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To: LindyBill who wrote (78140)	10/16/2004 3:50:24 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793877

Saddam's Lawyer Met With Osama In Baghdad: MEMRI By Captain Ed on War on Terror The Arab news translation service MEMRI reports in a breaking-news crawl that Osama bin Laden met with Saddam's Italian attorney in the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad in 1998: Saddam's Italian attorney Giovanni de Stafano told a London-based daily that a meeting was held between himself and Osama bin Laden at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad in 1998. (al-Sharq al-Awsat) Big hat tip to Kevin McCullough. I have yet to find an English-language link to al-Sharq, even though it's based in London, nor have I seen this break anywhere else in the English-language media. Needless to say, if this report pans out, it puts a completely new light on our efforts to depose Saddam -- not so much for those of us who understand the strategic necessity of removing Saddam, but for those who can only think tactically. More to come ...

To: LindyBill who wrote (78140)	10/16/2004 4:22:16 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793877

<<What we do know is that other troops took over the assignment and did it. In a war zone, deadline defects don't stop a mission.>> Makes me wonder if the other troops used the same trucks or better trucks and got an escort. My point is whomever let the trucks get that bad and lose the escort needs to be answering some questions. BTW, we had an ambulance with a shot clutch, wouldn't pull itself in 4th gear. Repair place in K-Town said the specs said it was an off the road vehicle and 3rd gear was good enough. Now that puppy was used for transporting patients on the Autobahn so 35 wasn't good enough. I hauled the vehicle back to the motor pool, nosed it against the wall, stuck it in 4th and let the clutch out. It took about 3 minutes and then it was smoking. I hauled it back, won't pull itself in 1st gear and BTW, it needs a tranny fluid and filter change.