man recruited as an al-Qaeda suicide bomber has been jailed for 10 years for his part in a plot to blow up a military base housing US soldiers. The man - Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who used to play professional football in Germany - was among 23 suspected militants being tried in Belgium. A second Tunisian - Tarek Maroufi - was sentenced to six years in prison for organising the recruitment of al-Qaeda volunteers in Europe. Another 16 suspects - who prosecutors said were part of a "spider's web" of radicals - received shorter sentences for a series of lesser offences ...