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To: PartyTime who wrote (6835)	3/20/2004 11:49:50 AM
From: John Sladek	Respond to of 173976

Mystery Militant May Be Uzbek or Chechen - Pakistan By Simon Denyer WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected senior al Qaeda member whom the Pakistani army thought it had surrounded in a remote area on the Afghan border is probably a Chechen or Uzbek militant leader, a Pakistani commander said on Saturday. Thousands of Pakistani troops have been locked in battle with al Qaeda fighters and their tribal allies in Pakistan's wild South Warizistan tribal area since Tuesday. ... the fierce defense the rebels mounted suggested they were trying to protect a "high-value target," who officials said was possibly Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. But intercepted rebel radio communications suggested the mystery militant leader was an Uzbek or a Chechen. Zawahri is Egyptian. Full Story: reuters.com

To: PartyTime who wrote (6835)	3/20/2004 4:13:36 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Aren't we the best military the world has ever seen? Isn't Pakistan a nuclear power? Didn't we defeat Afghanistan and leave it a democracy? Ooops. The US and Pakistan are spending 2 1/2 years and coming up with mud huts and a bunch of militants with guns and some RPGs. Shrub's answer? Ignore and then put aside billions for his buddies to come up with tactical nuclear weapons to bust bunkers underground. Geez. Shrub, world's worst nuclear proliferator, nuclear proliferator encourager and all around POS. A vote for Bush is a vote for nuclear war.