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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (501861)12/2/2003 12:31:14 AM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
You are certainly hanging on by the thinnest of threads bud.

news.bbc.co.uk

"Only a lack of technical expertise is stopping al-Qaeda from carrying out a chemical or biological attack, a United Nations report has warned.

The report said al-Qaeda ideology had continued to spread, raising the spectre of further attacks.

..."Al-Qaeda continues to have access to funds through charities, deep-pocket donors and from business and criminal activities, including the drug trade."

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I wonder if the chaos in Afghanistan and the bumper opium crop is part of the source of funds. It gets ever more disturbing.